The essential
The G7 countries on Friday evening condemned the holding of annexation referendums organized by Russia in the occupied Ukrainian territories.
The votes, which began on Friday, will end on September 27 in the separatist regions of Donetsk and Lugansk (East), and in the regions of Kherson and Zaporijjia (South).
kyiv announced that it had exhumed 447 bodies in Izium, a city recaptured from the Russians in the northeast, including 30 with "signs of torture".
On the ground, Ukraine claimed responsibility for taking Yatskivka in the Donetsk region (East) on Friday.
She also says she advanced south of Bakhmout, an eastern town that the Russian army has been trying to take for months.
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Who is Evgueni Prigojine, the powerful boss of the Wagner group?
Filmed recently in the process of recruiting Russian prisoners to go to war in Ukraine, Evgueni Prigojine is one of Vladimir Putin's followers.
Jack-of-all-trades, the one who made his fortune in the restaurant business now seems to want light.
At the risk of burning your wings, according to some experts.
Portrait.
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Environmental senators in favor of welcoming Russian "deserters" in France
The twelve environmental senators pleaded for the reception in France of "opponents" and Russian "deserters" who refuse their possible mobilization on the Ukrainian front, in a letter addressed to the Prime Minister.
According to them, "France must add its voice to a collective effort and bring this need to European level".
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Biden promises 'swift and tough' sanctions
Joe Biden has assured that the United States and its allies will impose new economic sanctions “quick and severe on Russia” if it annexes territories in Ukraine, within the framework of “referendums” which continue this Saturday.
"Russia's referendums are a sham, a false pretext to try to annex parts of Ukraine by force", denounced Friday evening the American president.
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Zelensky's call
The Ukrainian president on Friday urged the rest of the world to condemn the "pseudo-referendums" organized by Russia and underway in four territories it has conquered in Ukraine since the start of its invasion.
In his daily address to the nation, Volodymyr Zelensky said he was convinced that “the world will react with the greatest justice to the pseudo-referendums” and that these “will be unequivocally condemned”.
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Good morning !
And welcome to this direct dedicated to the war in Ukraine, seven months to the day after the start of the Russian invasion.
