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G7 countries will produce deep strike capabilities “under license” in Ukraine
The United States and Europeans from the G7 will produce “under license” in Ukraine long-range missiles and anti-aircraft defense systems, a diplomatic source announced on Wednesday at the G7 summit in Evian.
“We are going to produce under license not only anti-aircraft defense systems, but deep strike capabilities”, i.e. long-range missiles, declared this source on the sidelines of the G7 summit which is being held this year in France.
11h22
Pope calls for dialogue in Ukraine
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9h36
For Starmer, Russian warning shots on a yacht in the English Channel were “reckless” but “no more worrying than that”
The British Prime Minister said on Wednesday that the Russian warship had acted in a “reckless” manner by carrying out warning shots the day before in the direction of a pleasure sailboat, but considered that the incident was “no more worrying than that”.
“The Department of Defense’s assessment is that it was a drifting warship, not anything more worrying than that,” Keir Starmer told GB News after the incident involving the frigate. Russian Admiral Grigorovich and a British sailing ship, just outside British territorial waters
07h54
Russian drone strike kills one in southeastern Ukraine
A Russian drone strike hit the southeastern Ukrainian town of Zaporizhzhia, killing one person and injuring seven, rescue officials said Wednesday. “A fire broke out in a three-story apartment building (…). Due to the constant threat of enemy attacks, the rescuers had to “take shelter several times,” the state rescue service said on Telegram, adding that the fire was under control in the early hours of the morning.
“Buildings, vehicles and civil infrastructure were damaged in several places in the city,” the authorities also indicated.
06h48
Putin receives Asian leaders for parallel G7 summit
The master of the Kremlin is receiving several Asian leaders in Russia this Wednesday for a summit taking place at the same time as that of the G7.
Vladimir Putin is due to welcome to Kazan, in the Tatarstan region, the Prime Ministers of Thailand Anutin Charnvirakul, Vietnamese Le Minh Hung, Cambodian Hun Manet, Laotian Sonexay Siphandone, Malaysian Anwar Ibrahim, Singaporean Lawrence Wong as well as the Philippine head of state Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
It is a two-day summit to mark 35 years of collaboration between Russia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
06h40
With the end of the war in Iran, Trump intends to return to Ukraine
The G7 leaders, meeting in Evian in the presence of Ukrainian head of state Volodymyr Zelensky, signaled on Tuesday their common desire to intensify pressure on Moscow to stop this conflict, with Donald Trump himself promising to do everything possible to achieve this.
The United States was “focused on Iran,” admitted the American president. But “this is going to be behind us,” he said, after Washington concluded a memorandum of understanding with Tehran. Donald Trump also judged that “Russia should conclude an agreement”.
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Welcome to this new Live
Hello everyone. Like every day, the editorial staff of 20 Minutes is mobilized to give you all the information on the conflict between kyiv and Moscow.
On the Ukrainian front, the progress of the Russian army is showing serious signs of running out of steam, analysts say, while Moscow still has the objective of completely seizing the eastern region of Donetsk. Although more numerous and better armed, Russian soldiers remain confronted with the new realities of war: the omnipresence of drones makes any advance costly and risky, creating a “dead zone” several kilometers wide between the positions of the two camps.
