LIVE War in Ukraine: Macron impressed by the production capacity…

He was arrested on June 3 “while he was filming a drone prototype from a company supplying the French and Ukrainian armies,” the prosecution said. “The investigations carried out by the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI) established that he would have sent a video to an interlocutor in Russia,” he added.

Two days later, the Paris public prosecutor’s office opened a judicial investigation, entrusted to an investigating judge, for several attacks on the fundamental interests of the Nation.

The man is notably indicted for having provided information to a foreign power, Russia, a crime punishable by 15 years of detention, and “criminal association”, added the prosecution.

The President of the European Council, Antonio Costa, defended his diplomatic initiative with the Kremlin, criticized by some of the 27, judging that it was important to “listen” to Russia with a view to possible discussions on Ukraine.

“Unfortunately, the time to negotiate has not yet come. But, whatever happens, we must immediately establish this direct contact, because we must listen to them and we must be able to discuss,” he declared to the press, after a European summit in Brussels.

More than four years after the start of its massive offensive against Ukraine, Russia faces multiple Western sanctions, high inflation, prohibitive borrowing costs and labor shortages.

The increase in the price of fuel was a “key factor” in this decision, indicated the boss of the Central Bank, Elvira Nabioullina, during a press conference.

A man suspected of having spied on a French drone factory, for the benefit of Russia, was indicted and placed in provisional detention at the beginning of June, we learned on Friday from the Paris prosecutor’s office, confirming information from the Parisian.

This 48-year-old man, born in Belarus, was arrested on June 3 “while he was filming a drone prototype from a company supplying the French and Ukrainian armies,” said the prosecution.

“The investigations carried out by the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI) established that he would have sent a video to an interlocutor in Russia,” he added.

Russian bombings killed a child in Ukraine, Ukrainian authorities announced Friday. In the Dnipropetrovsk region (central-east), three districts suffered Russian artillery and drone strikes, the regional official announced. These bombings particularly affected the town of Pavlograd, killing “an 8-year-old girl” and injuring a 49-year-old woman, according to this official.

In the Kharkiv region (north-east), aerial bombs hit the city of Kharkiv, as well as three other municipalities, according to Ukrainian rescue services, injuring 10 people, including 4 children.

Russian drones hit two civilian ships in the Black Sea on Thursday evening, killing one and injuring five, Ukrainian authorities announced on Friday. “Following a Russian drone attack on civilian ships in the Black Sea, a crew member of a Panamanian-flagged ship was killed and two other sailors were injured, one seriously,” Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiï said on Telegram. Kouleba.

Three sailors from a second ship, flying the flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis, were also slightly injured, he added.

Emmanuel Macron highlighted on Thursday the “astounding” drone production capacity of Ukraine, which is resisting Russia with “a valor that astounds”. “Today we have a drone war and in this war, the Ukrainian production capacity is astonishing,” the French president noted on France 2, reacting to the vast drone attack launched Thursday morning by kyiv against Moscow.

“Ukraine is resisting with a valor, a capacity for innovation and military production that has amazed everyone since day one,” he added.