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23h31 : Nearly 10,000 people have volunteered to be mobilized for the offensive in Ukraine in the past 24 hours, after Vladimir Putin’s announcement, says the Russian general staff. These volunteers would be “arrived by themselves at the military police stations, without waiting for their summons”assured the Interfax agency Vladimir Tsimlianski, a spokesman for the staff.
23h09 : Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has rejected Western accusations about the war in Ukraine before the UN Security Council. “The United States and its allies with the connivance of international human rights organizations have covered up the crimes committed by the kyiv regime”he accused.
21h36 : “55,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in this war in six months (…) Do you want more? No? So protest! Fight! Flee! Or surrender”
Ukrainian President urges Russia to “protester” against the mobilization on the Ukrainian front announced by the Kremlin or “surrender” to kyiv forces, in his daily video.
20h57 : Hop, here is a new point on the news:
• The mayor of Saint-Etienne (Loire), Gaël Perdriau, is stepping back from the presidency of the metropolis. He gave in to pressure from elected metropolitan officials, in the face of the “sextape” scandal“, reports France Blue Saint-Etienne Loire.
Germany is ready to welcome Russian deserters, announces the German Minister of the Interior. Follow our live.
• Emmanuel Macron has announced that he wants “go twice as fast” in the deployment of renewable energies and accelerating the launch of new nuclear reactors, by inaugurating France’s first offshore wind farm off Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique).
#FOOT The kick-off is given at the Stade de France against Austria! Let’s go for this 5th day of the League of Nations. Follow our live.
The screenwriter and cartoonist Francois Corteggianione of the authors of the adventures of Peep the dogdied at the age of 69, at his home in Carpentras (Vaucluse), announced the publisher Glénat.
20h09 : “I decided that I had to leave, I didn’t want to be drafted. I have absolutely no desire to take part in this war. I packed my bags and took the plane. I bought a ticket for a crazy sum but I do not regret it at all.“
In Russia, the announcement of the mobilization by Vladimir Putin, even partial, causes a lot of concern. Some have decided to flee the country, like Nikolai (an assumed first name), who confided in franceinfo.
20h02 : “A lot” of Ukrainians handed over to kyiv by Moscow thanks toa major exchange of prisoners of waryesterday, were “brutally tortured” in captivity, said a senior Ukrainian official, without giving details on the nature of these alleged tortures.
18h23 : Several categories escape mobilization: employees of defense companies, those who are recognized as unfit for health reasons or because they are caring for a disabled relative, citizens who have at least four dependent children under 16 years old.
6:18 p.m : The call concerns privates and sergeants up to 35 years old, junior officers up to 50 years old and senior officers up to 55 years old. The other criteria will be availability and combat experience.
18h13 : The Russian Ministry of Defense has provided some additional details on the mobilization of 300,000 reservists, Russian agencies report. This particularly concerns reservists with skills in armour, infantry and artillery, but also drivers and mechanics.
18h03 : It is 6 p.m., we take stock:
• The mayor of Saint-Etienne (Loire), Gaël Perdriau, is stepping back from the presidency of the metropolis. He gave in to pressure from elected metropolitan officials, in the face of the “sextape” scandal“, reports France Blue Saint-Etienne Loire.
Germany is ready to welcome Russian deserters, announces the German Minister of the Interior. Follow our live.
“We must be able to do twice as fast as what we have just done”for renewable projects, assured Emmanuel Macron, who inaugurated off Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique) the very first of a series of offshore wind farms.
• Justice gives reason to Canal+ opposite TF1, in the conflict between the two channels. The encrypted channel will not be obliged to broadcast TF1 channels again on its TNT Sat satellite offer, which allows households not served by terrestrial DTT to receive television.
17h07 : During a speech, the Russian president announced a partial mobilization in the country. For this, he demonstrated an increasingly firm rhetoric while showing himself “more emotional”. The analysis of our journalist Fabien Magnenou.
