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The US Congress on Thursday released a gigantic envelope of 40 billion dollars to support Ukraine's war effort against Russia.
G7 finance ministers have also begun to tally up the billions each country could pour into Kyiv.
Russian shelling left 12 dead and 40 injured on Thursday in Severodonetsk, in the Lugansk region, according to local governor Serguiï Gaïdaï.
He said most of the shots hit apartment buildings, and the death toll could rise.
The Russian army is now concentrating its offensive on this key city, transforming the Donbass into “hell” according to Volodymyr Zelensky.
Since Monday, 1,730 Ukrainian soldiers entrenched in the Azovstal factory in Mariupol have surrendered, according to the Russian army.
Moscow released footage showing cohorts of men in combat gear emerging, some with crutches or bandages, after a long battle that had become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance.
kyiv has not spoken of surrender, and is considering exchanging these men for Russian prisoners.
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7:51 am: The US Congress releases 40 billion dollars for Ukraine
The US Congress on Thursday released a gigantic envelope of 40 billion dollars for Ukraine, a new illustration of the unwavering support promised by Joe Biden to kyiv.
Within this large aid package: 6 billion dollars which should allow Ukraine to equip itself with armored vehicles and strengthen its anti-aircraft defense at a time when fighting is raging in the east and the south of the country.
Nearly 9 billion dollars are also planned to ensure, among other things, "the continuity of Ukrainian democratic institutions", as well as a large humanitarian component.
7:38 am: Five Western countries support Ukraine's legal action
The Ministers of Justice or Attorneys General of the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand said in a press release that they "support" the action of the Attorney General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova to hold accountable those responsible for "war crimes committed during the Russian invasion".
"We support Ukraine's quest for justice and through other international investigations, including the International Criminal Court" and other bodies, they said in their joint statement.
“We together condemn the actions of the Russian government and call on it to cease all violations of international law, to stop its illegal invasion and to cooperate” in order to be held accountable, they write.
7:26 am: Briefly...
And if not, for the followers of the summary, there is the recap 'of the day with four information to remember.
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7:12 a.m .: The eddies of war visible as far as the North Pole
kyiv may be twice as far as the North Pole, but the war in Ukraine is stirring up turmoil in Barentsburg, a quirky Arctic community where Russian and Ukrainian miners have been mining coal side-by-side for decades.
Bust of Lenin, sculpture proclaiming in red Cyrillic letters “our goal: communism”… Everything reminds us that the Russian presence in this village in the south-west of the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard is not new.
After having counted up to 1,500 souls at the end of the Cold War, Barentsburg saw its population decline after the implosion of the USSR.
But 370 people still cohabit today in this former Soviet showcase: two-thirds of them are Ukrainians, most from the Russian-speaking region of Donbass, and Russians for the rest.
"There are of course tensions and discussions on social networks such as (internal community groups on) Facebook and Telegram, but there are no visible signs of conflict on the surface", assures the Russian consul local, Sergey Guchtchin.
Proof, perhaps, that anger is still simmering, 45 people have left Barentsburg since the start of the Russian invasion.
7:04 a.m .: Former Russian President Medvedev denounces “crazy” sanctions
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken yesterday accused Russia of taking hostage "the food supply of millions of Ukrainians and millions of other people around the world.
"Our country is ready to assume all its obligations," reacted former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
But he also expects help from his business partners, ”said the current deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia on Telegram messaging.
“Otherwise it doesn't make sense: on the one hand they impose crazy sanctions on us and on the other they demand that we ensure the food supply.
It doesn't work that way, we're not stupid"
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We will follow together all the news of the 86th day since the beginning of the Russian invasion. On the ground, Moscow concentrates its forces on the city of Severodonetsk, with incessant bombardments. The NATO membership process for Sweden and Finland is progressing, with Turkey still standing in the way, and the first war crimes trial continues in kyiv.
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