2023-12-06 20:04:10
“Russia only hopes for one thing: that the unity of the free world collapses next year,” Volodymyr Zelensky warned this Wednesday during a teleconference before the leaders of the G7 countries. during which the Ukrainian president also reported a “significant” increase in pressure on the front. Follow the latest information live.
21:04
RUSSIAN DIAMONDS
G7 leaders today pledged to restrict their imports of Russian diamonds from 2024 as part of sanctions against Russia, they announced in a statement.
“We will continue our efforts to reduce Russian revenues linked to metals” by introducing “import restrictions on non-industrial diamonds mined, processed or produced in Russia from January 1, 2024”, they indicated after s be met virtually with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
20:35
G7 SANCTIONS RUSSIAN DIAMONDS
G7 leaders pledged on Wednesday to restrict their imports of Russian diamonds from 2024 as part of sanctions against Russia, they announced in a statement.
“We will continue our efforts to reduce Russian revenues linked to metals” by introducing “import restrictions on non-industrial diamonds mined, processed or produced in Russia from January 1, 2024”, they indicated after s be met virtually with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
19:16
FINANCIAL AID
The release of funding to support Ukraine “can no longer wait”, President Joe Biden warned today, addressing elected representatives of the American Congress, where Democrats and Republicans cannot agree on a new envelope for kyiv.
The failure of a vote on additional funds would be “the greatest gift” offered to Russian President Vladimir Putin, added Joe Biden, affirming that the master of the Kremlin, if he managed to seize Ukraine , “won’t stop there”. Furthermore, the president indicated that he was ready to make “significant compromises” on immigration at the Mexican border to allow Congress to release funding to support Ukraine.
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PRESSION
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this evening that Russia has “significantly increased pressure” on the front in Ukraine, assuring that Vladimir Putin is counting on the “collapse” of Western support for his country.
“Russia only hopes for one thing: that the unity of the free world will collapse next year. Russia believes that America and Europe will show weakness and will not maintain their support for Ukraine at the appropriate level,” he said during a teleconference between the leaders of the G7 countries.
17:48
CATASTROPHE ?
In the American Congress, Democrats and Republicans are torn apart over military aid to Ukraine. Capital support for kyiv, while the front line has barely moved in recent months. Washington is its most important supplier, with tens of billions of dollars granted since February 2022.
International Published today at 4:18:17:27 p.m.
VLADIMIR PUTIN IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in Riyadh on Wednesday, according to images from Russian television, the second and final stage of a trip to the Middle East, with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and oil on the agenda. The Russian president, whom the West has sought to isolate since his offensive in Ukraine, has limited his trips abroad to his closest allies for a time but is making a return to the international scene. He had visited the United Arab Emirates before Saudi Arabia.
17:27
PROSECUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
Regarding the four members of the Russian forces in Ukraine indicted in the United States for war crimes against an American citizen, judicial authorities stressed this afternoon that these were the first prosecutions launched under American law on the war crimes of 1996.
“The Department of Justice has initiated the first-ever prosecutions under the United States War Crimes Act against four members of the Russian-affiliated military forces for heinous crimes against an American citizen,” said Minister Merrick Garland. He was speaking at a joint press conference with Homeland Security Minister Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray.
16:31
WAR CRIMES
American justice announced today that it is prosecuting four members of the Russian forces operating in Ukraine for war crimes against an American citizen, said Justice Minister Merrick Garland. The alleged acts, including torture and inhuman treatment, allegedly took place in April 2022, in southern Ukraine.
16:30
EXPLOSION
A local pro-Russian official was killed today by the explosion of an “unidentified device” placed in a car in Lugansk, an occupied city in eastern Ukraine, the Russian Investigative Committee announced in a statement. Oleg Popov, a former local deputy, died “following the detonation of an unidentified device in a car”, said this source, adding that the circumstances are “being established”, while officials of the Russian occupation are regularly targeted in Ukraine by attacks.
15:25
DECORATIONS
The Ukrainian president today rewarded several soldiers for their action in the war. “It is an honor to present state awards to the best defenders, to thank all our warriors and to look them in the eyes,” he greeted su X (ex-Twitter). He greeted “eyes that see war, evil, wounds and death, but do not turn away and fight, hold defense and fight for Ukraine.”
