War in Ukraine live: Putin imposes payment in rubles for Russian gas delivered to the EU – archyde

Ukraine’s President Zelensky will speak by video to the National Assembly at 3 p.m. in an attempt to drum up more support for his country in the face of Russia’s war. Some 100,000 civilians are still stuck in the big city port of Mariupol, where Russian tanks entered after weeks of bombardment. Westerners will announce on Thursday “new sanctions against Russia and strengthen” those that already exist, the White House announced. More than 3.5 million people fled Ukraine and the fighting sparked by the invasion of the Russian army. 70,000 more than the day before. The International Organization for Migration estimates that Ukraine also has 6.5 million internally displaced people.13:53ILO suspension in RussiaThe International Labor Organization (ILO) announces that it ” temporarily suspends” cooperation with Russia. 13:44 “Obtain security guarantees” “We choose to maintain a channel of dialogue with Vladimir Putin because it is the request of President Zelensky”, assures Gabriel Attal. “This also makes it possible to obtain security guarantees (…) even if they are minimal”, in particular on the question of nuclear security, assures the government spokesperson. 13:35 No longer possible to pay for Russian gas in eurosVladimir Putin announces that Russia will no longer accept payments in dollars and euros for its gas sold and delivered to Europe. “I have taken the decision to implement a set of measures to switch to payment in rubles for our gas delivered to hostile countries, and to renounce in all regulations the currencies that have been compromised,” said the Russian president. The country’s authorities have a week to set up the new payment system. 13:30Helping vulnerable countriesEmmanuel Macron “will bring to the G7 tomorrow a proposal for an international initiative: united and coordinated action at the global level” to help “vulnerable countries deal with the shortage of wheat supplies” from Russia or Ukraine, reports the government spokesman. 13:27 Making the war “unfinanceable” We must “try everything to put an end to this war by making it unfinanceable”, insists Gabriel Attal. “France is more united than ever with the Ukrainian people. We have sent “military but also humanitarian equipment” and “we will continue to do so”. 13:25 Negotiations described as “difficult” on both sides After Russia, the Ukrainian negotiator also qualifies the talks conducted to try to obtain an end to hostilities as “difficult”. “The Ukrainian side has clear and principled positions”, justified the Ukrainian Mykhaïlo Podoliak. invasion of Ukraine, without giving details of the content of these exchanges or their date. “There has already been information about the exchange of the mayor of Melitopol. There were no other exchanges,” replies Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk. summit on Thursday and Friday, will study the possibility of coordinating joint purchases of gas on behalf of member states to strengthen the continent’s energy security and reduce its dependence on Russian hydrocarbons. The Commission also wants to oblige each member state to fill its gas reserves to “at least 80%” of their capacity by November 1, according to a document unveiled on Wednesday. IndonesiaVladimir Putin is expected to attend the G20 summit scheduled for the end of the year in Indonesia, announces the Russian ambassador based in this Southeast Asian country. His arrival “will depend on many things, in particular the situation linked to Covid, which is now improving. But so far the intention is that he comes, ”she assures. 12:49A health protocol for the reception of animals from UkraineThis protocol has been put in place by the French authorities “in order to prevent any health risk linked to these movements of animals – zoonoses, rabies and possible trafficking – insofar as Ukraine is not free from rabies”, explains the Bardot Foundation in a press release. Supported by the Ministry of Agriculture, this operation fully covers the cost of health surveillance and veterinary care for dogs and cats from ‘Ukraine.According to the Foundation “dogs and cats from Ukraine entering the European Union must usually meet certain strict regulatory requirements”. Upon their arrival, they must be regularly presented to veterinarians, and be vaccinated. 12:452433 Ukrainian children now educated in France12:38Kiev calls for sanctioning “Russian television propagandists”“Russian television propagandists are worse than Russian pilots. The pilots risk at least being shot down. (…) Punish each of them, ”urged Dmytro Kouleba, the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a message posted on Twitter. “Block all toxic Russian propaganda and those who support it,” he further demanded, lamenting that “talking heads sleep in safety, then take to the air and call for nuclear strikes or invasion of members. of NATO”. 