Significant decline of the Russians in the Kherson region, human rights violations exacerbated by the annexations according to the UN, more than 200,000 people mobilized in the Russian army in two weeks...
Le Figaro
takes stock this Tuesday, October 4 on the conflict in Ukraine.
To discover
Follow information on the war in Ukraine with the Figaro application
Significant Russian retreat in the Kherson region, according to Russian army maps
A military map shown Tuesday by the Russian Defense Ministry during its daily briefing shows a significant retreat of Russian forces in the northern Kherson region of southern Ukraine.
This map shows that the Russian forces have left a large number of localities, including Dudtchany, on the western bank of the Dnipro river, while the Ukrainian army is conducting a counter-offensive in this region.
Russian occupation authorities in southern Ukraine called on Tuesday not to
"panic".
Since early September, Ukrainian forces have already inflicted a series of crushing setbacks on the Russians in the northeast and east of the country.
The head of the Russian occupation in Kherson, Vladimir Saldo, was the first to admit a Ukrainian
"breakthrough"
and in particular the loss of the village of Dudtchany, before assuring that the Russian air force had
"stopped"
the Ukrainian advance, according to an interview Monday afternoon published Tuesday on the Telegram page of the person concerned.
WAR IN UKRAINE: MAJOR RUSSIAN SETBACK
More than 200,000 people mobilized in the Russian army in two weeks
More than 200,000 people have been mobilized into the Russian army since the announcement of a "partial"
military mobilization
in the country on September 21 to fight in Ukraine, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.
Officially, this mobilization, ordered by President Vladimir Putin, should make it possible to recruit 300,000 reservists with military experience or useful skills, while the Russian army is in difficulty on the Ukrainian front.
"The training of the personnel of the (new) units formed is carried out on 80 military fields and in six training centers"
, indicated Sergei Shoigu, during a government meeting, assuring that these recruits will be sent to the front with
»SEE ALSO –
Russia: more than 200,000 people mobilized in the army in two weeks
Biden called Zelensky on Tuesday morning, White House official says
US President Joe Biden called his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday, a White House official said, amid Ukrainian military advances.
The interview was underway around 3:35 p.m. GMT (11:35 a.m. Washington time), according to this source, who did not wish to be identified.
Read alsoBiden says Zelensky “didn’t want to hear” his warnings about a Russian invasion
"No reason for Russia to use tactical nuclear weapons", according to the Russian ambassador in France
"
There is currently no reason for Russia to use tactical nuclear weapons
", hammered Alexei Meshkov, the Russian ambassador to France, guest of the morning of the Cnews channel Tuesday, October 4.
The tone is set for the diplomat, who wants to be reassuring about a potential nuclear escalation.
Alexei Meshkov returned to the threat of such a "
tactical
" strike in Ukraine, which has worried Westerners since the start of the war.
"
First, it's not us who started brandishing nuclear weapons, it's the Westerners."
"
The ministers of certain NATO member states
have declared the presence of nuclear weapons in their country
", and therefore the possibility "
to press the red button
.
WAR IN UKRAINE: “NO REASON THAT THE
Zelensky to the Russian military: “You will be released one after the other” as long as Putin is there
"
You will be released one after the other as long as the Vladimir Putin problem is not resolved
", launched Saturday October 2 the Ukrainian head of state Volodymyr Zelensky to the Russian soldiers, and in particular to the generals.
"
Until all of you solve the problem of who started it all, who started this senseless war against Ukraine, you will be released one after another, becoming scapegoats, because you don't 'don't admit that this war is a historic mistake for Russia
,' Volodymyr Zelensky said in his daily address.
” SEE ALSO –
War in Ukraine: Zelensky assures that his army will take over other cities in the Donbass “in the coming week”
Ukraine: human rights violations further exacerbated by annexations, according to the UN
The annexation of Ukrainian territories by Russia will only exacerbate the human rights violations committed by Moscow, and add to the
"untold suffering and devastation"
inflicted on the Ukrainians, denounced the UN on Tuesday.
Christian Salazar Volkmann, who was presenting a report on the human rights situation in Ukraine to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, stressed that the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights had the evidence of
“a series of violations of the rights to life, liberty and security”.
“The people of Ukraine have experienced untold suffering and destruction, as the armed conflict has resulted in a wide range of human rights violations.
, he insisted.
»SEE ALSO –
Crying, angry, these Ukrainians from the annexed territories who cannot return home
GDP plummets 35% as a result of war, says World Bank
The Ukrainian economy is suffering greatly from the effects of the war with Russia, with a contraction in its GDP of 35% expected for 2022, the World Bank (WB) estimated on Tuesday.
A devastating effect that is expected to last due
to "the destruction of industrial capacity, damage to agricultural land and the decline in the workforce as more than 14 million people have been displaced"
, details the WB in a press release.
According to an estimate by the institution, carried out in early September, the needs for reconstruction and economic recovery currently reach nearly 350 billion dollars,
"which represents more than 1.5 times the size of the Ukrainian economy. before the war"
and this sum is constantly increasing.
Read alsoSix months of conflict in Ukraine: from economic war to the end of abundance
Russia: Miss Crimea sentenced for a Ukrainian patriotic song
A Russian court has fined the winner of a beauty pageant for married women in Crimea for posting a video of her performing a Ukrainian patriotic song, police in the annexed peninsula said on Tuesday.
In the video released in September on social media, two young women, including Miss Crimea 2022, Olga Valeeva, 34, sing a capella the song
Chervona Kalina
, considered by Russian authorities to be the anthem of Ukrainian nationalists.
Since deleted, the video has however been the subject of an investigation.
According to the Interior Ministry, the two young women were found guilty of having discredited the Russian army and sentenced - one to ten days in prison and the other to a fine of 40,000 rubles (680 euros).