Live: Fierce fighting continues in Severodonetsk

Published on: 07/06/2022 – 08:57 Fighting continues on Tuesday for the takeover of Severodonetsk, where the Russian army “destroys the city”, according to a local official. The other major battle is that of wheat resources: Washington accuses Moscow of “blackmailing” wheat exports. Follow our live. 8:15 am: from a blitzkrieg to a war of attrition? The guests of the France 24 debate analyze the latest developments in the conflict in Ukraine as kyiv struggles to cope with the influx of Russian troops into Severodonetsk, the largest city still in Ukrainian hands in the Luhansk region. 44:06 On the 103rd day of war in Ukraine, fighting continues to rage in Donbass (southeast). © france24 4:51 a.m .: the fight for Severodonetsk continues Fighting continued for the takeover of Severodonetsk, where the situation is changing “hour by hour” according to kyiv. “Our heroes are holding their positions in Severodonetsk. Intense street fighting continues,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his latest video released Monday evening. failed to take it in one or two days, they use air strikes, heavy artillery”, testified Oleksandr Striouk, head of the administration of Severodonetsk, worrying about an evacuation of civilians made “almost impossible” now. 11:10 p.m .: Russia accused of “intimidating” US media correspondents The United States has accused Russia of “intimidating” US media correspondents in Moscow. “The Russian Foreign Ministry has summoned your colleagues to ‘explain to them the consequences of their government’s hostile line in the media sphere,'” US Foreign Ministry spokesman Ned Price told reporters in Washington. Let’s be clear, the Kremlin is waging an all-out attack on press freedom, access to information and truth,” he said, denouncing a “clear and blatant effort to intimidate independent journalists.” 10:53 p.m .: Washington finds “credible” that Moscow “steals” Ukrainian wheat The head of the American diplomacy Antony Blinken has deemed “credible” reports that Russia “steals” Ukrainian grain exports, blocked due to the conflict , “to sell them for his own profit.” “It’s all deliberate,” he said during a virtual food insecurity conference, accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of “blackmail” a lifting of international sanctions. He said Moscow had also started to keep its own food exports, after imposing a “naval blockade in the Black Sea which prevents Ukrainian crops from being transported” around the world. With AFP and Reuters