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Kyiv, Mariupol, Kryvyi Rih, Kremenchug, Nikopol and Zaporizhia are the main areas where the Russians are concentrating their efforts, according to the Ukrainian army
Mariupol, besieged for a dozen days and constantly bombarded, is in an "almost hopeless" situation, warns MSF
The war has pushed more than 2.5 million people to seek refuge abroad, mostly in Poland
Vladimir Putin gave the green light to sending "volunteer" fighters, especially from Syria
The penalties continue to rain down.
Joe Biden decreed a ban on imports of "key sectors of the Russian economy" including vodka
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3:13 a.m .: The pressure is still mounting on Kiev
The Russians continue their maneuver to encircle Kiev.
After reaching its suburbs, they seek to eliminate the defenses in several localities to the west and north of the capital to "block" it, the Ukrainian general staff said.
“Kiev is a symbol of resistance” which is preparing for a “relentless defense”, further proclaimed in a video Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to President Zelensky.
3:06 am: The mayor of Melitopol kidnapped by Russian soldiers
The mayor of Melitopol was kidnapped on Friday by Russian soldiers occupying this city in southern Ukraine, information confirmed by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
According to the Ukrainian Parliament, Ivan Fedorov was arrested while he was in the city's crisis center to deal with supply issues.
“This is obviously a sign of the invaders' weakness (…) They have moved to a new stage of terror in which they are trying to physically eliminate representatives of legitimate local Ukrainian authorities,” Zelensky said in a statement. video message.
“The capture of the mayor of Melitopol is therefore a crime, not only against a particular person, against a particular community, and not only against Ukraine.
It is a crime against democracy as such (…).
The acts of the Russian invaders will be equated with those of the terrorists of the Islamic State”.
3 a.m.: Deutsche Bank withdraws from Russia
A symbol of Germany is in turn boycotting Moscow.
Germany's largest bank, Deutsche Bank, announced on Friday that it was withdrawing from Russia.
The day before, the American banks Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase had announced that they were in the process of getting rid of their activities in the country.
Hello everyone !
Welcome to this new live from the editorial staff of "20 Minutes", mobilized 24 hours a day. On the 17th day of the invasion, the Russians continued their maneuver to encircle Kiev. After reaching its suburbs, they seek to eliminate the defenses in several localities to the west and north of the capital to "block" it, according to the Ukrainian general staff. On Friday, the UN warned Moscow, recalling that “targeting civilians, hospitals, schools is inexcusable”. The perpetrators of these acts “will have to be held to account”.
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