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The Russian noose is loosening on Kharkiv, the second city of Ukraine located in the east shelled since the end of February, according to the Ukrainian authorities, while the conflict could spread towards the southwest according to Washington.
Vladimir Putin wants to "extend" the conflict to Transnistria, a region of Moldova that seceded in 1990, said Tuesday the head of American intelligence, Avril Haines.
According to the Ukrainian command for the south, the Russian troops are in the process of striking “without mercy” the region of Mykolaiv, which represents the ultimate lock before Odessa, to the west.
This Russian-speaking port city received a surprise visit from the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, on Monday.
In kyiv, emptied of the majority of its residents at the start of the Russian invasion, nearly two-thirds of the capital's 3.5 million inhabitants have returned, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Tuesday.
In the evening, he announced the death at the age of 88 of the first president of independent Ukraine, Leonid Kravtchouk (1990-1994).
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7:02 a.m .: According to the Americans, Putin is preparing for “a prolonged conflict”
The head of US intelligence said that Vladimir Putin is counting on a loss of Western support for Ukraine and is preparing for “a prolonged conflict”, for which he will “probably” impose martial law in Russia.
This could lead to a "more unpredictable trajectory and potentially an escalation" in the coming months, according to Avril Haines.
7:01 a.m .: Russian threat moving away from Kharkiv, says Ukraine
The Russian noose is loosening on Kharkiv, the second city of Ukraine located in the east and which had been shelled since the end of February, the Ukrainian authorities said overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday.
“Our armed forces gave us all good news from the Kharkiv region.
The occupiers are gradually being pushed back from Kharkiv,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video.
"I am grateful to all our fighters who hold their ground and show superhuman strength to drive out the invading army."
6:58 am: Situation still very difficult in Azovstal
In the south-east, Russian forces are still pounding the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, where dozens of Ukrainians, soldiers and civilians, are still hiding.
“Dozens of strikes”, “every hour”, wrote on Telegram Petro Andriouchchenko, deputy mayor of this port city taken by the Russians and almost completely destroyed.
6:56 a.m .: Pirelli stops exports to the EU of tires made in Russia
The Italian tire giant Pirelli announced on Tuesday that it would stop exporting tires manufactured in its two factories in Russia to Europe and limit their production to the sole needs of the domestic market.
“In Russia, we continue to slow down our activity […] but we remain in the country”, declared its CEO Marco Tronchetti Provera.
"This is what we have done in other countries, for example in Venezuela" in times of crisis, "only to pay salaries to our employees and guarantee their social protection", he argued on the sidelines of presentation of financial results.
Half of the production of the two Pirelli factories in Russia in 2021 was intended for export.
Russia represented 3% of the group's turnover and approximately 11% of its production capacity for automobile tires.
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Stay with us all day on Wednesday, May 11 to receive the latest news related to the war in Ukraine. If the Russian vice seems to be loosening on Kharkiv, this is not the case for Mariupol. The Azovstal steelworks indeed still undergoes "dozens of strikes", "every hour", according to the Ukrainians. The Americans continue to warn about the risk that the conflict will spread to Modalvia, particularly in the Transnistria region.
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