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Ukrainian forces were ordered on Friday to withdraw from Sievierodonetsk “under constant shelling”.
In the Donbass, Russian troops are nibbling ground, four months after the start of the invasion.
The Twenty-Seven approved Ukraine's candidacy for the European Union on Thursday.
A “unique and historic” moment, reacted Volodymyr Zelensky.
However, the beginning of a very long road.
According to the Kremlin, Ukraine's candidacy for the EU is an "internal European" affair.
Nevertheless, Russian diplomacy denounces a "geopolitical grab" to "contain Russia".
Brussels will present a plan at the end of July to limit the energy crisis in the EU.
Germany, which is running out of gas, fears “very difficult” choices when winter comes.
06:56
Georgia: new demonstration after postponement of EU candidacy
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated Friday in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia, against government policy and for membership of the European Union, after the country's failure to obtain EU candidate status.
The demonstrators, waving Georgian and European flags, gathered around the Parliament where they sounded the European anthem.
Tbilisi applied for EU membership along with Ukraine and Moldova, after Russia launched its offensive against neighboring Ukraine.
AFP/Vano SHLAMOV.
06:45
The content of a call between Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin revealed
The nine minutes of conversation, as original as they are fascinating, take place a few days before the start of the war in Ukraine.
They are at the heart of the documentary "A President, Europe and War", broadcast Thursday evening France 2.
06:35
Ukraine demands 'fire parity' with Russians after Severodonetsk withdrawal
Ukraine is urging its allies to finally give it "fire parity" with Russian forces to "stabilize" the situation in the Donbass after the withdrawal of its troops from Sievierodonetsk, a strategic lock in this region, pounded for weeks by the Russian artillery.
"I stressed the need to achieve fire parity with the enemy, which will allow us to stabilize the situation in the most threatened region of Lugansk," said Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhnyi , reporting on his Facebook page on a telephone conversation with his American counterpart, General Mark Milley.
Smoke rises from Sievierodonetsk, relentlessly bombarded by Russian forces, on June 17, 2022. AFP / ARIS MESSINIS
06:30
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