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In the spotlight: Russia tightens its grip on the Donbass, after the capture of Lysytchansk
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Damaged residential buildings and a burnt-out car in Lysychansk in a photo provided by the Luhansk region administration, July 3, 2022. © AP
By: Véronique Rigolet Follow
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A week after Sievierodonetsk, the fall of its neighbor, the strategic city of Lysytchansk undoubtedly marks "
a turning point in Moscow's campaign to seize all of eastern Ukraine
", says the
Washington Post
.
It is a “
significant military success for Putin
”, also estimates the
Financial Times
.
With the conquest of the “
last town in the Luhansk region, the Kremlin is getting closer to its
“absolute priority”
, namely the capture of all of Donbass
”, emphasizes the
Times
.
“
Moscow now has full control of this resource-rich region
,” explains the British daily.
And it also gives him "
a highly defensive base to regroup and organize offensives on the neighboring province of Donetsk, the other province of Donbass
”.
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In Putin's viewfinder, "
the cities of Sloviansk, Kramatorsk and Bakhmut
", notes the
New York Times
, which believes that "
Sloviansk could quickly become the next great battlefield
".
This promises "
a fierce land war that will last
", further worries the
Times
, which notes that Russia now holds more "
than a fifth of Ukraine
" which justifies "
that the United States and the allies send to the front the most powerful weapons that they have promised to Ukraine
".
A “Marshall Plan” for Ukraine, under discussion in Lugano, Switzerland
"
Despite the war, it is imperative to anticipate the reconstruction of Ukraine
", pleads the Swiss daily
Le Temps
, which explains "
that Kiev, victim of a brutal and murderous war, needs the support of the community more than ever international community to consider - as soon as the hostilities are over - rebuilding
".
For 2 days in Lugano, "
representatives of dozens of countries, including the Ukrainian Prime Minister and the head of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen, as well as international organizations and the private sector, will thus draw up a veritable
"Marshall plan" to the reconstruction of the country, notes for its part the
Guardian
.
"
It will not be so much a question of announcing contributions, as of defining the priorities of the reconstruction process
" underlines the British daily, in particular "
to set up a program to fight against corruption before the arrival of the flows money from the United States and Europe
.
The needs for reconstruction are in any case gigantic, reports the
Guardian
again .
The Kiev School of Economics estimated “
nearly $104 billion in damage caused in four months of war
”.
In the United States, the national holiday of July 4 in a tense climate
A national holiday “
under high tension
” comments the correspondent in the United States of
Evening
, “
far from the traditional day of rejoicing and national communion which marks the 4th of July”.
This year,
"the heart is not in it among the
'progressives'
who have just suffered a barrage of fire from the Supreme Court on abortion, the carrying of arms and global warming
".
“
The United States seems to be drifting into two distinct nations
”, also comments the
New York Times
: “
two Americas, one conservative and the other liberal, which are moving in completely opposite directions
”.
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And to make matters worse, “
Trump seems to be accelerating his return preparations
”, underlines the
Times
again, which explains “
that the ex-president could announce his candidacy for the presidency of 2024 as early as this month of July
”.
An announcement "
historically early
" if it actually intervened in this calendar, comments the American daily for which Donald Trump "
would thus seek to launch a counterfire in the midst of the devastating revelations of the Congressional Commission of Inquiry into the events of January 6, 2020
".
Sydney: thousands of Australians called to evacuate in the face of floods
After “
3 days of torrential rains
” on almost the entire coast of New South Wales, in the east of the country, all of greater Sydney is devastated, ravaged “
under muddy waters
” which threaten the lives of thousands of residents, reports
The Australian.
"
32,000 have thus received the order to evacuate, faced with a potentially fatal emergency situation
", underlines the Australian daily which is worried "about
the torrents of water escaping from the Warragamba dam
", the Sydney's largest dam.
And the
Guardian
points to “
global warming
”, which causes increasingly intense flooding in Australia each year, “
as warming ocean waters clash with the cold air of the Australian autumn
”, explains for its part
The Age
, the Melbourne daily.
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