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  • The Russian offensive in Donbass intensified on Monday and left 10 dead in Severodonetsk, an important administrative center still under the control of kyiv.

    In the North-East, the Ukrainians, on the other hand, claim to have regained control of part of the border in the Kharkiv region.

  • In Mariupol, more than 260 Ukrainian fighters were evacuated on Monday from the Azovstal steelworks, the last bastion of Ukrainian resistance in this strategic port.

  • Russia intends to react to NATO deployments of “military infrastructure” in Finland and Sweden, candidates for entry into the Atlantic Alliance.

    Turkey, however, refuses these memberships, Recep Tayyip Erdogan even indicating that he will “not give in”.

  • In Brussels, the EU is still trying to agree on a halt to Russian oil purchases, refused by Hungary, arguing the financial burden that such a measure would weigh on it.

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6:30 am: Paris and London support Stockholm and Helsinki

Monday evening, France assured that it "would stand alongside" Finland and Sweden in the event of aggression from Russia.

London, for its part, called for these two countries to be integrated into NATO "as soon as possible".

6:26 a.m .: European growth is slowing down

The effects of unprecedented sanctions taken by the West against Russia are increasingly being felt on the European economy.

The European Commission thus announced on Monday that it had lowered its economic growth forecasts for the euro zone in 2022 by 1.3 points, to 2.7%.

6:22 am: More than 260 Ukrainian fighters evacuated from Azovstal

In Mariupol, more than 260 Ukrainian fighters were evacuated on Monday from the Azovstal steelworks, the last bastion of Ukrainian resistance in this strategic port.

Some “53 seriously injured were evacuated from Azovstal to Novoazovsk for medical assistance and 211 others were transported to Olenivka through a humanitarian corridor,” Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Ganna Malyar said.

These localities are located in territory controlled by Russian and pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine, but Ganna Malyar specified that the fighters must be repatriated in the future to territory controlled by Ukraine, "as part of 'an exchange procedure'.

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6:17 am: Civilians killed in the Donbass according to kyiv

In Severodonetsk, a city that has become important to Ukrainians since Moscow-backed separatist forces seized part of the Donbass in 2014, "at least 10 people have been killed" in Russian bombings, the governor of the capital announced on Monday. the region.

This city is almost surrounded by the forces of Moscow.

In a previous message on Monday, Serguiï Gaïdaï had reported artillery strikes on Severodonetsk and its twin city of Lysychank, having caused fires in residential areas.

“Severodonetsk suffered very powerful strikes,” he added, accompanying his message with photographs of the destruction.

Despite calls from Ukrainian authorities to evacuate Lysytchansk, which is separated from Severodonetsk only by a river, more than 20,000 civilians – compared to 100,000 inhabitants before the war – remained, according to volunteers who distribute aid in the region.

6:09 am: Turkey does not want Finland and Sweden in NATO

After Finland on Sunday, Sweden in turn announced on Monday that it was going to apply for NATO membership, after consulting its Parliament.

However, these memberships block with Ankara.

The Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, nevertheless said he was “confident” in the possibility for the States of the Alliance to find a compromise with Turkey.


The negotiations promise to be difficult.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted on Monday that his country "would not give in" to its refusal.

Ankara criticizes Sweden and Finland for showing leniency towards the Kurdish rebels of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) considered a terrorist organization.

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On the ground, Moscow is intensifying its offensive on the Donbass.

kyiv, for its part, claims to have taken over many territories around Kharkiv, the country's second city.

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