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  • Critics mount in Russia after Ukrainian New Year's Eve strike against Russian soldiers in Makiivka, eastern Ukraine, which killed 89, according to Moscow, which blamed the use of telephones worn by the military.

  • It is the heaviest toll in a single attack admitted by Moscow since the start of the offensive in February and comes after a series of embarrassing military setbacks on the ground.

    According to the Russian media, the victims were mobilized, therefore non-professional soldiers.

  • During a telephone interview, Emmanuel Macron announced to Volodymyr Zelensky that France would deliver French-made “light combat tanks” to Ukraine.

    However, the number of tanks and delivery times were not specified.

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6:49 am: France will send electric generators

According to the Elysée, France will deliver "in the coming days 63 high-power electric generators, as well as five million LED bulbs" to meet Ukraine's urgent needs.

The energy infrastructures are indeed largely damaged by the incessant Russian strikes.

6:40 a.m .: Washington does not cry for Russian soldiers

The number of Russian dead in the attack at Makiivka remains uncertain.

Washington for its part did not wish to comment on a balance sheet.

But, according to John Kirby, spokesman for the US National Security Council, there is “no lamentation from the (US) administration.

It's the war.

(The Ukrainians) have been invaded and they are fighting back and defending themselves”.

06h25: Welcome to this new Live

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Like every day, the editorial staff of

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is mobilized to give you the latest information on the conflict.

This Thursday, anger continues to rise in Russia.

The soldiers killed on New Year's Eve in eastern Ukraine indeed crystallize the discontent of part of the Russian population against the military command.

The boss of the RT channel, spearhead of the Kremlin's propaganda internationally, Margarita Simonian, has called for the names of the Russian officers involved to be published and to take "the measure of their responsibility".

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