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  • Fighting continues for the takeover of Severodonetsk, a key city in the Donbass subjected to a deluge of Russian fire, where the situation is changing “from hour to hour” according to kyiv.

  • US Foreign Minister Antony Blinken on Monday accused Moscow of "blackmailing" the lifting of international sanctions by blocking wheat exports from Ukraine.

    He considered “credible” the information according to which Russia “steals” tons of cereals, “to sell them for its own profit”.

  • The head of Russian diplomacy Sergei Lavrov has warned Westerners against delivering long-range weapons to kyiv.

    This did not prevent London from announcing the delivery of rocket launchers with a range of 80 kilometers, in addition to Himars of the same range promised last week by Washington.

  • US and Europe urge Russia to stop alleged sexual violence by its military and proxies in Ukraine, while Moscow slams baseless accusations during Security Council meeting .

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6:49 am: "Intense street fighting continues" in Severodonetsk

Fighting continues on Tuesday for the takeover of Severodonetsk, a key city in eastern Ukraine subjected to a deluge of Russian fire.

“Our heroes hold their positions in Severodonetsk.

Intense street fighting continues,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his final video address on Monday evening.

kyiv is struggling to cope with the influx of Russian troops into Severodonetsk, the largest city still in Ukrainian hands in the Lugansk region.

The Russians "are in the process of destroying the city... As they have not managed to take it in one or two days, they are using air strikes, heavy artillery", testified Monday evening Oleksandr Striouk, head of the administration of Severodonetsk, worrying that the evacuation of civilians has now become "virtually impossible".

6:47 a.m .: At least 20 million tons of grain blocked, according to Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that 20 to 25 million tonnes of grain were currently stuck in Ukraine due to the war.

Above all, this volume could, according to him, triple by the fall.

“We need maritime corridors and we are discussing this with Turkey and the United Kingdom” as well as with the UN, he further explained.

6:45 a.m .: Washington considers “credible” that Moscow “steals” Ukrainian wheat

The head of the American diplomacy Antony Blinken judged Monday “credible” the information according to which Russia “steals” the exports of Ukrainian cereals, blocked because of the conflict, “to sell them for its own profit”.

“All of this is deliberate,” he said during a virtual conference on food insecurity, accusing Vladimir Putin of “blackmail” to obtain the lifting of international sanctions.

He said Moscow had also started to keep its own food exports, after imposing a "naval blockade in the Black Sea which prevents Ukrainian crops from being transported" around the world.

The Ukrainian ambassador in Ankara had for his part accused Russia on Friday of "stealing" and exporting Ukrainian cereals, in particular to Turkey.

6:37 a.m .: Russia accused of “intimidating” American correspondents

The United States on Monday accused Russia of "intimidating" American media correspondents in Moscow, summoned by Russian diplomacy who threatened them with reprisals because of American sanctions.

"The Russian Foreign Ministry has summoned your colleagues to 'explain to them the consequences of their government's hostile line in the media sphere,'" US Foreign Minister Ned Price told reporters in Washington.

"Let's be clear, the Kremlin is carrying out an all-out attack on freedom of the press, access to information and the truth", he said, denouncing a "clear and blatant effort to intimidate independent journalists". .

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.

On the ground, the fighting is still violent and fierce in Severodonetsk, a strategic city for the conquest of the Donbass mining basin.

The war is also taking place on the economic terrain.

A battle is indeed being played out over the export of wheat resources from the cereal superpower that is Ukraine.

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