The essential
- The bombing of Kramatorsk train station in eastern Ukraine left dozens dead and injured.
- The UN General Assembly has voted to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council. An “illegal” decision, immediately castigated Moscow.
- The European Union has approved a new sanctions package including an embargo on Russian coal. It also decided to freeze the assets of several banks in Russia. Russian ships will also no longer have the right to dock in European Union ports.
- The situation in Borodianka, near kyiv, is “much more horrible” than in Boutcha, fears Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Foreign Minister Josep Borrell are visiting Kyiv today.
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21:17
Macron wants to “gather evidence” against “Russian war crimes”
“Even taking the maximum precautions that I have to take” as head of state, “I can say that these are Russian war crimes”, affirms Emmanuel Macron on Brut, adding that “gendarmes, French magistrates had been sent to help the Ukrainians establish it.
21:12
The Russian Central Bank reauthorizes the sale of foreign currencies from April 18
Russian banks “will again be able to sell foreign currency in cash to citizens from April 18, 2022,” the Central Bank said in a statement, while specifying that only foreign currency received by banks from April 9 can be sold. The sale of foreign currency was suspended in early March following Western sanctions against Russia.
20:58
EU sanctions Vladimir Putin’s two daughters
The Europeans on Friday sanctioned Vladimir Putin’s two daughters, Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova, now blacklisted by the EU, along with more than 200 other people, including several oligarchs close to the Russian president and pro-press bosses. Kremlin.
20:41
Offices of human rights NGOs closed in Russia
Russia has closed the local offices of fifteen reputable human rights NGOs, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, according to a statement issued by the Russian Ministry of Justice. He accuses them of “violations of Russian legislation”.
20:20
Russia threatened with “decomposition”, according to Von der Leyen
“Russia will sink into economic, financial and technological decay, while Ukraine is marching towards a European future,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday during a visit to kyiv.
19:29
Jean-Yves Le Drian denounces a “crime against humanity” in Kramatorsk
“They hit the station on refugees, therefore on civilians, so it responds to crimes against humanity”, judges the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, invited on the set of France 5.
19:13
Deaths of civilians in Ukraine: the UN wants to establish a more realistic assessment
On Friday, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights mentioned at least 1,626 civilians killed, including 132 children. But by the organization’s own admission, there is little doubt that the actual balance sheets are much higher.
“We are currently working on a realistic estimate of the real number of casualties from the conflict,” Uladzimir Shcherbau, the organization’s case manager, told Airwars, an NGO that investigates civilian casualties resulting primarily from the use of weapons. explosive in conflict-affected countries. “We have a great mass of information that allows us to triangulate or approximate the actual number of deaths,” he said.
19:09
A thousand sailors stranded in Ukrainian ports
The International Labor Organization and the International Organization for Migration are calling for urgent action to help around 1,000 seafarers who have been stranded in Ukrainian waters and ports since the Russian invasion.
19:05
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer visits Ukraine, including Boutcha
In addition, Karl Nehammer is due to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday, then give a press conference and meet with Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. He also plans to meet the mayor of kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, before returning to Austria in the evening.
18:40
Japan in turn expels Russian diplomats
Tokyo has joined the list of chancelleries that have expelled Russian diplomats, a decision which is always very political and which also aims to limit the capacity for action of the intelligence services.
Many European countries such as France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Austria, Poland or Greece, have massively expelled Russian diplomats since the start of the invasion of Ukraine . The United States, for its part, sent home 12 members of the Russian diplomatic mission to the UN in early March.
18:30
Bombing in Kramatorsk: Joe Biden denounces a “horrible atrocity”
“The attack on a Ukrainian train station is another horrific atrocity committed by Russia, beating civilians trying to evacuate and get to safety,” Joe Biden said in a tweet.
18:22
Joe Biden thanks Slovakia for supplying S-300 missile batteries to Ukraine
“As Russian forces reposition themselves for the next phase of this war, I have asked my administration to continue to spare no effort to identify and provide the Ukrainian military with the modern weapons it needs to defend its country. “, adds the American president in a press release.
18:12
Ursula von der Leyen meets Volodymyr Zelensky
During her visit to Ukraine, the President of the European Commission visited the Ukrainian President in Kyiv to show her support. She also went to Boutcha, a town that was the scene of massacres of civilians. “My fight is your fight,” she said. said on Twitter, for the Ukrainian people. “I am in kyiv today to tell you that Europe is on your side. »
18:06
In Russia, in March, inflation soars to 16.7% over one year
This record had not been reached since 2015.
18:03
Kramatorsk: Turkey calls for the urgent opening of evacuation corridors
“This tragic event has once again demonstrated the importance and urgency of establishing humanitarian corridors in order to ensure the safe evacuation of civilians,” said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement in response to the announcement. attack on Kramatorsk station.
17:50
Finland will decide before the end of June on a candidacy for NATO
Finland expects to make a decision by the end of June on its possible candidacy for NATO as a result of the invasion of Ukraine, says Prime Minister Sanna Marin.
17:26
Curfew this weekend in Odessa
After the bombing of the Kramatorsk train station in eastern Ukraine, which killed at least 50 people, “there is a threat of a missile attack looming in Odessa on April 10, 2022. That is why a cover fire is imposed on Odessa and its region from 9 p.m. on April 9 until 6 a.m. on April 11, 2022,” the regional military administration announced.
16:53
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in turn denounces the “appalling” attack on Kramatorsk station
16:48
London to send additional missiles to Ukraine
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces the reinforcement of British military aid to Ukraine, with the dispatch of anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles, after the “reckless” attack against the Kramatorsk station. “Russia’s crimes in Ukraine will not go unpunished,” he warned.
16:21
Ursula von der Leyen is in Boutcha
The President of the European Commission arrived in Boutcha, a small town northwest of kyiv that has become a symbol of the atrocities of the war in Ukraine, accompanied by the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, and the Slovak Prime Minister Edouard Heger . The three leaders went to see the mass graves dug in Boutcha to bury the dozens of civilians killed in the fighting.
16:03
Bombing in Kramatorsk: death toll rises to 50, including five children
“Fifty dead, including five children. This is the number of victims at this time following the strike by Russian occupation troops on Kramatorsk station, ”wrote local governor Pavlo Kyrylenko on Telegram messaging, adding that 98 wounded had been hospitalized. A previous toll reported 39 dead, including four children.
15:50
Russia expels 45 Polish diplomats in retaliation
“Due to the principle of reciprocity, 45 employees of the Polish Embassy and its General Consulates in Irkutsk, Kaliningrad and Saint Petersburg have been declared persona non grata “Said the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release.
15:49
Bombing in Kramatorsk: Macron denounces an “abominable” act
“Ukrainian civilians are fleeing to escape the worst. Their weapons? Strollers, stuffed animals, luggage. This morning, at Kramatorsk station, the families who were about to leave experienced horror. Dozens dead, hundreds injured. Abominable,” tweeted the French president.
15:11
In Kazakhstan, thousands of bank accounts have been opened by Russians and Belarusians
11,940 bank accounts have been opened since February 24, announce the local banking authorities, quoted by the Interfax agency. Eight companies have also opened accounts in the country.
Russia faces numerous financial sanctions, such as exclusion from the Swift interbank system, an essential cog in global finance that allows transactions to be communicated quickly and securely.