War in Ukraine live: since the announcement of military mobilization in Russia, more than 2,300 arrests – Le Monde

French Foreign Minister in kyiv for support visit French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna traveled to kyiv on Tuesday for a support visit to Ukraine, she announced on Twitter, accompanying her message of a photograph of her in a square in the capital, in the company of the French ambassador, Etienne de Poncins: Catherine Colonna must notably meet during this visit, her third in Ukraine since the start of the war, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin. She must also go to Hostomel airport, in the kyiv region, which was the subject of fierce fighting at the start of the war. Russian forces had finally withdrawn from the region at the end of March. “The Minister wishes to demonstrate France’s solidarity with the Ukrainian people and its full determination to strengthen its support for Ukraine and its sovereignty and territorial integrity,” said his ministry in a press release. According to the latter, this visit also aims to underline “the strengthening of the support provided by France, both in terms of the supply of defense equipment and the fight against impunity and in financial and humanitarian terms”. Ministry discusses sending humanitarian boat to Ukraine with ‘more than 1,000 tonnes of aid on board’ and efforts to create ‘protection zone’ around nuclear power plant of Zaporizhia, occupied by Russian forces and the target of multiple bombardments.