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11:35 p.m. : The Russian paramilitary group Wagner claims a locality north of the city of Bakhmout, Auchan denies having contributed to the Russian war effort… Here is what to remember from this Friday, February 17 on the conflict.
11:30 p.m. : You hadn’t seen them? Here is a selection of articles that should not be missed on the site today:
The apparent discretion of the RN in the Assembly, a strategy “formidable” For “collect points” ? Our journalist Margaux Duguet has looked into the matter.
This is the most popular courier in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the war, it has become part of the daily life of the inhabitants, but it is also home to powerful influence operations. Our journalist Fabien Magnenou explains how the Telegram application has taken center stage on the digital front.
They were already making sacrifices to stick to their small budget, but since the prices have gone up, they can’t make it anymore. Our journalist Marine Cardot met five people who started stealing to eat.
7:42 p.m. : Their story had moved the whole world. At the start of the war in Ukraine, when chaos reigned, a mortar shell fell on the Irpin bridge, the route then taken by civilians trying to leave Ukraine. In the explosion, a woman and her two children were killed. The “Special Envoy” teams met the father of the family, 11 months after the events:
7:35 p.m. : The Auchan group “categorically denies” In a statement accusations of having contributed to the Russian war effort in Ukraine, in reaction to an investigation by the newspaper The world posted earlier today. According to documents obtained by the French daily, the investigation site The Insider and the NGO Bellingcat, a collection of products intended for the army of Vladimir Putin, was organized within the local subsidiary of Auchan in March 2022 .
6:39 p.m. : “Despite the ammunition blockade, despite heavy losses and bloody battles, the guys took the entire settlement of Paraskoviïvka”, he said, quoted by his press service.
6:39 p.m. : The leader of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigojine, affirms that his troops have taken the Ukrainian locality of Paraskoviïvka, a city which borders Bakhmout to the north, the scene of the longest battle in the Donbass for a year.
5:20 p.m. : A French volunteer fighter was killed yesterday in Ukraine. Aged 22, Andreas Gallozzi had joined the international legion, a unit of non-Ukrainian fighters, reports France 3 Burgundy Franche-Comte. He died after a bombardment during fighting in the Luhansk region, in the east of the country. This is the third French fighter killed in Ukraine.
4:44 p.m. : In full air alert, classes continue. Almost a year after the start of the conflict in Ukraine, “Special Envoy” visited Kiev. The students study there in the shelters transformed into classrooms. Pictures:
3:56 p.m. : “We are very surprised”for its part, reacted the management of the Auchan group. “We are in the process of verifying the asserted elements, but, to date, the elements in our possession do not corroborate” the investigation of Worldshe continues.
3:55 p.m. : The investigation made kyiv react strongly. In a message posted on Twitter, the head of Ukrainian diplomacy Dmytro Kouleba accused Auchan of having become a “full-fledged weapon of Russian aggression”. “I intend to discuss it with my French counterpart” Catherine Colonna, added the Ukrainian Foreign Minister.
3:53 p.m. : Is Auchan helping Russia? The French distributor, which continued its activity in Russia after the outbreak of the conflict, “seems to be contributing to the Russian war effort”writing The world in an investigation. According to documents obtained by the French daily, a collection of products intended for Vladimir Putin’s army was organized within the Russian subsidiary of Auchan.
3:27 p.m. : Emmanuel Macron’s intervention in Munich is over. He also said he wanted to organize in Paris a “European Air Defense Conference”, notably bringing together Germany, Italy and Great Britain. This summit “will make it possible to approach this subject from the industrial angle, with the participation of all the European industrialists who have solutions to offer, but also from the strategic angle and, I would perhaps say, first of all from the strategy by including the issue of deterrence”said the French president.
3:18 p.m. : “Let us also engage in the preparation of peace. In the short term, we must be strong, but we must now prepare the terms of peace. Not in a spirit of compromise, but of responsibility.”
3:15 p.m. : Emmanuel Macron also invites “To take into account the nuclear factor” in the war in Ukraine. “Russian aggression was carried out in the shadow of deterrence”he said, wishing to strengthen “the nuclear character of the Atlantic alliance”.
3:12 p.m. : From Munich, Emmanuel Macron calls on Europeans to “reinvest massively in our defence”. “If we want peace, we must give ourselves the means”did he declare.
3:25 p.m. : “My belief is that we need to step up our support and efforts [à l’Ukraine]. (…) We are ready for a protracted conflict. By saying that, I don’t wish it, but we must collectively be credible in our ability to last in this effort.”
3:19 p.m. : “Today is not the time for dialogue, because we have a Russia that has chosen war, chosen to intensify the war and to go as far as war crimes. (…) The conclusion short term is this: Russia cannot and must not win this war and Russian aggression must fail. We cannot accept the trivialization of the use of force.”
3:03 p.m. : The President of the Republic, whose intervention you can follow live here, denounces the “violation of the United Nations Charter” by Russia during the invasion of Ukraine. He points his finger “the systematization of war crimes against the Ukrainian people”citing “murders, rapes and destruction”.
3:00 p.m. : “This war is not simply the war of European men and women. It affects the entire planet. It is an aggression without any justification.”
Emmanuel Macron is currently speaking, almost a year after the start of the conflict, since the Munich Conference (Germany). He denounces the “worldview (…) neocolonial and imperialist” of Russia.
2:51 p.m. : German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on countries that can deliver combat tanks to Ukraine to “really do it” while the shipments mentioned by the allies are slower than expected. Military support for Ukraine is at the heart of discussions at the Munich (Germany) Security Conference, which is taking place at the moment.
2:23 p.m. : “We need speed. Speed to conclude our agreements, speed of deliveries to strengthen our fight, speed of decisions to limit the Russian potential. There is no alternative to speed, because it is from her what life depends on.”
The Ukrainian President spoke during a video address to the Security Conference in Munich, Germany.
1:07 p.m. : Do you have a few minutes in front of you? Here are three must-see pieces of content on our site today:
• Marine Cardot collected testimonials from people who, faced with inflation, started stealing to eat.
• Fabien Magnenou explains how the Telegram app took center stage on the digital front of the war in Ukraine.
• After the deadly earthquakes, the flaws in the construction sector are blamed in Turkey. Marie-Violette Bernard describes them.
1:01 p.m. : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to address world leaders today. The latter are meeting in Munich (Germany) as part of a security conference. “A year ago, Zelensky gave a powerful warning speech at this conference”, said its head of diplomacy, Dmytro Kouleba. This year, the Ukrainian president will speak by video “and will set the tone of the discussions”.
09:32 : kyiv still rules out any chance of ending the conflict through diplomacy. “Should the price for peace mean that Russia stays in the territories it occupies in Ukraine?”launches the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kouleba, before attending the Munich conference.
09:30 : In terms of diplomacy, all eyes are on Germany today. More than 150 government officials, including Emmanuel Macron, are due to attend the Munich conference on international security there. No Russian official was invited this year.
09:30 : Telegram is also the relay of influence and counter-propaganda operations, in an environment marked by an almost total absence of moderation. I tell you how this digital space has become central to the coverage of the conflict, for better and for worse.
09:18 : The Telegram application, extremely popular in Ukraine and Russia, is much more than a messenger. It is home to a myriad of channels that publish content about the war, minute by minute. Researcher Kevin Limonier thus evokes “a revolution similar to that of live TV coverage”.
(ASTRID AMADIEU / FRANCEINFO)
