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• Russia called on the Ukrainians to end their "absurd resistance" in Severodonetsk and proposed a "humanitarian corridor" to evacuate civilians this Wednesday, with no response from kyiv, which urged on the contrary to "hold on".

• According to the head of the administration of Severodonetsk, Oleksandr Striouk, "540 to 560 people" have taken refuge in the underground passages of the vast Azot chemical plant, emblematic of this industrial city in eastern Ukraine.

• kyiv claims to have “received only about 10%” of the weapons that Ukraine “needs”.

  "Yes, Ukraine should have more heavy weapons," assured NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on the eve of a meeting in Brussels of the Contact Group for Ukraine around of the US Secretary of Defense.

• Emmanuel Macron arrived in Romania on Tuesday evening to greet the 500 French soldiers deployed on a NATO base.

  He will then travel to Moldova, before a possible visit to kyiv on Thursday.

  However, on a visit to Ukraine, "nothing is recorded" at this stage, according to the Elysée.

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6:55 am: Moscow proposes a humanitarian corridor in the Donbass

Russia called on the Ukrainians to end their "absurd resistance" in Severodonetsk and proposed a "humanitarian corridor" to evacuate civilians from it on Wednesday.

“A humanitarian corridor will be open […] on June 15” from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. GMT (2 hours more in Paris), indicated the Russian Ministry of Defense, assuring that it would guarantee “the safe evacuation of the 'all civilians, without exception'.

He further called on Ukrainians to raise the white flag to signal that they accept.

However, the Ukrainian president does not hear it at all that way.

Volodymyr Zelensky thus urged his compatriots on Tuesday evening to “hold on” in the Donbass, a “vital” region in his eyes and on which the rest of the war will depend.

6:50 am: Macron supports the troops at the gates of Ukraine

Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday hailed the "commitment" of the 500 French soldiers deployed in Romania to "protect" the countries of Eastern Europe threatened by war in Ukraine, before a support visit to Moldova on Wednesday and a possible tricky trip to kyiv.

"It is the pride of France to be at the forefront," he said, addressing some 200 soldiers gathered at the NATO base of Mihail Kogalniceanu, where he landed at the start. evening.

Embodying "European solidarity and security", these soldiers were urgently deployed there at the end of February, a few days after the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A “fundamental” commitment, insisted the Head of State, to “prevent any attempt at destabilization and aggression against Europe”.

6:47 a.m .: NATO confirms that Ukraine needs “more heavy weapons”

Western countries should send more heavy weapons to kyiv to help fight the advancing Russian army in eastern Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday evening.

NATO has started to "step up" its arms deliveries to Kyiv, he added, noting that the Ukrainians "absolutely depend on (these deliveries) to deal with Russia's brutal aggression".

These statements come especially on the eve of an important summit.

The Contact Group for Ukraine is indeed meeting this Wednesday in Brussels around US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to discuss a possible acceleration of these arms deliveries, on the sidelines of a NATO ministerial meeting. in the Belgian capital.

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