12:24 Ukraine claims “clear and principled positions” in the negotiations If the Russian-Ukrainian talks are “difficult” it is because “the Ukrainian side has clear and principled positions”, claimed Mykhaïlo Podoliak, chief negotiator on the Ukrainian side. He stressed that the talks, which resumed on March 14, continued “permanently, online”. 12:16 Two new yachts of a Russian oligarch frozen in the south of France One of the yachts is moored in the Old Port of Cannes and the other is in a shipyard in Antibes, according to information from the daily Liberation. Baptized “La Petite Ourse”, the boat in Cannes is 17 meters long and its value is estimated at 20 million euros. With its 26 meters long, its “big brother”, “La Grande Ourse”, in Antibes for maintenance work, to him a value of some 70 million euros, according to the government source. They belong to the Russian oligarch Alexei Kuzmitchev, among the most influential in Russia12:09Two exchanges of Russian-Ukrainian prisoners have taken placeAccording to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs two exchanges of Russian-Ukrainian prisoners have been organized since the entry of the forces of Moscow in Ukraine, without specifying their dates or the number of detainees concerned. “The Ministry of Defense of Russia organizes daily humanitarian corridors and the evacuation of civilians from localities. In addition, two exchanges of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine have taken place,” the ministry said without further details in a press release denouncing the EU’s positions towards Moscow and its military offensive. at its neighbour. 12:02 The 45 Russian diplomats suspected of espionage expelled from Poland The Polish counterintelligence service ABW announced earlier in the day that it had identified 45 Russian diplomats suspected of espionage, and asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to expel. “In a totally coherent and determined way, we are dismantling the network of Russian special services in our country”, writes Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski on Twitter. of football has planned to donate one euro “for each ticket sold” during the friendly matches against Côte d’Ivoire, Friday in Marseille, and against South Africa, next Tuesday in Lille, “in favor of the victims of the conflict in Ukraine, ”she said. The Vélodrome stadium, with its more than 65,000 seats, should be full on Friday. The Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Lille is already sold out with 50,000 spectators expected. of his humanitarian action in Ukraine”, according to the FFF.11:19 Zelensky will address the Swedish Parliament on ThursdayThe Ukrainian President continues his world tour. He will speak by videoconference Thursday before the Swedish Parliament, a month after the start of the Russian invasion of his country. of its rules limiting state aid to companies to support the economy in the face of the consequences of the war in Ukraine. EU countries are authorized to grant subsidized loans and subsidies to companies suffering the impact of sanctions and soaring gas prices, under certain conditions. 10:50121 Ukrainian children have died since the beginning of the Russian invasion, assures ZelenskyIn front of the Japanese Parliament, Volodymyr Zelensky indicated that since the beginning of the Russian offensive, 121 Ukrainian children had died.10:45A Russian bombardment on a neighborhood residential district of KievA residential district in the north-west of kyiv was the target this morning of a Russian bombardment which caused four minor injuries and damaged several houses. Artillery fire fell in the early morning on the Nyvky district, in the part of the Ukrainian capital closest to the front line about five kilometers away, AFP found. The strike injured four people, according to a statement from the Kyiv city administration. 10:22 Kyiv calls Westerners to deliver “offensive weapons”“Our armed forces and our citizens are holding their ground with superhuman courage, but we cannot win a war without offensive weapons, without medium-range missiles, which can nt be a deterrent, ”pleaded Andriy Yermak, the chief of staff of the Ukrainian president in a video published Tuesday evening on Telegram. However, “we are not given them”, he lamented. “Just as they are not giving us planes,” he added, a request at this stage systematically rejected by Westerners who do not want to intervene militarily in Ukraine for fear of a widening conflict with Russia. 10:13 Zelensky addresses the Japanese parliament “We are witnessing the impotence of the Security Council. The UN is powerless. (…) Japan’s leadership will be decisive. I suggest that you take on this role in the search for security guarantees, ”argues the Ukrainian president. today in Europe, where he will try to strengthen the unity of Westerners and to increase the sanctions against Russia.