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  • “Street battles” are taking place in Severodonetsk, where Moscow's forces are putting all their weight into controlling the entire Donbass mining basin.

  • kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported several explosions in the capital on Sunday morning.

  • Crimea, Donbass, southern Ukraine: in total, Russia has tripled since the start of the invasion, the area of ​​Ukrainian territory under its control reaching 125,000 km², or 20% of the country, according to Ukrainian President Zelensky.

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8:55 am: Ukrainian Foreign Minister responds to Macron

The Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs replied on Saturday to Emmanuel Macron who, the day before, repeated that it was not necessary "to humiliate Russia" to preserve diplomatic exit doors.

“We all better focus on how to put Russia in its place.

This will bring peace and save lives,” retorted Dmytro Kouleba, believing that Emmanuel Macron's position can only “humiliate France”.

8:53 am: The situation in Severodonetsk “remains extremely difficult”

“The situation in Severodonetsk, where street fighting continues, remains extremely difficult,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his video released overnight from Saturday to Sunday, deploring “air raids, artillery and missile fire constants”.

The city remains at the heart of the Russian offensive in the Donbass mining basin, an eastern region under the partial control of pro-Russian separatists since 2014 and which Moscow hopes to conquer in full.

However, the state of forces there remains unclear.

According to Russia on Saturday, Ukrainian soldiers were withdrawing from the city.

But kyiv claims to fight to reconquer the city.

8:51 am: Explosions heard in kyiv

“Explosions” shook kyiv this Sunday morning, said its mayor Vitali Klitschko in a message on Telegram.

“Several explosions in the Darnytsky and Dniprovsky districts of the city.

The services are in the process of extinguishing “the fire, wrote the mayor of the Ukrainian capital.

“The aggressor continues to launch missiles and conduct airstrikes on the military and civilian infrastructure of our country, especially in Kyiv,” the Ukrainian army general staff wrote on its Facebook page. .

8:45 am: The president of the African Union intends to go to kyiv

The Senegalese head of state and current chairman of the African Union, Macky Sall, said on Saturday in Accra that he intended to visit Ukraine after meeting Vladimir Putin in Russia on Friday.

“Yes (…) I will also go to kyiv.

It is important to contribute to the return of peace,” he explained on arriving at a summit of the Economic Community of West African States.

Macky Sall was received by Vladimir Putin in Sochi.

He asked him on behalf of African countries “to realize that our countries (…) are victims of this economic crisis”.

He cited the blockage of cereals, as African countries are heavily dependent on exports from Russia and Ukraine, as well as the shortage of fertilizers.

He argued that Western sanctions against Russia were worsening the effects of the crisis for African countries, and called for the food sector to be kept out of retaliation.

Macky Sall later said he came out of his talks with Vladimir Putin "reassured".

Hello everyone !

Welcome to this new live dedicated to the war in Ukraine.

Like every day, the editorial staff of

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is mobilizing to give you the latest information on the conflict.

There are still many fights in the Donbass.

The battle is particularly fierce in Severodonetsk, a strategic city for the conquest of the mining basin.

The war also continues on other fronts.

In kyiv, the capital, explosions were heard this Sunday morning.

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