DIRECT. War in Ukraine: the kyiv Parliament describes the actions of the Russian army in the country as “genocide”

Find here all of our live #UKRAINE6:38 p.m .: Let’s take a moment to rewind the news of this Thursday afternoon: Emmanuel Macron was this afternoon in Le Havre, where he notably addressed the theme of ecology. Marine Le Pen must hold a meeting in Avignon at 6.30 p.m. Follow our live.• Coline Berry-Rojtman, who accuses her father Richard Berry and his ex-wife, Jeane Manson, of sexual assault, has been fined 2,000 euros for defamation.#CANNES We know the official selection of the next Cannes Film Festival, which will be held in May. Among the directors in the running for the Palme d’Or, we find David Cronenberg, James Gray and the Dardenne brothers. Joe Biden has promised his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, massive new military aid, of heavy equipment. The United States has so far been reluctant to deliver it to kyiv, for fear of further aggravating its tensions with Moscow and of being considered a party to the war. 4:02 p.m.: War crimes, crimes against humanity, crime aggression, genocide… More than a month and a half after the start of the war in Ukraine, accusations of abuse are piling up against the Russian army. To fully understand what these terms cover, we will come back to their definitions. After fleeing Ukraine with his mother a few weeks ago, he quickly found a football club to take him in. A comfort for the young boy who can put on his crampons again, far from the war. (FRANCEINFO) 3:02 p.m .: Thirty Ukrainians were released today, as part of a new prisoner exchange with Russia, announces kyiv. Ukraine did not specify the number of Russians exchanged. 2:22 p.m .: Very close to the fighting between the Russian and Ukrainian forces, the ambulance workers are particularly exposed. A French intern who left to help the Ukrainians testifies to the risks taken to treat the wounded. 5:56 p.m.: It’s already 2 p.m. We have a coffee, and a point on the news: Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Le Havre, where he must notably address the theme of ecology. Marine Le Pen must hold a meeting in Avignon at 6.30 p.m. Follow our live.#CANNES We know the official selection of the next Cannes Film Festival, which will be held in May. Among the directors in the running for the Palme d’Or, we find David Cronenberg, James Gray and the Dardenne brothers. Joe Biden has promised his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, massive new military aid, of heavy equipment. The United States has been hesitant until now to deliver it to kyiv, for fear of further aggravating its tensions with Moscow and of being considered as a party to this war. A national tribute will be paid to actor Michel Bouquet on 27 April at the Invalides. Emmanuel Macron, who will still be in office whether or not he is re-elected on April 24, will preside over the ceremony.
1:43 p.m .: The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, considered “very hurtful” the refusal of his French counterpart to denounce a “genocide” in Ukraine by the Russian army. “I answered him directly because I had it this morning, I will speak to him again this evening”, affirmed Emmanuel Macron this morning. be qualified by jurists, not by politicians.” Several leaders, including Joe Biden, have accused Russia of committing genocide in Ukraine. Emmanuel Macron however judged, this morning on France Bleu, that “it is not helping Ukraine (…) to enter into verbal escalation”. 1:28 p.m .: At the request of several Ukrainian hospitals, the NGO Pompiers de l’urgence internationale de Limoges (Haute-Vienne) is preparing to transport five ambulances equipped with medical equipment to the country. The volunteers are in full preparation. (FRANCEINFO) 12:39 p.m .: These are extremely rare testimonies, collected by an RTS journalist. Perhaps the first to define to such an extent the horror that women and minors experienced in Boutcha. A mother and her daughter have agreed to testify about the continuous rapes they endured during the Russian occupation. Please note, this article contains testimonials that may offend people’s feelings, but which we believe are important for understanding the situation in Ukraine. The traditional debate between the two rounds of the presidential election will be held on Wednesday April 20 from 9 p.m. The debate, scheduled to last just over two hours, will be moderated by journalists Gilles Bouleau and Léa Salamé. The campaign between the two towers continues. Marine Le Pen answered Caroline Roux’s questions, on the set of “4 Truths”, defending the trivialization of the referendum, without excluding engaging her responsibility by a referendum question “at some point” of her mandate. Emmanuel Macron is expected in the stronghold of his former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, in Le Havre (Seine-Maritime), this afternoon. He will go in particular to the port of the city, the first in France. Follow our live. • The cruiser Moskva, flagship of the Russian Black Sea fleet damaged during the offensive against Ukraine, did not sink and the explosions on board have stopped, said the Russian Ministry of Defense. Ukraine has also announced a resumption of evacuations of civilians via nine humanitarian corridors, in particular from the besieged city of Mariupol in the south-east of the country. Follow our live. • Alerted in mid-December to the presence of salmonella in its Kinder factory in Belgium, Ferrero denies having been slow to react, as accused by the NGO Foodwatch, while 150 cases of contamination have been declared in Europe. Since the end of March, the number of patients affected by salmonellosis, whose symptoms resemble those of gastroenteritis, has continued to swell with cases detected in nine European countries. A national tribute will be paid to actor Michel Bouquet on April 27 at the Invalides. Emmanuel Macron, who will still be in office whether or not he is re-elected on April 24, will preside over the ceremony. He says he responded to a call from a Frenchman who explained that he was doing humanitarian work and wanted to support the local population by buying equipment. He never received the accounting documents he requested. Worse, he was the victim of telephone threats to calm his disturbing curiosity. 