Live: Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden agree to hold a summit proposed by France

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The American president has accepted the principle of meeting his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at a summit, as proposed by Emmanuel Macron, on the night of Sunday to Monday. He set one condition: that Russia had not invaded Ukraine by then. Follow the latest developments.

  • 3:49 a.m.: Two civilians killed in shelling

Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine said on Monday that two civilians had been killed in a shelling by Ukrainian forces, Russian news agency RIA reported. According to representatives of the self-proclaimed republic of Luhansk, quoted by RIA, the bombardment took place late Sunday evening.

  • 3:16 a.m .: Sanctions considered by the EU

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday unveiled some of the sanctions that would be imposed on Moscow in the event of an invasion of Ukraine, explaining in particular that Russia would lose access to international financial markets and be denied access to certain export products.

  • 2:53 a.m .: Washington repeats its warnings about Moscow

White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki, who confirmed that Joe Biden has agreed to the meeting between Moscow and Washington, warned: “We are also ready to inflict swift and severe consequences if Russia chooses war on the place” of the summit.

“Currently, Russia seems to be continuing its preparations for a full-scale attack on Ukraine very soon,” Jen Psaki added.

  • 2:38 am: Satellite images show new Russian deployments

Satellite images, taken on Sunday, show “multiple new field deployments of armored equipment and troops” departing from existing military sites in forests and fields around 14 to 30 km from the border between Russia and the United States. Ukraine, US imaging company Maxar said in an email.

“Today most of the combat units and support equipment in Soloti have left the scene and you can see many vehicle tracks and a few convoys of armored equipment throughout the area,” Maxar explained. “Some equipment has also been deployed east of the nearby town of Valuyki, Russia, in a field about 15 kilometers north of the Ukrainian border.”

  • 1:48 am: A summit between Washington and Moscow accepted

Russian Presidents Vladimir Putin and American President Joe Biden have “accepted the principle” of meeting at a summit, proposed by their French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and which “can only be held if Russia does not invade Ukraine” , announced the Elysée on the night of Sunday to Monday. The content of the summit will be prepared by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov when they meet next Thursday.

The talks will then be extended to “all stakeholders” and will focus on “security and strategic stability in Europe”, said the French presidency, adding that preparations will begin this Thursday between the United States and the Russia.

With AFP and Reuters