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news of the day
Since Monday, serial explosions have sounded in Transnistria, a separatist pro-Russian Moldavian region openly supported by Moscow.
The two detonations, which did not cause any casualties, hit the radio tower of this locality located about fifty kilometers north of the “capital” of Transnistria, Tiraspol.
Maia Sandu, the country's president, appealed on Tuesday for "calm" and announced measures to strengthen the country's security.
“This is an attempt to increase tensions (…) We call on our fellow citizens to remain calm and to feel safe,” declared President Maïa Sandu after a meeting of the Supreme Security Council.
Russia is “closely monitoring” the situation in Transnistria, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, adding that “the information coming from there is causing concern”.
The number of the day
3.1 million.
This is the revised number of Ukrainian refugees envisaged by the United Nations.
The organization estimates that the number of civilians fleeing their country invaded on February 24 by the Russian army could reach 8.3 million, against just over 5.2 million currently.
sentence of the day
“Now it's a village for us, one for them, one for us, like on a chessboard.
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These are the words of Iryna Rybakova, the press officer of the 93rd brigade concerning the territories taken by assault by the Russian army in the Donbass.
Several localities like Izium and Kreminna have fallen over the past two weeks, Vladimir Putin's forces continue to nibble, pocket by pocket, while for the Ukrainians, it has been a matter of containing this advance for several days.
“We have a very fragmented front line, which does not follow a river, a road or a highway.
Now it's a village for us, one for them, one for us, like on a chessboard,” summarizes the officer of the 93rd brigade.
The trend of the day
It has already been two months since the Ukrainian soldiers suffered the Russian assaults.
In the east of the country, on this burning front of the war, kyiv troops have been trying for two weeks to contain the breakthrough ordered by the Kremlin.
In this region where the Russian offensive is now concentrated, the morale of the troops is deteriorating.
“In terms of morale, the situation is complicated.
It's not rosy at all, ”says Iryna Rybakova, the 93rd brigade press officer.
“Of course, we were prepared for this war, especially for the professional army, but for the mobilized, it is more complicated”, explains the soldier.
In this battle for Donbass, the losses are already high, recognize the soldiers, while the local military administration refuses to give a figure.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the "humanitarian" situation in Ukraine on Tuesday during a telephone conversation, the Kremlin said.
The two leaders “discussed in detail the situation in Ukraine in the context of the special military operation to defend the Donbass and the continuous efforts undertaken by the Russian side to ensure the safety of civilians, including the organization of humanitarian corridors said the Russian presidency in a statement.
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