Russia launched its "military operation" in Ukraine on Thursday, February 24.
Every evening, at 7:30 p.m.,
20 Minutes
offers you its recap on the Russian-Ukrainian diplomatic conflict which has become a war which causes deaths, injuries and thousands of refugees every day.
Who did what ?
Who said what?
And who supports whom and why?
You will know everything about the progress of the negotiations and the events of this crisis which is shaking Russia, Ukraine, Europe and even the United States.
On Tuesday, rallies were held in Russia to pay tribute to soldiers killed in a Ukrainian strike in Makiivka, while Volodymyr Zelensky expects prolonged Russian strikes to "exhaust" his country.
Did you miss the latest events on the war in Ukraine?
Do n't panic,
20 Minutes
takes stock for you every evening at 7:30 p.m.
Who did what ?
Who said what?
Where are we ?
The answer below:
news of the day
Rallies to pay tribute to the soldiers.
This Tuesday, in Russia, residents prayed and laid wreaths in memory of the 63 soldiers killed by a Ukrainian strike on New Year's Eve in Makïivka, near Donetsk.
In Samara, the town of origin of the majority of the deceased fighters, 200 people gathered, with the agreement of the authorities.
An unusual fact in Russia, where the power remains discreet about military losses in Ukraine.
After the many routs in recent months at the front, the death of the soldiers has led to a flood of criticism of the Russian command, even among supporters of the invasion in Ukraine, which began more than ten months ago.
Several commentators, influential on social networks, strongly criticized the fact that ammunition would have been stored not far from the building which was used to house the soldiers.
sentence of the day
We must ensure - and we will do everything to ensure that this objective of the terrorists fails like all the others.
[…] This is the time when all those involved in the protection of the sky must be particularly attentive.
»
These are the words spoken by Volodymyr Zelensky.
The head of state, warned by his intelligence services, claims to face a threat: prolonged Russian strikes aimed at "exhausting" Ukraine, as reported by the BBC.
To respond to these new attacks, the Ukrainian president multiplied telephone conversations on Tuesday with his allied counterparts during the day and reported on his social networks.
Together with 🇬🇧 Prime Minister @RishiSunak, we discussed further defense cooperation.
We agreed to intensify our efforts to bring victory closer this year already.
We already have concrete decisions for this.
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) January 3, 2023
Access to this content has been blocked to respect your choice of consent
By clicking on "
I ACCEPT
", you accept the deposit of cookies by external services and will thus have access to the content of our partners
I ACCEPT
And to better remunerate 20 Minutes, do not hesitate to accept all cookies, even for one day only, via our "I accept for today" button in the banner below.
More information on the Cookie Management Policy page.
“We discussed continuing defense cooperation.
We agreed to intensify our efforts to get closer to victory this year already,” Zelensky tweeted after a discussion with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
The Dutch and Norwegian Prime Ministers were also consulted.
On Monday, kyiv again came under fire from Iranian-made drones, but the bulk of them were shot down, authorities said.
Zelensky claimed that his army destroyed more than 80 aircraft in total.
The number of the day
40%.
Like the percentage of Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia since the invasion, which have since been liberated.
A figure put forward by General Valerii Zaluzhnyi in a Telegram post, while the Ukrainian army notably took over Kherson in November, after eight months of Russian occupation.
This army executive also revealed the length of the front line: 3,786 kilometers, including an active strip of 1,500 kilometers.
The trend
Since September, nearly 500 Russian drones have been shot down by air defense, Yuriy Ihnat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said.
During an interview with a local television channel, the officer was pleased with the good results of the anti-aircraft defense: all of the 84 drones launched by Russia on the first two days of the year were shot down.
World
War in Ukraine: Why the bombardment of Makivka by the Ukrainians is an unprecedented event
Economy
Bonduelle denies having sent food parcels to Russian soldiers
War in Ukraine
World
Volodymyr Zelensky
Vladimir Poutine
Russia