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DIRECT. Conflict in Ukraine: "We have entered a war economy", says Emmanuel Macron

2022-06-13T11:57:22.800Z


While Ukrainians fear a capture of the city of Severodonetsk, Amnesty International accuses Russia of war crimes. The co


The essential

  • Moscow says it has "destroyed a large warehouse" of Western-supplied weapons in western Ukraine as fighting escalates in the east.

  • kyiv fears that the capture of Severodonetsk by Russian forces today or Tuesday.

  • The Member States of the World Trade Organization (WTO) met on Sunday in Geneva with the particular aim of helping to find a solution to the risk of a serious food crisis which the whole world is hovering over because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 

  • Amnesty International accuses Russia of war crimes in Ukraine, saying hundreds of civilians have died in relentless attacks on Kharkiv, many carried out with cluster bombs.

12:18

Macron calls for a 'much stronger' European defense industry

“Spending a lot to buy elsewhere is not a good idea.

(...) We need to strengthen a much stronger and much more demanding European defense industry and industrial and technological base,” said the President of the Republic, in a context of rising defense budgets in the face of war. in Ukraine.

“What we once thought was impossible has happened every time, so let’s build European sovereignty,” urges Emmanuel Macron.  

11:49

“We are entering a war economy”, says Emmanuel Macron 

The president is at the Eurosatory World Fair for Land Defense and Security Industries, where the conflict in Ukraine is obviously at the heart of the discussions.

He wants "a reassessment" of the programming law in the light of the geopolitical context, he said, believing that France has "entered a war economy in which I believe we will organize ourselves in the long term".

11:09

Ukrainian soldiers in Severodonetsk must “surrender or die” assure Russian separatists

Pro-Russian separatists fighting alongside Russian forces say the last remaining Ukrainian divisions in Severodonetsk were now "blocked" there after the last bridge to the nearby town of Lysychansk was blown up.

“They have two possibilities (..), surrender or die,” said Edouard Bassourine, spokesperson for the separatists.

The governor of the city, however, denied any blockage.

According to him, Russian bombardments notably targeted the Azot chemical plant, where nearly 500 civilians are sheltering, including 40 children, and hit sewage treatment plants in the city.

“We are trying to negotiate a humanitarian corridor” for the civilians of Azot, but “so far without success”, he said in a television interview posted on his Telegram account.

10:40

Ukraine's arms needs

Mykhaïlo Podoliak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, estimates that to establish a balance with Moscow, kyiv needs 1,000 howitzers of 155 mm caliber, 300 MLRS (for Multiple Launch Rocket System, "multiple rocket launcher") , 500 tanks, 2,000 armored vehicles and 2,000 drones.

09:59

The French not discouraged by the war in Ukraine

The conflict in Ukraine will not prevent the French from going on vacation.

"We thought that the war in Ukraine was going to cool" the desire of the French to go on vacation but after an effect of amazement, "it started again very quickly", assures Alain de Mendoça, president of Promovacances / Fram.

Just over 33 million French people will go on vacation in July-August, one million more than in 2019 before the pandemic, according to him.

09:32

European leaders in Israel to discuss energy and Ukraine

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi are expected in Jerusalem on Monday for talks with Israeli officials who are trying, against a backdrop of war in Ukraine, to export some of their new gas windfall.

09:13

Three civilians perish in Lysytchansk

As the Russians strike Severodonetsk in the nearby town of Lysytchansk, three civilians including a six-year-old boy have died in shelling in the past 24 hours, according to the governor.

08:56

Ukrainian forces driven out of central Severodonetsk

This key city in eastern Ukraine has been disputed by the two armies for weeks. 

“With artillery support, the enemy stormed Severodonetsk, achieved partial success, and pushed our units back from the city center.

Hostilities continue,” the army said in its morning update posted on Facebook.

08:49

Russia has earned 93 billion euros through its fossil exports in 100 days of war

This report by an independent research center published on Monday, which particularly pinpoints France, comes as Ukraine urges Westerners to cut off all trade with Russia to stop feeding the Kremlin's war chest.

According to the CREA, the EU accounted for 61% of fossil imports, or approximately 57 billion euros, over the first 100 days of the war (February 24 - June 3).

The biggest importers were China (12.6 billion euros), Germany (12.1 billion) and Italy (7.8 billion).

Russia's revenues come first from the sale of crude oil (46 billion), followed by gas transported by gas pipelines (24 billion), then petroleum products, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and finally coal.

08:41

Amnesty accuses Russia of war crimes in Ukraine

During an in-depth investigation, the human rights NGO claims to have found evidence showing that in seven attacks on neighborhoods in Kharviv of Ukraine, in the north-east of the country, Russian forces have used 9N210 and 9N235 type cluster bombs and cluster mines, two categories prohibited by international treaties.

08:31

Ex-Russian prime minister says he no longer recognizes Putin

He was Vladimir Putin's first head of government.

But even in his worst nightmares, Mikhail Kasyanov could not have imagined his former leader embarking on the invasion of Ukraine.

"The Putin I knew was different," says Mr. Putin's former minister, who worked to bring Moscow and Western countries closer together. 

Mikhaïl Kassianov, prime minister from 2000 to 2004 before going to the opposition, estimates that the war could last up to two years, but still believes that Russia will return to a "democratic path" one day.

08:15

An imminent capture of Severodonetsk? 

The situation is becoming "extremely difficult" in Severodonetsk for Ukraine, which fears that Moscow will commit there, from Monday or Tuesday, all its reserves to take this strategic city of Donbass, in the east of the country.

"The enemy wants to completely isolate Severodonetsk by preventing any passage of men or ammunition," said Sunday the Ukrainian governor of the Lugansk region, Serguiï Gaïdaï. 

08:00

Hello and welcome

Follow throughout this 110th day of war in Ukraine all the news of this conflict in the heart of Europe.

Source: leparis

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