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10h52 : A Russian strike on the city of Tchortkiv, in western Ukraine largely spared by violence, left at least 22 injured, including civilians, according to an initial assessment communicated by the regional governor, Volodymyr Trouch.
10h26 : The connection between the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia, under Russian control since the beginning of March, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is restored almost a month and a half after the loss of transmissions, announces the Ukrainian operator, Energoatom.
09h59 : Passed under the Russian flag, the former McDonald’s restaurants in Russia have been renamed “Vkousno i totchka” (Delicious. Period). The 51,000 former McDonald’s employees across Russia will keep their jobs, according to the chain’s new owner.
09h57 : “The enclosure of the Azot factory is powerfully bombarded for hours, using large caliber weapons”he detailed, referring to “street fights with guns” but also destruction “floor by floor” by Russian artillery of buildings used as shelters by Ukrainian forces. Here is an image of the plant taken in May.
(SPUTNIK / SIPA)
10h02 : Towards an Azovstal scenario? In Sievierodonetsk, the Ukrainian defense is entrenched on the site of an Azot chemical plant. “Permanent fighting continues”said the governor of the Luhansk region, Sergei Gaïdaï.
09h46 : It is above all on the sale of energy that Russia counts: the country has earned nearly a billion dollars a day since the beginning of the war thanks to the sale of hydrocarbons. Mountains of currencies that he can use in the many countries that do not sanction it.
09h45 : Agriculture, finance, technology… Russia has tried to promote domestic production in many sectors, even more so after the invasion of Crimea in 2014 and the first Western sanctions. With some successes, but also major shortcomings (especially in technologies) which cloud the country’s economic outlook.
09h44 : “We are going to cause the collapse of the Russian economy”, declared the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, in March. But despite the international sanctions put in place, the Russian economy has not collapsed. She even straightened up in some aspects. How did Vladimir Putin try to turn Russia into an “economic fortress”? We will explain everything to you.
(MIKHAIL METZEL / SPUTNIK VIA AFP)
09h28 : The fast-food service, which will replace McDonald’s in Russia, has selected a new logo, a spokesperson with Sistema PBO said:https://t.co/itYvhHYvFB© PBO Press Service System/Izvestia https://t.co/TqrlYzzUXr
10h05 : The new chain of Russian restaurants which took over the McDonald’s restaurants after the departure of the firm from the country, has unveiled its new logo. It’s a circle and two lines, meant to represent a burger and two fries, reports BBC News (in English).
07h56 : We start by taking stock of the news:
• After those from a good part of the Overseas Territories yesterday, the citizens of France are expected from 8 am in the polling stations. Nearly 49 million French people are called to the polls to choose their deputy. Follow our live.
Ukraine’s request for EU candidate status will be answered by the end of next week, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen has promised. Here’s what to remember from the 108th day of war.
China will “beat to the end” to prevent Taiwan from declaring its independence, said the Chinese defense minister, as tensions grow between Beijing and Washington over the island’s fate.
• Stripped of their European title, Toulouse clings to its Brennus shield. The outgoing champion qualified for the Top 14 semi-finals thanks to an authoritative victory in the play-off against La Rochelle (33-28).