Thirty days following the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, several towns are still under bombardment.
Here are the latest developments, minute by minute
8:15 am | Finland halts last trains between Russia and EU
The Finnish railway company announced on Friday the interruption of traffic on the line linking Saint Petersburg and Helsinki, where the last trains are circulating allowing Russians to reach the European Union.
7:41 am | Military chaplain killed in Russia by Ukrainian rockets near border
A military chaplain was killed by Ukrainian “Smerch” rocket fire at a Russian border village not far from the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv in the grip of heavy fighting, the Orthodox Church announced on Friday.
READ | Western measures once morest dependence on Russian gas, Biden expected in Poland
The United States and the European Union announced measures in Brussels on Friday to reduce European dependence on Russian gas, shortly before the departure for Poland of American President Joe Biden, the second leg of a trip to Europe devoted to the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
READ | Russians crossing Lithuania confronted with images from Ukraine
Russians crossing Lithuania on trains bound for the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad can see large photos of destruction caused by their army in Ukraine from Friday displayed at a train station in Vilnius.
6:35 am | ‘Not deadly’: Kremlin downplays scope of possible G20 exclusion
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Having just returned from Poland, where he cared for war refugees day and night, a family doctor feels he has accomplished his duty and is proud to have inspired many Quebecers who wanted to help the Ukrainian people.
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NATO showed on Thursday that it was taking seriously the growing threat of a chemical or nuclear attack by Russia in Ukraine, warning it of retaliation and sending protective equipment to the region.
6h08 | Ukraine asks the EU to close its borders with Russia and Belarus
Ukraine asked the European Union on Friday to close its borders with Russia and Belarus, an allied country of Moscow in the invasion led by the Russian army in Ukraine for a month.
6h01 | Phosphorus bombs in Ukraine: the Kremlin denies any violation of international law
“Russia has never violated any international convention,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said when asked by the press regarding the Ukrainian accusations.
5h59 | Turkish president wants to urge Putin to be ‘peacemaker’ in Ukraine
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he wants to ask his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to be “the peacemaker” in Ukraine during a telephone exchange scheduled for the next few days, according to remarks reported Friday by the Turkish press. .
5h50 | Four civilians killed in Russian shelling of Kharkiv medical center
A Russian bombardment on a medical center in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, left four dead and at least three injured, regional police in the country’s second city said on Friday.
5h45 | Around 300 feared dead in Mariupol theater strike
About 300 dead are feared in the theater of Mariupol bombarded by the Russian air force on March 16 while hundreds of people were sheltered there, announced Friday the town hall of the city, citing witnesses.
5:30 am | Germany drastically reduces its energy dependence on Russia
Germany announced on Friday that it would sharply reduce its heavy dependence on Russia’s energy resources, doing without its coal by the fall and its oil by the end of the year.
4h37 | Russia claims to have destroyed Ukrainian army’s largest fuel reserve
Russia said on Friday that it had destroyed the Ukrainian army’s largest fuel reserve near Kyiv the day before with cruise missiles.
WAR NOTEBOOK | Poutine lacks cannon fodder
Ukrainian counter-attacks disrupt Russian operations around Kyiv. The encirclement of the city is now unlikely, according to Western military sources.
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