War in Ukraine Live: Volodymyr Zelensky expects ‘greater hostile activity from Russia’ this week – 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 Anna Villechenon Cover image: Buildings destroyed by Russian shelling in Chernihiv, eastern Ukraine, on 18 June. Natacha Pisarenko / AP The contributions of this live are open from 9 am to 9 pm. In a video message broadcast on Sunday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he expected “more hostile activity from Russia” this week. “And not only against Ukraine, but also against other European countries,” he says cryptically. It specifies that the Russian army is accumulating “forces in the direction of Kharkiv and in the oblast of Zaporizhia”, after having struck a Ukrainian infrastructure of fuel. The Ukrainian army affirmed, Sunday, to have repelled Russian attacks against villages located near Sievierodonetsk, in the east of the country, where the belligerents have been clashing for weeks. For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense declared that “the offensive against Sievierodonetsk is taking place[ait] with success “. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) evokes, for its part, “minor gains” of Russian forces in the surroundings. While the European Commission recommended, at the end of the week, to grant the Ukraine the status of candidate to the European Union, its opinion will be discussed Thursday and Friday at a European summit, so that kyiv officially obtains this status. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned that Western countries had to be prepared to offer long-term support to Kyiv. The war could last “for years”, he warned in an interview published on Sunday by the German daily Bild. The German and Austrian governments, which nevertheless include Green ministers, announced on Sunday that they would take emergency measures to secure their energy supply, due to recent drops in Russian gas deliveries. This implies, in particular, an increased use of coal and the reopening of power stations. A political reversal for Berlin and Vienna, which have promised to phase out coal by 2030. Find our live from yesterday here. Read all our articles, analyzes and reports on the war in Ukraine Reportage. With the Russian army, in the conquered territories of Ukraine Narrative. In the Donbass, the noose is tightening around the Luhansk pocket, Moscow Tribune’s priority target. Georges Nivat, historian: “Ukraine is where the Ukrainian world is” Factual. France no longer receives Russian gas Testimonials. “I had saved but now I have to work. Otherwise I would have to go back to Moscow”