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- On Wednesday, a tribute was paid to Arman Soldin, the AFP journalist who was killed on Tuesday in Ukraine. He was applauded at the late-night session of the National Assembly on Tuesday evening, and his memory was honored on Wednesday with a moment of silence in the Senate.
- “He fell because he believed that the obligation to inform should not be limited to anything,” said French Prime Minister Elisabeth Born.
- On the ground, a senior Ukrainian military official said on Wednesday that Kyiv forces had carried out effective counterattacks in Bakhmut (east), the epicenter of the fighting, for months.
- French diplomacy on Wednesday urged China to “use its relationship with Russia” to “make it clear that it is at an impasse.”
- The Pentagon on Tuesday voted in favor of $1.2 billion in new military aid to Kyiv.
Flakes are burning in Mariupol
Grain warehouses are on fire in the Russian-occupied seaport of Mariupol. According to Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol in exile, the origin of this fire is unknown. “The main thing is that Ukrainian grain will not go to Russia,” he explained, accusing Moscow of transporting Ukrainian grain to Russia.
The fire occurred amid negotiations to extend the “grain deal” to Istanbul in Turkey.
‘Operation’ in Ukraine is ‘difficult’, Kremlin spokesman admits
“The operation continues. This is a very complex operation, and, of course, some goals were achieved during the year, ”Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with a Bosnian television channel. According to him, Russia managed to seriously damage the Ukrainian military machine. Ukraine continues to bomb the Russian-occupied eastern regions of the country, and Peskov said this demonstrates the need to continue the conflict and push back pro-Kiev forces.
17 million trips in Ukraine in 2022
According to a joint report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), 17 million people were displaced in 2022 due to the war inside Ukraine.
US authorizes first transfer of funds seized from Russian oligarch to Ukraine
US Attorney General Merrick Garland approved for the first time the transfer of confiscated assets of a Russian oligarch to Ukraine. These funds belong to Konstantin Malofeev, who is accused of financing Russian puppets in Russian-occupied Crimea in 2014 and will not be the last,” the prosecutor said. Already in February, after meeting with Ukraine’s Attorney General Andriy Kostin, Garland authorized the use of $5.4 million worth of confiscated assets, which were transferred to the State Department to support Ukraine. In December 2022, the US Senate approved an amendment allowing the transfer of seized assets belonging to Russian oligarchs to the people of Ukraine.
Paris calls on Beijing to return Russia to the path of peace
“China needs to use its relationship with Russia to make Russia better understand that it is at an impasse and ask it to come to its senses” in order to “return to peace, and not continue the war,” the French said. Minister of Foreign Affairs, speaking in the presence of her German colleague Annalena Berbock.
Ukraine announced counterattacks in Bakhmut
“We are conducting effective counterattacks. In some sectors of the front, the enemy was unable to withstand the onslaught of the Ukrainian defenders and retreated to a distance of up to two kilometers,” Alexander Syrsky, commander of the ground forces of the Ukrainian army, said on Telegram. According to him, Wagner fighters were replaced in some places by less trained units of the Russian regular army .
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