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The Russian army continues on Monday to pound eastern Ukraine and to progress in its plan to conquer the whole of Donbass, after its capture of the strategic city of Lyssychansk.
In his speech on Sunday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tried to put on a good face, insisting on the other front lines, where kyiv claims to be “progressing”, in the regions of Kharkiv (northeast) or Kherson (south).
In Switzerland, the Lugano Conference, planned well before Russia began its invasion, will attempt on Monday and Tuesday to draw the outlines of the future reconstruction of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Prime Minister and the Speaker of Parliament are on site.
Volodymyr Zelensky will speak by videoconference.
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6:50 am: The IOC will triple its aid to Ukrainian athletes
The International Olympic Committee will triple its direct financial assistance to Ukrainian athletes so that they can “hoist high” their flag during the Paris 2024 Games and then the 2026 Winter Games, the IOC President announced on Sunday.
The fund established at the very beginning of the Russian invasion will thus increase "from 2.5 to 7.5 million US dollars".
Traveling to kyiv, Thomas Bach, who was speaking alongside President Zelensky, also indicated that "the time had not come" to modify the position of the IOC, which recommended the exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes from all international sporting events.
6:45 am: Two days of international conference in Switzerland
The Lugano Conference in Switzerland will attempt today and tomorrow to draw the outlines of the future reconstruction of Ukraine.
The “task is really colossal” if only in the liberated territories, recognized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, whose Swiss hosts hoped to come in person but who will participate by videoconference.
Its Prime Minister Denys Schmigal arrived there on Sunday accompanied by the speaker of parliament, Rouslan Stefantchouk, in a Swiss air force aircraft.
The two men were welcomed by the President of the Swiss Confederation Ignazio Cassis.
In total, the Ukrainian delegation will number around a hundred people to meet political leaders, international institutions and representatives of the private sector.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, the Czech Prime Minister, Petr Fiala, whose country has just taken over the EU Presidency for six months, as well as his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki, will be in Lugano to draw the outline of a kind of "Marshall Plan".
6:33 am: The Ukrainian army announces its withdrawal from Lysytchansk
The Ukrainian army announced on Sunday that its soldiers had withdrawn from Lysytchansk, a key city in eastern Ukraine facing a heavy onslaught by Russian troops for weeks.
“In the conditions of multiple superiority of Russian troops in artillery, air force, missile launch systems, ammunition and personnel, continuing the defense of the city would have had fatal consequences,” the state said. -Major of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday morning the conquest of Lysytchansk, which allows Russia to control the entire Ukrainian region of Lugansk.
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This Monday, the day will be marked by the opening of an international conference in Switzerland to discuss the reconstruction of Ukraine.
On the ground, the situation is increasingly complicated for Ukrainians in the Donbass.
The general staff thus announced Sunday evening its withdrawal from the strategic city of Lyssytchansk, recognizing the “superiority” of the Russian troops in this region of Lugansk.
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