Cover image: Three rockets launched towards Ukraine from Russia’s Belgorod region, seen from Kharkiv, Ukraine, March 9, 2023. Vadim Belikov / AP
- The Wagner Group claims to have conquered all “the eastern part” de Bakhmouth. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg believes the city might fall “in the next few days”. In an interview with CNN, Volodymyr Zelensky, however, assured that the Ukrainian troops were determined to hold the city. He warned that if it fell, the Russian army would “the free way” in eastern Ukraine.
- The European Union wants to stock up on shells and activate a “war economy” for Ukraine. European Union defense ministers met in Stockholm on Wednesday to prepare a plan for delivering ammunition to Ukraine. A solution will be announced on March 20.
- A boat suspected of having been used in the operation to sabotage the two Nord Stream submarine gas pipelines in September 2022 has been searched in January as part of the investigation in Germany into this operation, the German federal prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday. Ukrainian defense minister denies Kyiv involvement in this sabotage.
- Visiting the Ukrainian capital, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, judged « capital » to extend the agreement on Ukrainian grain exports concluded with Russia, a vital text for the world’s food supply and which expires on March 18. Mr Zelensky also considered that the extension of the agreement was “absolutely necessary for the whole world”.
- Emmanuel Macron discussed with Joe Biden the « perspectives » of “return of peace to Europe” on the « long terme »while reaffirming the support of the United States for Ukraine once morest Russia, the French presidency reported on Wednesday in a press release.
- Volodymyr Zelensky supports protesters in Georgiawho are protesting once morest a controversial bill targeting the media and non-governmental organisations.
- Imbroglio around the identity of the Ukrainian soldier executed by the Russians. This has not yet been fully confirmed by the authorities in kyiv, and two pieces of information communicated by the military hierarchy contradict each other.
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