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17h02 : The Russian or pro-Russian administrations are finishing preparations for the pseudo-referendum on annexation which will begin tomorrow in four occupied regions of Ukraine. In the region of Zaporijjia (South), the bulletin is written in Russian and Ukrainian, annonce Vladimir Rogov, a member of the local occupation authorities. The Mayor of Donetsk also distributes the bulletin which will be used in the region (East), all in russian this one.
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16h26 : The UN Secretary General calls for an investigation into the “catalogue of cruelties” taking place in Ukraine, during a meeting of the Security Council on the“impunity” crimes committed since the invasion of the country by Russia.
16h17 : “Whoever courageously opposes Putin and thus puts himself in great danger can apply for political asylum in Germany”said Nancy Faeser in this interview with the Sunday edition of the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, while Justice Minister Marco Buschmann said in a tweet that Russians fleeing their country were “welcome”.
15h58 : Germany is ready to welcome Russian deserters, announces the German Minister of the Interior.
15h47 : This is far from being a detail. In the aftermath of Vladimir Putin’s speech, the Russian press and observers continue to wonder about the content of article 7 of the mobilization decree (in Russian), whose content is classified. Asked about this, the Kremlin clarified that this point concerned the number of reservists potentially mobilisable. This has, quite logically, revived the interest of observers.
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14h36 : It’s 2 p.m., here are the titles:
Emmanuel Macron inaugurated today off Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique) the very first of a series of offshore wind farms, the deployment of which it intends to accelerate in the face of the energy crisis. The president will speak soon.
• The EU’s high representative for foreign policy said last night that the 27 were examining new sanctions against Russia. Josep Borrell made this statement at the end of an informal extraordinary meeting of EU foreign ministers, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Follow our live.
“Sir, I weigh my words all the time. You are the one who regrets what you are saying”has just launched Jean-Luc Mélenchon to a reporter from “Dailywho asked him if he regretted his tweets of support for Adrien Quatennensthe LFI deputy accused of domestic violence.
Swiss tennis player Roger Federer will play tomorrow the last match of his career in a double where he will be associated with his great rival Rafael Nadal.
12h07 : It’s noon, time to make a new update on the news:
Emmanuel Macron inaugurated today off Saint-Nazaire the very first in a series of offshore wind farms, whose deployment it intends to accelerate in the face of the energy crisis. The president is due to speak at 1 p.m.
• “Our duty is to hold our line” facing “blackmail” of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Emmanuel Macron, in a BFMTV interview this morning. Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization yesterday, which concerns the reservists.
• The EU’s high representative for foreign policy said last night that the 27 were considering new sanctions against Russia. Josep Borrell made this statement at the end of an informal extraordinary meeting of EU foreign ministers, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Follow our live.
The President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, is not “not favorable” that the pension reform desired by the government involves an amendment to the law on the Social Security budget. She was the guest of franceinfo this morning.
11:55 a.m. : While Vladimir Putin has decreed partial mobilization to face the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian army, Russians are fleeing the country so as not to be sent to the front. Turkey is, with Armenia, one of the few countries where Russians can still take refuge. Report by Marie-Pierre Vérot in Istanbul.
11h28 : First clips coming out of Russia this morning of draftees saying bye to their families. This from a small town in Yakutsk. Credits @taygainfo https://t.co/tlaVRoDgLT
11h28 : The Russian media Taïga Info broadcasts on Twittershared by the journalist of the Guardian Pjotr Sauer, images of reservists saying goodbye to their families, before leaving for the front. The scene was filmed in Yakutsk.
11:20 a.m. : “Our duty is to hold our line” facing “blackmail” of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Emmanuel Macron, in an interview with the BFMTV channel this morning. “There is today an escalation that is taken by Russia, in several respects: the partial mobilization (…) and this belligerent speech, this threat, which is intended to intimidate or to remind us that Russia is a power endowed [de l’arme nucléaire]”, did he declare.
11h08 : The G7 foreign ministers have condemned the“escalade” of Moscow in the conflict in Ukraine. The countries of the organization have promised to take “new penalties”after the announcement of a partial mobilization in Russia, in a press release published overnight.