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In the spotlight: global outrage after the bombing of a children's hospital in Mariupol
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A pregnant woman evacuated from a maternity hospital in Mariupol, March 9, 2022. © AP/Evgeniy Maloletka
By: Véronique Rigolet Follow
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It is the same terrible image that we find almost on the front page of all the international press: that of a pregnant woman, her face bloodied, transported on a stretcher out of the rubble of the hospital to children of Mariupol, this port city in the south-east of Ukraine "
which is going through a real ordeal
", headlines
Le Soir,
"
encircled and pounded relentlessly by the Russian army and which has already claimed more than a thousand victims civil
”.
In the midst of a ceasefire, this strike on the hospital killed three people, including a little girl, and the fear is great of "
finding other children under the rubble
", explains
the Times
, which denounces "
the absolute horror
of this attack, a war crime "for
which Putin will have to answer
", assures the British Prime Minister, while the White House castigates for its part "
the barbaric use of force against innocent civilians
", underlines the British daily.
"
While Moscow has failed to quickly take control of Ukraine, the Russian army is now advancing with growing contempt for civilians
", worries the
Wall Street Journal
like the
Washington Post
which denounces "
an increasingly blind military campaign
", and said he feared "
a new phase of even more destructive war
".
And the worst may be yet to come, with possibly "
the use of chemical weapons
", reports for its part the
Guardian
.
This is the great fear of the British and Americans, who recall that these weapons have "
already been used by the Russians in Syria
".
No progress in Russian-Ukrainian talks in Turkey
The press this morning deciphered the stakes of this summit, "the
first high-level meeting between the heads of Russian and Ukrainian diplomacy since the start of the war
", underlines
Le Temps
, while President Erdogan, the head of the Turkish State, hopes "
to establish itself as a mediator in the Ukrainian conflict
", explains the Swiss daily, with its double hat "
both a member of NATO and close to Ukraine, while also being an economic and security partner of Russia
”.
The meeting between the Russian Lavrov and the Ukrainian Kuleba, which therefore did not allow any progress, therefore took place in "
full murderous escalation of the conflict
", but also "
that Ukraine now says it is ready to discuss its neutrality and give up joining NATO
,”
Le Soir
points out .
Russian diplomats, for their part, claim to have "
given up overthrowing the Ukrainian government
".
"
It's a tentative start to negotiations
," argues the
New York Times,
but "
there is hope that Putin may finally seek a negotiated solution to a conflict that is taking a heavy toll on his military and the economy ."
Russian
“, Estimates the American daily.
Concerns in Chernobyl, occupied by Russian forces and deprived of electricity
The Chernobyl power plant, "
the scene of the worst nuclear disaster in history 36 years ago
", recalls the
New York Times
, is now "
private of electricity and telephone telecommunications are cut
" on the site "
where more than 200 technicians are now operating under Russian command
”.
“
No need to panic
,” explains
The Times
, which points out that “
backup diesel generators have taken over
” to pump fresh water and “
avoid any overheating of nuclear fuel waste
” for at least two days.
Then, assures the IAEA, the waste "
is sufficiently degraded not to overheat
", "
no radioactive cloud to fear
".
Opinion shared by the
New York Times
, which is nevertheless concerned "
about the considerable dangers that this plant still poses
", in particular "
the possibility of spontaneous nuclear reactions
", that the employees of the plant, "
who have firearms pointed at them , might not rate
”.
The American daily denounces the “
considerable stress
” for these employees detained for 14 days by Russian soldiers.
London "very strongly" advises the British against going to fight in Ukraine
Very strong warning on the front page of the
Guardian
: "
It is illegal to join the fight in Ukraine
", declaration of a British minister when several former soldiers of the United Kingdom thus joined forces with the Ukrainian forces - and notably the son of a British MP from the Conservative camp.
Ben Grant, a former marine commando, is already in Ukraine "
left without even telling his mother
", reports the
Guardian
.
A member of the regiment responsible for protecting the queen would also have gone to fight in Ukraine, reports
Le Sun
.
Hence these severe warnings from the government, which threatens “
to prosecute these soldiers for desertion
”.
The civilians, themselves, "
are firmly discouraged
" from going to fight at the risk, says the government, "
of aggravating a dangerous situation
", reports the British press again.
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