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19h05 : No politics at the Olympics? Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych unfurled a flag reading “no war in Ukraine” after his race, which he finished in 18th place. The specialized site Inside The Games asked the IOC if it was a violation of Rule 50, which prohibits any political demonstration. “Since this is a call for peace, the case is closed” replied the institution.
18h16 : Definitely, Vladmir Putin will spend his day on the phone. After talking for 1h40 with Emmanuel Macron this afternoon, he has just spent an hour on the phone with Joe Biden, announces the White House.
17h37 : Dutch airline KLM announces that it is suspending all flights to Ukraine until further notice.
17h15 : After having had the version of the Elysée, here is the story of the Kremlin concerning the telephone exchange between Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Poutine this afternoon. The Russian President called “provocative speculations” accusations against Russia regarding an imminent invasion of Ukraine.
16h11 : According to the press release from the Elysée, the two presidents “both expressed a desire to continue the dialogue” on “the ways to move forward on the implementation of the Minsk agreements” on the Donbass and on “the conditions of security and stability in Europe”.
16h11 : “I am asking you to stop”. This is roughly what Emmanuel Macron said to Vladimir Putin during the long conversation that the two heads of state had this afternoon. The French president warned that a “sincere dialogue is not compatible with an escalation” military at the Ukrainian border.
16h02 : It is 4 p.m. We make a new update on the news:
French President Emmanuel Macron spoke for 1 hour and 40 minutes with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in an attempt to ease the growing tension in the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. Several countries have called on their nationals to leave Ukraine in the face of the risk of invasion.
The police used tear gas in the early afternoon to disperse demonstrators from the “freedom convoy” who had met on the Champs-Elysées in Paris. Follow our live.
#JO2022 Quentin Fillon Maillet takes silver in the sprint, the seventh French medal at the Beijing Olympics. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron take the lead in the ice dance competition, before the final results on Monday.
15h48 : French President Emmanuel Macron spoke for 1h40 with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in an attempt to ease the growing tension in the Russian-Ukrainian crisis.
15h18 : The head of the American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, affirmed that the diplomatic way remained “opened” to avoid a conflict in Ukraine but would require a “de-escalation” from Moscow in a phone call with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov today.
13h51 : “It’s a bilateral bluff”, said Florent Parmentier, secretary general of CEVIPOF-Sciences Po. The United States warned yesterday of a possible Russian invasion “imminent” from Ukraine. For Russia expert Joe Biden “step up the pressure” to appear “as a peacemaker against a Russia that fundamentally wanted to do battle with Ukraine”.
13h29 : German nationals whose presence is not “imperative” must “short term” leave Ukraine, where a “military conflict cannot be ruled out”, recommended the German Foreign Ministry. France has not currently issued any instructions to this effect.
13h24 : While every day, the tension rises a notch in Ukraine in the face of Russian soldiers massed at the borders, daily life in the villages located on the front line remains difficult. In Pavlopol, in the south-east of the country near Mariupol, the 350 inhabitants cohabit with the army. Reporting.
(BENJAMIN ILLY / RADIO FRANCE)
12h12 : Russia has begun to reduce its diplomatic presence in Ukraine. “Fearing possible provocations from the Kiev regime or third countries, we have indeed decided on a certain optimization of the staff of the Russian representations in Ukraine”said the spokeswoman for Russian diplomacy in a press release.
12h00 : It is noon. We make a new update on the news:
Thousands of opponents of the vaccination pass, who came in convoys from all over France, tried to enter Paris to demonstrate despite the ban by the police headquarters. More than 200 verbalizations were drawn up. Follow our live.
Quentin Fillon Maillet takes silver in the sprint, the seventh French medal at the Beijing Olympics.
Faced with the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, presented as imminent, the telephone bells are ringing on both sides of the Atlantic in an attempt to relaunch dialogue: Putin must in particular meet today with Biden and Macron.
12h06 : Russia has launched new major naval maneuvers in the Black Sea. “The purpose of the exercise is to defend the sea coast of the Crimean peninsula”says the Ministry of Defense.
11:35 a.m. : Ukrainian diplomacy believes that it is “extremely important to keep calm” and not to panic in the face of the threat of a Russian invasion.