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- The war in Ukraine began 413 days ago.
- The UN estimates that some 8,500 civilians have been killed since the start of the Russian invasion.
- The Russian economy should be able to withstand in 2023, according to the IMF.
- The Wagner Group claims to control 80% of the symbolic city of Bakhmut.
- The arrest in Russia of an American journalist “goes beyond what is acceptable,” Biden said.
- The leak of classified US documents is a “serious” security threat to the Pentagon.
- In Russia, conscription for military service will be held electronically.
- Ukraine and Russia on Monday exchanged more than 100 prisoners of war from each side.
Bakhmut is 80% occupied by Russians
Russian forces claimed to control 80% of the city of Bakhmut, where heavy and bitter fighting still continues. If this information is difficult to verify, however, it appears to have been confirmed by the American Institute of War, which, according to satellite analysis, yesterday confirmed the advance of Russian soldiers in several directions, including in the vicinity of this city.
JOE 2024: Kyiv wants to keep pressure on the IOC against the return of Russian athletes
Kyiv will put pressure on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to prevent Russian athletes from participating in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. “We have to keep pushing” and “probably the IOC will understand that while there is a war in Ukraine, the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes is not timely,” Ukraine’s sports minister Vadim Gutsayt told AFP.
Russians and Belarusians have been banned from participating in international sports competitions following an offensive launched by Moscow in February 2022. This year, as the war continues, the IOC has set the stage for their return individually under neutral banners and only if the respective athletes return. do not “actively” support the invasion and do not have a “contract” with the Russian military.
Russia: Opponent Alexei Navalny, ill, left ‘unattended’ in prison, according to his lawyer
Vladimir Putin’s number one Russian rival has lost 8kg over the past two weeks. The medicine that his mother sends him does not reach him. He will suffer from “an unknown disease for which no one cures him.” Our article.
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Source: Le Parisien
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