- A Marioupol, the ministry of defense russe a announced a ceasefire at the Azovstal factory : « The armed forces will open a humanitarian corridor from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Moscow [de 7 heures à 17 heures, heure française] on May 5, 6 and 7 from the site of the Azovstal Metallurgical Plant to evacuate civilians. During this period, the Russian armed forces and the units of the “Donetsk People’s Republic” [unilatéralement proclamée par les séparatistes prorusses] will cease fire and hostilities unilaterally”, the ministry continued in a statement. Yesterday, Wednesday May 4, 344 people, mainly women and children, were evacuated to Mariupol announced the president, Volodymyr Zelensky. Several hundred soldiers and civilians are still in the underground passages of the site.
- More than 600 dead in the Mariupol theater on March 16. An investigation by the Associated Press concludes that the death toll from the airstrike stands at 600, double what had been estimated. It is the deadliest attack since the beginning of the conflict. Many survivors believe that around 1,000 people were inside the building during the airstrike and that only 200 people, at most, would have come out.
- US intelligence services reportedly helped eliminate Russian generals. Official American sources, relayed by the New York Times, report that the intelligence services intercepted communications which allowed the carrying out of artillery strikes on senior officers. The army of Volodymyr Zelensky would have managed to kill twelve generals, a figure transmitted by Ukrainian officials. Helping to locate and identify enemies is one of the aids the Biden administration is providing to Kyiv.
- Russia simulates nuclear-capable missile launches. The Russian Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday evening that its army had simulated the firing of nuclear-capable missiles in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, located between Poland and Lithuania, two member countries of the EU. Combat units also practiced “operations under conditions of radiation and chemical contamination”. Russia placed its nuclear forces on alert on February 24, shortly after sending troops to Ukraine.
- The European Union is struggling to implement an embargo on Russian oil. The sixth package of sanctions against Moscow, which must be adopted unanimously by the Twenty-Seven, was presented on Wednesday in Strasbourg by the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. No agreement has been reached yet.
- From east to west, Russia bombed Ukraine on Wednesday. “In order to destroy Ukraine’s transport infrastructure, the enemy fired missiles at facilities in Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Lviv, Vinnytsia, Kyiv, Transcarpathia, Odessa and Donetsk regions”said the General Staff of the Ukrainian army in the morning.
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