STRAIGHT. War in Ukraine: Zelensky thanked the French parliament for recognizing Wagner as a terrorist organization

The health of the Belarusian president is questionable

Social networks ask questions about the well-being of the Belarusian president, who was present in Moscow at the celebrations on May 9. After the military parade on Red Square, Alexander Lukashenko went to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as Putin and other Central Asian presidents walked there. Lukashenka would also quickly return to Minsk and would not be present at the meal with Putin.

White House pays tribute to AFP journalist Arman Soldin, who was killed in a missile strike

“The world is indebted to Arman Soldin, the AFP journalist killed Tuesday in Ukraine,” and “ten other reporters and media workers who died covering the conflict,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded.

“Our hearts go out to the family of Arman Soldin, who died on the front lines of the war in Ukraine today, and his AFP colleagues,” the statement said. foundations of a free society. Earlier, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said he was “devastated” by the news of the journalist’s disappearance, recalling that “so many journalists are working to expose and report the truth under extremely dangerous conditions.”

Ukrainian cereals

While Russia has threatened to withdraw from an agreement on the export of Ukrainian grain from May 18, Turkey has been holding a four-party meeting for two days. This meeting comes from Ukraine, that 90% of the grain corridor is currently technically blocked by Russia. British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urged Russia not to use hunger as a weapon of war, blocking the deal.

Zelensky thanked the National Assembly

President of Ukraine Zelensky thanked the French parliament for the decision to recognize the Russian Wagner group as a terrorist organization. “This is what the whole world should accept. Every manifestation of terrorism must be destroyed, and every terrorist must be condemned,” he said.

French MPs call for Wagner to be listed as EU terrorist group

The Assembly voted unanimously on Tuesday to place the paramilitary group on the EU’s list of terrorist organizations. The non-binding text invites the French government to “mobilize diplomatically” for the EU to agree to the request.

AFP journalist Arman Soldin killed in rocket attack in east

AFP video coordinator in Ukraine Arman Soldin was killed Tuesday afternoon in a Grad rocket attack in eastern Ukraine. The shelling took place around 4:30 pm local time in the area of ​​Chasov Yar, a Ukrainian town near Bakhmut that is subject to daily shelling by Russian forces.

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