14:20
UK SANCTIONS
The United Kingdom announced this Wednesday 46 new sanctions targeting people and entities who “supply and finance” Vladimir Putin’s Russian “war machine” in Ukraine. These new measures will “disrupt Putin’s ability to equip his army via supply chains in Belarus, China, Serbia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan”, by depriving the Russian military of “key Western components and technologies” , says British diplomacy in a press release.
They will “hit Putin where it hurts, by undermining Russian defense systems and attacking the illegal supply chain that supports the Russian war machine,” insisted the Secretary of State for Sanctions, Anne -Marie Trevelyan.
13:41
RECRUITMENT OF NEPALESE FOR THE RUSSIAN ARMY
Nepalese police said Wednesday they had arrested 12 people accused of illegally sending young men as recruits for the Russian army, a few days after the announcement of the death of six Nepalis fighting for Moscow in Ukraine. The arrested suspects had obtained documents and visas to send Nepalis to Russia, via India and the United Arab Emirates, said Nepali police spokesman Kumud Dhungel.
13:20
LCI ON THE FIELD
LCI teams visited families of Russian soldiers. They tell us their vision of the conflict.
LCI in the field: with the families of Russian soldiersSource: TF1 Info
12:32
ZELENSKY À KIEV
After failing yesterday at the American Congress, where he was due to speak in a tense context, Volodymyr Zelensky reappeared on the streets of kyiv in a video posted on social networks.
Zelensky crashes Washington and reappears in KievSource: TF1 Info
11:37
ZELENSKY’S SPEECH
The Ukrainian president canceled on the edge his speech scheduled for Tuesday before the American Congress. Volodymyr Zelensky is this time due to speak this Wednesday, at the start of a meeting of G7 leaders.
International Published today at 11:55 a.m.
PUTIN IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in Abu Dhabi this Wednesday, according to Russian media, the first stop on a rare diplomatic visit to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. “Putin’s plane landed in Abu Dhabi,” state agency Ria Novosti reported on Telegram.
09:09
UPDATE ON THE SITUATION
Ukrainian authorities reported three deaths Tuesday in Russian strikes around Kherson. On the other side of the Atlantic, American aid to kyiv is still on hold. Here is the information from the last 24 hours around the war in Ukraine.
International Published today at 7:53:08:46
NIGHT ATTACK
Ukraine says a new Russian attack occurred overnight using 48 drones. “A total of 48 Shahed 136/131 drones were launched,” of which 41 were destroyed by anti-aircraft defenses, the Ukrainian Air Force said on Telegram messaging.
07:43
ZELENSKY AU G7
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is to participate in the start of a teleconference between the leaders of the G7 countries organized this Wednesday, according to the Japanese government. This will be his first intervention since the unexpected cancellation the day before of a videoconference speech before the American Congress.
06:54
PUTIN AND HIS ARREST WARRANT
Under arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court since March 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin can still travel. How does he dodge his arrest warrant? Explanations.
How does Putin dodge his arrest warrant? Source: TF1 Info
06:47
PUTIN BACK IN THE MIDDLE EAST
The Russian president makes his return to the international scene by visiting the United Arab Emirates, then Saudi Arabia, this Wednesday.
In the Middle East, Putin’s comeback Source: TF1 Info
06:46
WELCOME
Hello and welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the war between Ukraine and Russia.
Three people were killed by Russian shell fire around Kherson, a city in southern Ukraine which has been under intense Russian bombardment for months, the Ukrainian authorities announced on Tuesday, December 5. This regional capital was retaken by Ukrainian forces just over a year ago, but is constantly bombarded by Moscow’s army positioned nearby, across the Dnieper River.
International federations and national Olympic committees demanded admission on Tuesday “as soon as possible” Russian and Belarusian athletes at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, under a neutral banner. The Olympic Summit, an annual closed-door meeting in Lausanne, had already started last year the reintegration of these two countries into world sport. It makes it possible, more broadly, to establish majority positions within the Olympic world.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky canceled his planned speech to the US Congress on Tuesday due to an event “of last minute”said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer. “Zelensky cannot make it to our briefing at 3:00 p.m., something happened at the last minute”, declared the American elected official to the press. The Ukrainian president was to speak virtually before the American Congress, hoping to obtain the release of a new, highly debated but crucial package for his country at war.
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