War in Ukraine, live: in Mariupol, a theater in which “hundreds of civilians” had taken refuge, targeted by bombardments – Le Monde

https://assets-decodeurs.lemonde.fr/redacweb/ukraine-cartes-infographie/derniere-maj-ukraine-avancee-russe.pnghttps://assets-decodeurs.lemonde.fr/redacweb/ukraine-cartes-infographie/ last-maj-ukraine-avancee-russe.png30The situation on the mapAgrandir The context Live hosted by Luc Vinogradoff, Anna Villechenon, Pierre Bouvier, Eléa Pommiers and Agnès Gautheron A theater housing “hundreds of civilians”, including many children, was hit by a Russian airstrike in Mariupol. “The plane dropped a bomb on the building where hundreds of civilians were sheltering. It is impossible to establish the toll in the immediate future, because the bombing of residential areas continues, ”wrote the town hall on Telegram, posting a photo of the theater, the central part of which is destroyed. Negotiations resumed on Wednesday . After starting their exchanges on Monday, the Ukrainian and Russian delegations met again to try to reach a compromise allowing a ceasefire, or at least the establishment of lasting humanitarian corridors. is addressed by videoconference, at the beginning of the afternoon, to the elected officials of the American Congress. Volodymyr Zelensky has once again called for the establishment of a no-fly zone over his country, a measure supported by several elected members of Congress, but which US President Joe Biden has so far rejected. . Failing that, the Ukrainian president has requested planes and air defense systems. Joe Biden announced on Wednesday additional security assistance to Ukraine of $800 million, after Mr. United.Several loud explosions were heard at dawn in western Kyiv. A twelve-storey building was damaged in the Shevchenko district, but no report has yet been given, while the press is not allowed to circulate in the city because of the curfew, the second since the start of the war. Some 20,000 people were able to leave Mariupol, a large port city in the south-east besieged by Russian forces, on Tuesday via a humanitarian corridor, the Ukrainian presidency announced. A total of around 29,000 people were evacuated from several besieged Ukrainian towns on Tuesday, according to the same source. The Prime Ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia were in kyiv to meet the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, and assure him of the “unequivocal support” of the EU. Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski has asked NATO to set up a “peace mission” in Ukraine. About 3 million people have fled Ukraine since the start of the country’s invasion by the Russian army, a spokesperson for the International Organization for Migration said in Geneva on Tuesday. Read all our articles, analyzes and reports on the war in Ukraine: Analysis. Expected before Congress, Volodymyr Zelensky increases the pressure on Joe Biden Décryptages. Europe adopts fourth set of sanctions against Russia Report. The mayor of kyiv takes “the oath that the Russians will never conquer” the capital Decryption. With sanctions and retaliatory measures, the threat of a “digital iron curtain” in Russia Interview. “The thin border that now separates Russia from the EU and NATO makes the Kremlin shudder”