UPDATE ON THE SITUATION – Le Figaro provides an update on the latest information from journalists, Ukrainian and Russian statements, Western sources and international organizations.
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Macron will tell Beijing that we must “s’abstainto support the Russian effort, the father of a Russian teenage girl hostile to the war arrested, an American journalist detained in Russia… Le Figaro provides an update this Thursday, March 30 on the latest information related to the war in ukraine.
Ukraine now controls only a third of Bakhmout
Ukraine now controls only a third of the city of Bakhmout, the scene of violent and particularly deadly fighting for months in the East, said Thursday an adviser to the Ukrainian presidency, Sergey Lechchenko. “Bakhmut is one-third controlled by Ukraine, as established by international observers“said Serguiy Lechtchenko during a briefing broadcast on the Telegram account of the presidency. However, he denied that the city is surrounded by Russian forces, as a pro-Russian official in the East recently claimed.
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The boss of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, Evgeny Prigozhinesaid on March 20 that his men, on the front line in this battle, controlled “environ 70%by Bakhmout. This information had not previously been confirmed by the Ukrainian authorities.
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Macron will tell Beijing that he is “essential to abstain » to support the Russian war effort
The French President Emmanuel Macron going to tell Chinese leaders next week that he is “essential to abstainto support the Russian war effort in Ukraine, said Thursday the head of French diplomacy Catherine Colonna.
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During this visit to China by Emmanuel Macron, accompanied for part of his stay by the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, “we will remind (in Beijing) that it is essential to refrain from any action that could allow Russia to support its war effort“, declared the French Minister of Foreign Affairs in Vilnius, during a joint press conference with her Lithuanian counterpart Gabrielius Landsbergis.
China, which has never denounced the Russian invasion of Ukraine, proposed in February a “peace planto end the war, which has been going on for more than a year, but the United States and Europe remain skeptical of Beijing’s ability to mediate. The French president will move on to China “clear messages“so that “that it reaffirm its attachment to international law and respect for the principles of the Charterof the United Nations, said Catherine Colonna. According to her, “it is in the interest of all countries (…) that Russian aggression fails».
Fugitive father of teenage girl hostile to military offensive arrested in Belarus
A Russian, separated from his 13-year-old daughter for a drawing against the offensive in Ukraine that she had done in college, and who had fled before being sentenced to two years in prison, was arrested in BelarusRussian news agencies reported on Thursday.
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Alexei Moskaliov, 54, wasarrested by the police“Belarusian near the capital Minsk”on demandfrom the Russian authorities, the Belarusian Interior Ministry said, quoted by the agencies. Emblematic of the repression against those who oppose the conflict in Ukraine, the case of Alexei Moskaliov, separated from his daughter Maria, a 13-year-old schoolgirl whom he raised alone, arouses great emotion in Russia.
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The affair began when Maria Moskaliova drew a picture in class showing missiles heading towards a woman and a child with a Ukrainian flag. The school principal immediately alerted the police and the schoolgirl was placed in a home, while the father was placed under house arrest in early March. On Tuesday, a court sentenced Maria Moskaliov to two years in prison for “discredited» the army. But, in the process, the authorities announced that Maria Moskaliov had escaped from his house arrest and was therefore a fugitive.
A letter written by Maria Moskaliova in which she said she supported her father added to the emotion after being made public on Wednesday. “I love you very much, you are not guilty of anything, I will always be on your side“Wrote the young girl, who was placed in a home and banned from any telephone contact with her father. Another trial is to be held on April 6 to decide whether or not to restrict Maria Moskaliov’s parental rights.
Russia: an American journalist in detention for “espionage”
Russia on Thursday remanded an American journalist of Wall Street Journal whom she accuses of espionage, an unprecedented case in the recent history of the country in a context of increased repression since the offensive against Ukraine. Evan Gershkovich’s arrest was announced by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) on Thursday and the Kremlin said he was taken into “in the act“, without substantiating his accusations. This case comes at the height of tensions between the United States and Russia linked to the conflict in Ukraine, and Washington accuses Moscow of detaining several of its citizens for political reasons.
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Evan Gershkovich, a perfectly Russian-speaking reporter known for his rigor, denied the accusations against him. According to Tass, the case was closed “secret», which strongly limits the publication of information about him. The journalist’s lawyer, Daniil Berman, said he was unable to attend the hearing on Thursday. The only details available at this stage: the FSB has announced that it hasthwarted illegal activityby arresting Evan Gershkovich in Ekaterinburg, in the Urals, on an unspecified date. Russian security services say they suspect him of “espionage for the benefit of the United States“, accusing him in particular of having collected information”about a company in the military-industrial complex» Russian.
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The Russian invasion in Ukraine is a “threat” to Europe, warns Charles III
Charles III lamented on Thursday the return of the “scourgeof the war in Europe by referring to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in a historic speech to German MPs, even if the allies can “to draw courage from their unity“. The Russian war against Ukraine caused “so much unimaginable pain to so many innocent people“, declared the British sovereign, the first monarch to speak within the precincts of the Bundestag.
It constitutes a “menaceon Europe’s security andour democratic values“, he added in this speech of about half an hour held mainly in German and which ended with a standing ovation. The king praised in particular the deliveries of heavy weapons to Ukraine by Germany.
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