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  • On Friday, Russia heavily bombed several Ukrainian regions, including kyiv, creating power cuts across the country.

    Ukrainian emergency services are still making repairs.

  • The head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell condemned this new "example of the blind terror of the Kremlin", "cruel and inhuman attacks" against the population which "constitute war crimes".

    The EU has also approved new sanctions targeting Moscow which notably prohibit the export of drone engines to Russia or third countries able to supply them.

  • Russian and Belarusian Presidents Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko are due to meet in Minsk on Monday for a summit intended to further strengthen their alliance.

    According to Alexander Lukashenko, the summit will be "above all (devoted) to the economic sphere", but the two leaders will also talk about "the politico-military situation around (their) countries".

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8:55 a.m .: Putin meets with officials of Russian operation in Ukraine, Kremlin says

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks with those responsible for the Russian military operation in Ukraine, the Kremlin announced on Saturday, as Ukrainian territory is targeted by massive Russian bombings.

"Friday, the president spent the whole day at the headquarters of the forces involved in the special military operation" in Ukraine, the Kremlin said in a statement.

The Russian Head of State notably "held a meeting" there with the participation of the Minister of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, and the Chief of the Russian General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, and "had separate meetings with the commanders" of the various branches of the army involved in the operation, according to the same source.

08:37: Night of repairs

Ukraine is still working this morning to restore electricity after the new Russian missile strikes which caused power cuts across the country, denounced as war crimes by the European Union.

A total of 74 missiles, mostly cruise missiles, were fired by Russia on Friday, 60 of which were shot down by air defense, according to the Ukrainian military.

08:24: Anti-money laundering organization sanctions Russia for invading Ukraine

The international anti-money laundering organization called the Egmont Group, with 166 member countries, has announced the imposition of sanctions against its Russian member, nearly 10 months after Moscow invaded Ukraine.

“Trust is essential”, wrote this forum for exchange and cooperation for national financial intelligence units, like Tracfin in France or FinCEN in the United States, in a press release Thursday, condemning the “devastating effects of the Russian invasion.

The Ottawa-based organization, of which Russia is a member through Rosfinmonitoring, has notably decided to withdraw all responsibility from its Russian member in the organization of meetings, in the functions of advice, representativeness, as well as physical presence at meetings.

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08:00: Hello and welcome to this new live dedicated to the war in Ukraine

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