‘Irrefutable evidence’: Boutcha prosecutor claims to have evidence proving guilt of 10 charged Russian soldiers
After 10 Russian soldiers were announced to have been charged by kyiv in connection with the discovery of numerous bodies of civilians in Boutcha, the Ukrainian city prosecutor assured that he had “irrefutable proof” that these men were guilty of the massacre.
“We have irrefutable proof of the guilt of these 10 people, servicemen of the army of the Russian Federation who are currently in service,” said Ruslan Kravchenko, prosecutor of Boutcha, on BFMTV.
“We have identified each of these people, we have their names, their faces, we know where they live and today the investigators and the prosecutors are doing everything necessary to arrest them,” he said.
The telephone exchange between Macron and Zelensky has begun
The telephone exchange between Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelensky began, as expected, learned this Saturday BFMTV from the Elysée.
No information has filtered for the moment on the content of their discussions.
Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelensky will talk by phone at 12 p.m.
Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelensky will talk by phone this Saturday at noon, learned BFMTV from the Elysée.
Russian Foreign Minister urges NATO and US to stop arming Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged NATO and the United States to stop delivering weapons to kyiv if they “are really interested in resolving the Ukrainian crisis”, in an interview published this Saturday by the official New China agency.
“A continuous flow of weapons of all kinds has entered Ukraine through Poland and other NATO countries,” Sergei Lavrov said.
“If the United States and NATO are really interested in resolving the Ukrainian crisis, then above all they must wake up and stop delivering arms and ammunition to the kyiv regime,” added the head of Russian diplomacy. .
>> Our article on the subject can be read here.
Russian offensive in Donbass lagging behind, Pentagon says
The Russian offensive in the Donbass, which is progressing “slowly and unevenly” due to resistance from the Ukrainian military, has fallen behind schedule, a senior Pentagon official said on Friday.
“They were at least several days late,” said a senior official who requested anonymity.
“They’re not moving very fast,” he said. “A few kilometers a day is the maximum they can do because they are pushed back” by the Ukrainian army.
>> Find our article on the situation in the Donbass.
kyiv claims “tactical successes”, despite a “difficult” situation in the northeast of the country
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged that the situation in this northeastern region, where Russian forces have refocused their offensive, was “difficult”. “But our military is achieving tactical success,” he said.
This is particularly the case in Rouska Lozova, a village taken over by the Ukrainians north of Kharkiv, from where the Russian forces pounded the city according to them. The village was liberated after intense fighting, and more than 600 residents were evacuated, according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
Violent explosions at night in Kharkiv
Violent explosions were heard overnight from Friday to Saturday in Kharkiv, the country’s second largest city, pounded for weeks by Russian artillery.
Friday, these bombardments made at least one dead and several wounded, according to the regional military administration of Kharkiv.
Pentagon accuses Putin of ‘depravity’ and ‘cruelty’
The Pentagon on Friday accused Vladimir Putin of “depravity” and “cruelty” for the way Russian forces behave in Ukraine, where they are accused of killing civilians, including children.
“It is difficult to look at certain images and to imagine that a serious leader could do that. (…) I do not know his psychological state, but I think that one can speak of his depravity”, declared the US Department of Defense spokesman John Kirby during a press briefing.
>> All of his statements can be read here.
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