War in Ukraine: after the capture of Lyssytchansk, the Russian army prepares its offensive towards Sloviansk and Kramatorsk – Le Monde

https://assets-decodeurs.lemonde.fr/redacweb/ukraine-cartes-infographie/derniere-maj-ukraine-avancee-russe.png https://assets-decodeurs.lemonde.fr/redacweb/ukraine-cartes-infographie /last-maj-ukraine-avancee-russe.png 30 The situation on the map Agrandir The context Live hosted by Solène L’Hénoret Cover image: Russian 300mm missile, unexploded, apparently launched from a multiple rocket launcher BM- 30 Smerch, in a garden in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, July 3, 2022. GENYA SAVILOV / AFP The Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff announced on Sunday evening its withdrawal from the city of Lyssytchansk, at the heart of fierce fighting in recent weeks , acknowledging the “superiority” of Russian troops on the ground. Russia announced, for its part, the “liberation of the People’s Republic of Luhansk”. In Sloviansk, a city of around 100,000 inhabitants before the war, Russian strikes killed six people on Sunday, including a 9-year-old girl. The Ukrainian authorities are now calling on the inhabitants to leave the region, while the front line is only a few kilometers away. In Siversk, about twenty kilometers west of Lyssytchansk, the Ukrainian forces seem to want to press on a line of defense between this city and Bakhmout, in order to protect Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. The inhabitants evoke more and more intense bombardments these last days. or Kherson. “A day will come when we will say the same about Donbass,” he assured. The Lugano conference, planned long before Russia invaded Ukraine at the end of February, will to draw the contours of the reconstruction of Ukraine. The foundations of a “Marshall Plan” for Ukraine must be laid there, even though there is no end in sight to the war and the figures range from tens to hundreds of billions of dollars. British Foreign Minister Liz Truss will present Monday in Lugano a vast plan to support London’s reconstruction. The International Olympic Committee will triple its direct financial assistance to Ukrainian athletes so that they can “hoist high” their flag during the 2024 Paris Games, then the 2026 Winter Games, IOC President Thomas Bach announced on Sunday. He also confirmed the exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes from all international sporting events. Find our live from yesterday here. Read all our articles, analyzes and reports on the war in Ukraine Reportage. In Ukraine, war is raging in the sky of Donbass Decryption. Stranded dolphins, threatened bird colonies… In Ukraine, war is also putting nature in danger Interview. “We have crossed the threshold of 100,000 Ukrainians welcomed in France”, Joseph Zimet Reportage. Lviv, city of refuge for Ukrainian companies fleeing the war Interview. “The countries bordering Russia retain a very strong memory of Soviet domination and its violence”