War in Ukraine, live: at least 20,000 dead in Mariupol, according to the Ukrainian authorities – 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-updated-ukraine-advanced-russe.png30The situation on the mapAgrandir The context Live hosted by Luc Vinogradoff and Anna Villechenon In the East. Civilians continued to flee Kramatorsk, Sloviansk and most towns in the east of the country under Ukrainian control before the announced offensive by Russian troops, and especially in the face of intensified bombardments. The Ukrainian army general staff fears that if the city of Mariupol falls, the Russians’ first objective will be “to seize Popasna and launch an offensive […] in order to reach the administrative borders of the Donetsk region”.In Mariupol. The strategic port of the Sea of ​​Azov, besieged and bombarded relentlessly for more than 40 days, will undoubtedly fall into Russian hands in the coming days. According to Vadym Boichenko, mayor of the city, quoted by Reuters, the number of civilians killed would exceed 21,000. In the kyiv region. Since the withdrawal of the Russian army, life has slowly resumed its course in the Ukrainian capital, but to the atrocities already documented are added the discovery of new bodies every day. Anatoly Fedoruk, the city’s mayor, said authorities have so far found the bodies of 403 people they believe were killed by Russian forces. chemical weapons in Mariupol. The United States has reported “credible information” on the possibility that Russia will use “chemical agents” in its offensive to take the city of Mariupol. But, said the head of American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, Washington is not “able to confirm” recent accusations made on Tuesday by the Ukrainian regiment Azov. Vladimir Putin: the invasion of Ukraine was ” inevitable”, the negotiations are at a standstill. The Russian president appeared publicly outside Moscow for the first time since the start of the war. “The military operation”, according to the official terminology of the Kremlin, and the confrontation with the Ukrainian “anti-Russian” forces was, according to him, inevitable. Volodymyr Zelensky asks for more sanctions from the EU. In Lithuania, a former Soviet republic now a member of the European Union and NATO, the Ukrainian president criticized insufficient sanctions, “because Europe still prefers cooperation, trade and the status quo”. Germany wanted to go to kyiv, the Ukrainian government “didn’t want it”. Frank-Walter Steinmeier said the Ukrainian government did not want him to come to kyiv. “I was ready to do it but apparently, and I have to take note, it was not wanted in Kyiv,” he said. The EU continues to discuss new sanctions. It is not yet clear what this sixth sanctions package will contain but, unlike the previous five, which were all adopted unanimously, a consensus is more difficult to find this time around. Over 4.6 million refugees Ukrainians since the beginning of the war. Of these men, women and children, more than half went to Poland and stayed there or chose to continue to another country. In total, almost twelve million people, more than a quarter of the population of Ukraine, have had to leave their homes, either by crossing the border to reach neighboring countries, or by finding refuge elsewhere in Ukraine. , according to the UN.Read all our articles, analyzes and reports on the war in Ukraine Reportage. kyiv comes alive again after the withdrawal of Russian troops from the north of the country Decrypts. In Germany, the government itself is divided on the issue of arms deliveries to Ukraine Factual. Societe Generale ceases its activities in Russia Portrait. The World According to Putin: The Cross and the Banner Video. In Borodianka, a situation “much more horrible” than in Boutcha Tribune. “The images of the Boutcha massacres made it possible to immediately deconstruct Russian propaganda” 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