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  • Anthony Blinken and Sergei Lavrov, the heads of American and Russian diplomats, spoke on Friday for the first time since the start of the war.

  • A bombing of the Olenivka prison, where Ukrainian prisoners of war are held, left around 50 dead according to both sides.

    Volodymyr Zelensky denounced "a deliberate Russian war crime".

  • In the Donbass mining basin, Russian forces continue to attempt to advance near Siversk and Bakhmout.

    But progress is minimal, according to several analysts.

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War in Ukraine: Accusations crossed over the bombing of a prison and the supervision of cereals

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War in Ukraine: Cereals, gas or victims... The battle of numbers in four infographics

8:42 am: Near Kharkiv, Ukrainians begin a difficult reconstruction

Galyna Kios and her family survived holed up in a dark basement, cooking on a makeshift wood stove, as Russian troops took possession of their village, thirty kilometers from the Russian border in northeastern Ukraine.

Fortunately, the occupation only lasted a few weeks, before the Ukrainian army retook Kharkiv.

"I saw what they had done to my house, what was left of it", testifies this 67-year-old woman, widow and mother of four children, while philosophizing: "Material goods are not worth living ".

“I am happy that, by the will of God, I am alive.

Everything that is lost is material, we can rebuild it,” she adds, recalling what she thought that day.

8:31 am: S&P drastically lowers Ukraine's rating

Financial ratings agency S&P on Friday downgraded Ukraine's long-term debt rating by three notches to CC, saying its recently proposed spread of payments by several Western countries amounts to near-certain default. .

8:24 a.m .: Zelensky denounces “a deliberate Russian war crime” on Olenivka prison

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Friday's prison bombing that left "more than 50 people dead" a "deliberate Russian war crime, a deliberate mass murder of Ukrainian prisoners of war", after Moscow accused Russian forces Ukrainians to be responsible for it.

Earlier, the Russian army had reported 40 dead and 75 injured, with pro-Russian separatist authorities in the Donetsk region citing up to 53 dead.

8:15 a.m.: The major issues

Russian advance, death toll, economic consequences, etc.

Each week, 20 Minutes takes stock in 4 infographics on the major issues of the war.

And that's good, the last version dates from yesterday.

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War in Ukraine: Cereals, gas or victims... The battle of numbers in four infographics

8:10 am: Where are we?

At the beach or at the office, have you taken a break and haven't followed anything about the war these last few days?

To hang up the wagons, resume yesterday's live.

War in Ukraine: World will 'never' recognize annexation of Ukrainian territories, Blinken tells Lavrov

And if you just want the summary, you can read our recap.

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War in Ukraine: Accusations crossed over the bombing of a prison and the supervision of cereals

Hello everyone !

At 20 Minutes, we continue to follow the news of the war in Ukraine even on weekends!

Yesterday, a prison located in separatist territory was bombed, Russia and Ukraine accusing each other of it.

At least 40 people are believed to have died, according to Moscow, which has the lowest toll compared to Ukrainians and separatists.

At the same time, Sergei Lavrov, the head of Russian diplomacy, spoke with his American counterpart Anthony Blinken for the first time since the start of the invasion.

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