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13h35 : “As if he were a thief, Putin visited the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, taking shelter behind the night”reacted the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, after the visit of the Russian president in the port city ravaged by the bombings. “The night allows him to emphasize what he wants to show, and keeps the city his army has utterly destroyed and its few surviving inhabitants safe from prying eyes”criticizes the ministry.
11:43 am : @Candide : the Observatory of cluster munitions, quoted by the United Nations, evokes a “massive use of cluster munitions by Russia” in Ukraine in the first half of 2022. These weapons were also used “Many times” by the Ukrainian forces, specifies the Observatory.
11h40 : Bonjour @Candideyou refer to the announcements of the head of the military administration of the Donetsk region, Pavlo Kyrylenko, who reported two dead and ten injured in Russian strikes with “cluster munitions” in Kramatorsk yesterday. As the UN explains, the Oslo Convention, which entered into force in 2010, “forbidden use, production, transfer and stockpiling of submunitions”.
Nevertheless, “neither Russia nor Ukraine has acceded to the convention banning these weapons”, she specifies.
11h39 : Hello FI, no international treaty prohibits the use of cluster munitions?
11h32 : According to the head of the region appointed by Moscow, this is a temporary measure “until the city of Zaporizhya is occupied by Russia”, says the British Ministry of Defence. As a reminder, Zaporijjia is one of the four regions that Moscow announced that it had annexed at the end of September, even if the Russian forces only controlled part of the Ukrainian territories concerned.
11h29 : In its latest update on the situation in Ukraine, the British Ministry of Defense points out that the local authorities in the occupied part of the Zaporizhia region (Ukraine) have decided to make Melitopol the regional capital. This town is part of the area occupied by Russian forces in the region.
09h59 : French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna reacts to the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Vladimir Putin. It is a decision “extremely important because it means that anyone responsible for war crimes or crimes against humanity will be held to account, regardless of their status or rank”, said the Minister to Sunday newspaper (subscriber edition).
09h53 : According to the head of the military administration of the Donetsk region Pavlo Kyrylenko, two civilians were killed and ten were injured by Russian strikes with “cluster munitions”, yesterday afternoon in Kramatorsk. These strikes notably affected a dozen residential buildings and two cars, he said.