09:44 am: The head of Irish diplomacy, Simon Coveney, goes to kyiv today. This is the first visit by a foreign minister from a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council since the start of the conflict. He will meet his two counterparts, the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs and that of Defence, and will visit areas directly affected by the Russian invasion. ecology for Emmanuel Macron in Le Havre, the first big meeting of the between-two-rounds in Avignon for Marine Le Pen: the two presidential finalists go back to the front in a campaign waged at full speed. “We have never had a president who has shown as much authoritarianism as Emmanuel Macron”, denounced the RN candidate, invited to France 2 this morning. Follow our live. • Ukraine has announced a resumption of evacuations of civilians via nine humanitarian corridors, in particular from the besieged city of Mariupol, in the south-east of the country, after a day of suspension. Russia has also suffered a major material setback: the cruiser Moskva, flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, having been “severely damaged” by an explosion of munitions according to Moscow, and by missile strikes according to officials. Ukrainians. Follow our live.• The 75th Cannes Film Festival unveils its official selection at 11 am. More than 2,000 films have been submitted, twenty of which will be able to run for the Palme d’Or, after the coronation, as breathtaking as it is divisive, of the Frenchwoman Julia Ducournau, in 2021. Thierry Frémaux’s press conference can be followed in this live broadcast. • At the trial of the November 13 attacks, Salah Abdeslam for the first time declared that his “objective” was to blow himself up in a café in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, but that he had given up doing so after watching the people around him. His questioning will continue this afternoon. • Two Palestinians were killed this morning in a new operation by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, a week after deadly attacks in the heart of the Tel Aviv metropolis, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.
8:20 a.m.: “The fighting is fierce, it’s urban guerrilla warfare. It’s street fighting, but there’s not really a front line”. Some 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers are still inside Mariupol, besieged for more than a month by the Russian army. A Ukrainian officer from the Azov regiment recounts the hell on the spot. (ALEXANDER NEMENOV / AFP) 07:44: Marine Le Pen speaks of “war crimes” in Ukraine. I had immediately requested a UN investigation into those responsible for these horrors”, adds the RN presidential candidate. 07:18: “What I remember from the war are people’s dilemmas. Do we have to leave? Should we stay?” Agnès Vahramian, senior reporter for France Télévisions, came to testify this morning about her weeks spent in Ukraine on the franceinfo set. She notably drew the parallel between this conflict and the war in Yugoslavia. , which she covered 31 years ago. “Every day I thought about it in Ukraine,” the journalist explained. participated in the Russian intervention in Syria from 2015. In the early days of the invasion of Ukraine, he took part in an attack on Serpents’ Island, near the Romanian border, during which 19 Ukrainian sailors were captured to be later exchanged for Russian prisoners. (AFP) , citing the Ministry of Defense. Ukrainian authorities have af confirmed for their part that the Moskva had been hit by missiles. “Neptune missiles protecting the Black Sea have caused significant damage to this Russian ship,” said the Ukrainian governor of the Odessa region (south). At the trial of the November 13 attacks, Salah Abdeslam for the first time declared that his “objective” was to blow himself up the evening of the attacks in a café in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, but that he had given up doing so after watching the people around him. “I didn’t give up out of fear, I gave up out of humanity,” he said. The second part of his interrogation will take place this afternoon. #PRESIDENTIELLEA trip dedicated to ecology, to Le Havre (Seine-Maritime), for Emmanuel Macron, the first big meeting of the between-two-rounds in the south for Marine le Pen: the two presidential finalists go back to the front today, in a vigorous campaign. The RN candidate will be Caroline Roux’s guest on the “4 Truths” set of France 2, at 7:30 a.m. Follow his interview in our live. • Russia has suffered one of its biggest material setbacks since the start of the invasion of Ukraine: its cruiser Moskva, flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, was “severely damaged” by an explosion of munitions according to Moscow, and by missile strikes according to kyiv. In Washington, Joe Biden promised Volodymyr Zelensky massive new military aid of $800 million, including heavy equipment that the United States has so far been reluctant to deliver to kyiv for fear of further escalating tensions with Moscow and to be considered a party to the war. Follow our direct.Also readRelated topics