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07h53 : Due to the war in Ukraine and the fall of the rouble, trading is suspended on the Moscow Stock Exchange until 3 p.m., reports the franceinfo correspondent in Moscow. According to Bloomberg, the ruble was down almost 30% in international trade this morning, due to the ban on transactions with the Russian Central Bank by the European Union.
07h40 : Hello @Laurent and @Scrap.A Ukrainian delegation and a Russian delegation are due to exchange this morning at the border between Ukraine and Belarus. On social networks, the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a photo of the room where the discussions are to be held. “The venue for talks between Russia and Ukraine in Belarus is ready and we are waiting for delegations”is it written.
07h37 : Hello, have talks been initiated?
07h36 : Who is taking part in the talks between Ukraine and Russia? Is the Ukrainian president present or has he sent a delegation?
07h30 : Hello to all three. According to the Ukrainian army, Russian forces attempted last night “Many times” to storm the outskirts of Kiev, but these attacks were repulsed. “The situation in the capital of our homeland is under control”, once more assured the army on Facebook. The capital was also targeted overnight by three Russian missile attacks, one of which was destroyed, said Oleksiï Arestovitch, adviser to the Ukrainian president, quoted by AFP. According to the latter, the city of Berdyansk, on the other hand, is now “occupied by our enemy”he said in a video posted on Telegram overnight.
According to Ukrainian media, strong explosions occurred overnight in Kharkiv (northeast), the second largest city in the country, which Ukrainian forces said they had regained control yesterday. Finally, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed to have surrounded the city of Kherson.
07h24 : Hello, can you tell us a bit regarding nightlife in Ukraine? Thank you
07h23 : Hello how was the night in Ukraine? Should we be worried regarding the threat from Putin? I confess to being very afraid this situation is frightening….
07h23 : Hello, thank you for this live, can you give us an update on the situation in Kiev?
07h18 : Beware of misinformation on Facebook. According to Meta, pro-Russian groups “run websites posing as independent news entities and create fake profiles on social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Telegram and also (Russian networks ) Odnoklassniki and VK”. The company (link in English) pointed out that she had blocked a large number of fake accounts affiliated with the Russian state.
06h57 : Yesterday Vladimir Putin put the Russian nuclear deterrent forces on alert. an escalation “unacceptable”, for the United States, and “irresponsible”, for NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. This morning, this announcement is in any case the one of many titles of the French press.
06h40 : “I arrive with simple military equipment: a plate carrier, a bulletproof vest and rangers. On the other hand, I do not have a weapon but we do not cross a border with weapons.”
They are French, but they are preparing to take up arms to defend Ukraine once morest the Russian invasion. In France, several people say they are determined to leave for Kiev, to fight the army of Vladimir Putin. Franceinfo contacted several of them.
06h29 : Canada in turn closed its airspace to Russian airlines yesterday. Despite this ban, a flight from the Russian company Aeroflot flew over eastern Canada last night, according to the online statement of the specialized site Flightaware.com consulted by AFP. “We are launching a review of the conduct of Aeroflot and the independent air navigation services provider, NAVCAN, which led to this breach,” reacted on Twitter the Canadian Ministry of Transport.
06h20 : Yesterday the EU announced to buy weapons to help Ukraine. A few hours ago, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Twitter that he spoke regarding this by telephone with the President of the European Commission, Ursula Van der Leyen. In a series of messages, he also claims to have exchanged with his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, as well as with the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson.
06h14 : In this context, operators are increasingly worried regarding an energy crisis. This morning, lhe price of a barrel of WTI crude oil jumped by more than 6% and Brent by more than 5%. Shortly before 5 a.m., WTI rose 6.27% to $97.33 and Brent rose 5.24% to $103.06.
06h12 : The Russian ruble plunged almost 30% once morest the dollar this morning. A fall that comes as international powers have imposed new, harsher sanctions on Moscow, as the fifth day of the Russian offensive in Ukraine begins.
06h10 : Here is first of all a first point on what to remember from the news of the night: Russia is judged at the General Assembly of the UN during a “emergency special session” of its 193 members. They are called upon to position themselves in favor of democracy and the sovereignty of Ukraine or the warlike invasion decided by Vladimir Putin.
The Russian ruble plunged nearly 30% once morest the dollar this morning following international powers imposed new, tougher sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. In particular, the EU has banned the broadcasting of Russia Today and Sputnik channels. The body will also buy weapons, for the first time in its history, to help Ukraine.
US President Joe Biden will meet on a conference call today with his allies and partners to discuss the “developments” of the Russian attack in Ukraine and “to coordinate” a “united response”the White House said.
The IPCC, the international group of experts on the climate of the UN, publishes the second part of its new report. This component concerns the impacts of accelerating climate change.
