War in Ukraine, live: intense street fighting in Sievierodonetsk, Washington considers “credible” that Moscow is stealing Ukrainian wheat – Le Monde

https://assets-decodeurs.lemonde.fr/redacweb/ukraine-cartes-infographie/derniere-maj-ukraine-avancee-russe.png https://assets-decodeurs.lemonde.fr/redacweb/ukraine-cartes-infographie /derniere-maj-ukraine-avancee-russe.png 30 The situation on the map Agrandir The context Live animated by Anne Guillard Cover image: A firefighter tries to put out a fire following a Russian bombardment in a warehouse in Donetsk, in the eastern Ukraine. ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO / REUTERS The contributions of this live monitoring are activated between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., Paris time. Ukrainian forces are “holding their ground” in Sievierodonetsk, but the Russians are “more numerous and more powerful” there, so that the situation is “difficult” on the eastern front, Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters in kyiv on Sunday. “The main efforts of the enemy are focused” on an attempt to seize this industrial center and to “block” Ukrainian troops in the neighboring region of Lyssychansk, the Ukrainian army said in the evening. “Our soldiers keep control of Sievierodonetsk, fighting continues in its eastern part,” she added in her statement. Regional governor Serhi Haidai earlier said the situation had “worsened” for the Ukrainians, in spite of a counter-attack which made it possible to retake half of this city. Its mayor, Oleksandre Striouk, for his part told the Ukrainian Independent Information Agency (Unian) that “the situation was changing every hour” and that “intense street fighting” was underway, as well as a “artillery duel”. According to Mr. Haïdaï, the bombardments have further intensified on Sievierodonetsk and Lyssytchansk, a city located on “the heights” and strategic to “hold the line of defense”. The head of American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, estimated on Monday June 6 “credible” reports that Russia “steals” Ukrainian grain exports, blocked due to the conflict, “to sell them for its own profit”. “It’s all deliberate,” he told a virtual conference on food insecurity, accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of “blackmail” to get international sanctions lifted against the invasion. from Ukraine. Find our live from yesterday here. Read all our articles, analyzes and reports on the war in Ukraine Reportage. At the port of Odessa, sailors banished from the Black Sea Decryption. Black scenarios of Ukrainian agriculture Testimonials. Ukrainian and Russian exiles in France: “We are preparing our departure for Boston. I would like to stay in France but we don’t speak the language” Decryption. Pro-Russian Transnistria, a threat to Ukraine Interview. “The Ukrainians want to return, but they are afraid that everything will change again overnight” Decryption. War in Ukraine: Turkey poses as mediator of the wheat crisis