2023-06-14 22:04:47
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) declared, Wednesday June 14, to have been able to visit 1,500 prisoners of war detained on both sides since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Very discreet regarding its missions for the sake of efficiency, the organization does not specify the number of prisoners it has visited. Volodymyr Zelensky repeatedly criticized him for not doing enough to gain access to soldiers held by the Russians. Visiting prisoners of war is at the heart of the ICRC’s mission and is enshrined in the Geneva Conventions, which define the laws of war. Follow our live.
France is planning new financial aid to kyiv. Paris will announce “new funding” in Ukraine at an international conference to be held next week in London, the Foreign Minister announced on Wednesday. This money should help “the reconstruction of critical civilian infrastructures, those which are attacked day following day by Russia”said Catherine Colonna during questions before the Senate, without however revealing the extent of this funding.
Six dead in car bombing. Six people were killed Tuesday in a car hit by a Russian army bombardment in northeastern Ukraine, near the border with Russia, the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office announced on Wednesday. The car was driving in a forest near the town of Seredyna-Bouda, in the Sumy region, according to the prosecution. Among the six victims, four were forest rangers, he said on Telegram.
Russian night attacks intensify. Three people died and 13 others were injured in Russian strikes on the port of Odessa at dawn. Moscow has intensified its nighttime attacks on Ukrainian cities in recent weeks, as kyiv launched a major counter-offensive in an attempt to reclaim territories occupied by Russian forces.
The investigation into Nord Stream gas pipeline explosion progress. Sweden hopes to be able to launch “this autumn” charges once morest those responsible for the explosion of the Nord Stream gas pipeline, said prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist, in charge of the investigation in the Scandinavian country. The magistrate says he met his German counterpart, with whom he works in cooperation. He did not provide further details in this interview with swedish radio quoted by the agency Archyde.com.
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