War in Ukraine live: “A truly historic day”, rejoices Volodymyr Zelensky – 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 /last-maj-ukraine-avancee-russe.png 30 The situation on the map Agrandir The context Live hosted by Sandra Favier, Solène L’Hénoret and Anna Villechenon Cover image: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (centre), surrounded by left to right, by Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, during a press conference in kyiv, June 16, 2022. SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP contributions of this live tracking are activated between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Paris time. US President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced $1 billion in additional military aid to Ukraine. This new support includes, in particular, artillery pieces, shells, surface-to-sea missiles and “advanced rocket launchers, which the Ukrainians need for their defensive operations in the Donbass”. The Russians continue their assault on the city ​​of Sievierodonetsk and its neighbour, Lyssytchansk, two key cities of the Donbass, and other localities in the region. The Ukrainian authorities have admitted in recent days that their troops have been driven out of downtown Sievierodonetsk, and that they only have “complicated communication channels” with them after the destruction of all bridges to Lysychansk. Russia on Wednesday accused kyiv forces of having prevented the evacuation through a “humanitarian corridor” of civilians from a factory in Sievierodonetsk, a city in eastern Ukraine taken over by the Russian army .Visiting a NATO base, Emmanuel Macron called on Wednesday to “continue the cooperation equipment effort, the financial effort” towards Ukraine. He judged that the time had come to “send clear political signals” to Ukraine on the country’s accession to the EU. French President along with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi are expected in Kyiv on Thursday, according to German and Italian media. The United States on Wednesday called on China to stop supporting the invasion of Ukraine, to avoid placing themselves “on the wrong side of history”, after a telephone exchange between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu said that it was possible to create “safe corridors” to transport Ukrainian wheat across the Black Sea without the need to defuse sea mines near Ukrainian ports. Find our live from yesterday here. Read all our articles, analyzes and reports on the war in Ukraine Investigation. Resistance, communication and coping: in the cogs of the Zelensky machine Décryptages. Destabilized by the war in Ukraine, French military intelligence in search of a Factual rebound. Emmanuel Macron considers the time has come “new discussions” with kyiv Tribune. “Russia is very frequently associated with tweets dealing with cyber risk” Factual. In Belgium, environmentalists opposed to the increase in military spending Tribune. “It is not enough to freeze the assets of the Russian oligarchs, it will be necessary to prevent their return”