War in Ukraine, live: violent explosions heard at night in Kharkiv

https://assets-decodeurs.lemonde.fr/redacweb/ukraine-cartes-infographie/derniere-maj-ukraine-avancee-russe.png https://assets-decodeurs.lemonde.fr/redacweb/ukraine-cartes-infographie /last-maj-ukraine-avancee-russe.png 30 The situation on the map Agrandir The context The Russian forces maintain their pressure on the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine, particularly around Kharkiv in the northeast. Violent explosions were heard overnight from Friday to Saturday in the country’s second largest city, which had been pounded for weeks by Russian artillery. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that although the situation in this northeastern region was “difficult”, “our soldiers are achieving tactical success”. This is particularly the case in Rouska Lozova, a village taken over by the Ukrainians north of Kharkiv, from where the Russian forces pounded the city according to them. The village was liberated after heavy fighting, and more than 600 residents evacuated, according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. Friday the evacuation of civilians trapped with Ukrainian soldiers in the Azovstal steelworks, a team from Agence France-Presse heard heavy bombardments on the steel complex, which did not seem to allow such an operation. Russia has confirmed, Friday, having bombed kyiv the day before, claiming to have targeted military and strategic objectives, in the midst of a visit by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres. A strike that caused the death of a Ukrainian journalist from Radio Liberty, an emblematic media financed by the United States. While Vladimir Putin was invited, like Volodymyr Zelensky, to the G20 summit scheduled for November in Indonesia, the States States said they refused to deal with the Russian president “as if nothing had happened”. Norway will follow in the footsteps of the European Union, of which it is not a member, by closing its ports to boats. Russians, with the exception of trawlers. A 22-year-old former US Marine was killed in Ukraine where he left in mid-March to fight Russian forces, family members said. The Pentagon has asked Americans “not to travel” to the country. More than 5.4 million Ukrainians have left their country since the beginning of the Russian invasion, including 57,000 in the last twenty-four hours, noted the United Nations. Read all our articles, analyzes and reports on the war in Ukraine Reportage. Forgotten by Moscow, loyal to Putin: Fère-Champenoise, Russian-style fatalism Testimonials. Ukrainian and Russian exiles in France: “I have the impression that the future is messy and unfair” Portfolio. Two weeks of war on the Donbass front Video. Bombings in kyiv: “It’s a middle finger from Putin” Story. Language barrier, housing difficulties, over-educated people… Ukrainian refugees struggling to find a job in France Reportage. In Kharkiv, “nobody was going to welcome the Russians with flowers” ​​Editorial. The war in Ukraine changes its nature Narrative. The “filtration camps”, a practice already used in Chechnya Maps. Day after day, the war in Ukraine in cards You can find our live yesterday on this link “Why my question is not published? “: how Le Monde manages contributions in live follow-ups