They estimate 150 thousand deaths and 546 dead children; Russia on alert over French statements about its direct military support for Ukraine and more

2024-05-09 05:46:44

The war between Russia and Ukraine comes to your day 800 since its beginning on February 24, 2022, when the Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered a “special military operation” to free the pro-Russian population from the Donbas region of Ukraine.

Hoy Friday, May 3, 2024, They estimate that Russia has suffered 150,000 deaths in the Ukrainian war and they also estimate the death of 546 children..

Also at least Two more people died and two were injured this Friday in a Russian bombing against the city of Be bravein eastern Ukraine, a local official reported.

“The central area of ​​the city was hit and several buildings were damaged. “Two people were injured and two others died,” wrote the head of the Kurajovo military administration, Roman Padun, on Facebook.

He bombinghe specified, took place on Friday morning. Be brave lies near the front linesome 40 kilometers west of the city of Donetskoccupied by Russia.

Las Ukrainian forces, weakened by a failed counteroffensive in the summer of 2023 and the stoppage of US military aid for months, facing a shortage of men and ammunitionwhich increased the pressure in much of the forehead.

Las Russian troops are gaining ground around the former fortress town of Avdiivka, taken by Moscow in February.

Russia also tries to take over Chasiv Yarwhich would allow it to pave the way for the capture of other larger cities in this area.

While the president of France, Emmanuel Macron warned that Europe faces an imminent security danger following Russia’s invasion of Ukrainein an article published by the British magazine ‘The Economist’.

Russia calls Paris and London statements on the Ukrainian conflict dangerous

Russia qualified this friday dangerous the “verbal escalation” of Paris and London about him conflict in ukraine y warned what is it about can pose a threat to the entire European security architecture.

“We see a verbal escalation on the part of official representatives. We see this both at the level of heads of state, when it comes to France, and at a more expert level, when it comes to Great Britain.”

Dmitri Peskov, Kremlin spokesman, in his daily telephone press conference

Peskov specifically alluded to the statements of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, on the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine and those of UK Foreign Minister David Cameron says Ukrainian troops have the right to use British weapons to attack Russian territory.

“It is a very important and very dangerous statement,” the spokesperson said of Macron’s words, adding: “Francein the person of its head of State, They continue to talk about the possibility of their direct involvement, on the groundin the conflict around Ukraine. It is a very dangerous trend”.

He added that Moscow see one “open escalation of tension around the conflict in Ukraine that can potentially pose a danger to European security, to the entire European security architecture”.

“We are following this closely. We continue and will continue our special military operation (in Ukraine) until we achieve all the set objectives,” he noted.

Vladimir Putin, president of Russia (MIKHAIL METZEL / AFP)

At least 546 children have died in Ukraine as a result of Russian aggression

At least 546 children have died in Ukraine and 1,319 have been injured to varying degrees as a result of Russian military aggression against this country that began on February 24, 2022, according to data published by the Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Office.

The most recent victims occurred on Thursday, according to the Prosecutor’s Office.

In the Donetsk region, a 12-year-old girl was killed in a Russian Grad rocket launcher attack on the Memrik municipality.

In the town of Dergachi in the northeastern region of Kharkiv, eight minors between the ages of 8 and 15 were injured in a Russian attack.

He The highest number of dead and injured minors has been recorded so far in the Donetsk region, with 530 cases. He The second oblast with the most cases is Kharkiv with 356 children killed or injuredfollowed by Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Kiev, Zaporizhia y Mikoláyiv with more than one hundred minors killed or injured in each of these regions.

Ukrainian children in the War Russia Ukraine/EFE

France estimates that Russia has suffered 150,000 deaths in the Ukraine war

Russia has suffered 500 thousand military casualties, including 150 thousand deadin its invasion of Ukraine that began in February 2022, according to French calculations disclosed by the Foreign Minister, Stéphane Sejourné.

The figures appear in an interview with Sejourné published this Friday by Novaya Gazeta Europa, the independent Russian publication that has been published since the beginning of the year in Paris with the support of Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

“We estimate that Russia has suffered 500,000 military casualties, including 150,000 dead. And for what? Two words are enough: not at all.”

Stéphane Sejourné, French Foreign Minister

The interview has been published in the World Day of Press Freedomand Sejourné highlights that “When journalists are threatened, democracy dies. “The people of Russia know this more than anyone.”

The minister also warns that in the European elections next June with its disinformation campaigns, “Russia is trying to deny European citizens a precious right: the right to vote freely.”

“In France we have not forgotten the Russian interference in the 2017 presidential campaign. That was already unacceptable,” he recalls.

“But,” he adds, “we have observed a significant increase in this interference since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.”

In this sense, it refers to the network of internet sites’Portal Kombat‘ that spread identical disinformation to those that investigations in Western countries have linked to Russia.

Asked about the French president’s warnings, Emmanuel Macronabout the possibility of Western countries sending troops to Ukraineits head of diplomacy insists on the need to leave room for ambiguity: “Why should we Europeans play transparently with an unpredictable and irresponsible power?”

“Russia must understand that when peace in Europe is threatened and the security of its citizens at stake there are no limits and all options are on the table”

Stéphane Sejourné, French Foreign Minister

Sejourné points out that, thanks to high interest rates, Russian assets frozen in the European Union have generated returns of €4 billion in 2023.

“We want them to be used to finance the defense and reconstruction of Ukraine,” he says.

France is one of the few countries in the European Union that offers asylum to Russian citizens who want to avoid serving in the military ranks and Sejourné says there have been 19 so far. “who proved that they could be mobilized to fight in Ukraine.”

War Russia Ukraine on the first anniversary of the war (AFP / AFP)

2024-05-09 05:46:44