War in Ukraine, live: new curfew in kyiv; Joe Biden meets two Ukrainian ministers in Warsaw – 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 More than a month after embarking on a military invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army announced on Friday that it would concentrate its efforts in the east of the country, for the “liberation of Donbass”. Since 2014, this region has been partly controlled by pro-Russian separatists. In addition, Moscow has acknowledged the death of 1,351 of its soldiers since the start of the military attack. A senior Pentagon official said that Ukrainian forces had launched a counter-offensive on the city of Kherson (south), only major urban center conquered entirely by Moscow forces, which is now “contested”. , some 100,000 people are still stranded there. Emmanuel Macron announced that France, Turkey and Greece were going to carry out “a humanitarian operation” to evacuate civilians from Mariupol “in the very next few days”. The French president, who is to meet with Vladimir Putin “to here forty-eight to seventy-two hours”, also announced that the European Commission will be able to make joint purchases of energy. According to Unicef, the first month of war in Ukraine has caused the displacement of 4.3 million children, more than half of the country’s 7.5 million children. Among these displaced, 1.8 million have joined neighboring countries as refugees and 2.5 million have remained within Ukrainian borders. The talks between kyiv and Moscow are “very difficult”, judged the Minister of Foreign Affairs foreign Ukrainians, Dmytro Kuleba. “The positions converge on the secondary points. But on the main [questions] policies, we are treading water,” said Vladimir Medinski, Russia’s chief negotiator. US President Joe Biden visited US servicemen based in Poland on Friday, the second leg of a trip to Europe intended to cement the union of Westerners against Russia, both on the diplomatic and economic front. The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has signed a law punishing prison sentences of up to fifteen years for “false information” on the action of Moscow abroad.Read all our articles, analyzes and reports on the war in Ukraine: Story. War in Ukraine: in the bombed theater of Mariupol: “What we saw around us was blood and chaos” Testimonies. “They asked me, ‘Why do you hate us?’ The director of the Kherson theater tells about his kidnapping Investigation. Minefield for the Moscow-Beijing axis Reportage. In Poland, Joe Biden salutes a country at the forefront of support for Ukraine Decrypts. The United States wants to help Europe to face the Russian energy weapon Reportage. “Skating is not difficult. Being there is not difficult. Being in Ukraine is difficult » Call for testimonials. Employees of companies present in Russia, testify You can find our live from yesterday on this link. “Why is my question not published? “: how Le Monde manages contributions in live follow-ups