War in Ukraine EL MUNDO visits the tankers of the 92nd Brigade, harassed by drones: "You never know if you will return alive the next night"
Russia Why the murder of Alexei Navalny is an example of Putin's power in the face of the advances of his allies in the US
Russia Russians challenge the police in tributes to Navalny: "He was a very brave man, we had to come"
As the war in Ukraine marks 726 days, the Russian Defense Ministry has reported that its troops have taken full control of the
Avdivka
coke and chemicals plant , after Ukrainian forces withdrew from most of it on Saturday. from the city.
Russia had reported on Sunday that it was in control of the town, but that Ukrainian units were entrenched at the plant. However, this Monday the Ministry of Defense reported that it had conquered the factory.
"The Center military group, in the development of its offensive, took
full control of the metallurgical plant in the Avdivka sector
. Russian flags fly over the factory's administrative buildings," the Russian military command said in a statement.
The metallurgical plant became one of the main obstacles to the advance of Russian forces in Advivka during the last stage of the siege of the city, just as the
Azovstal steelworks
became a headache for the Russian Army in the city. from Mariupol.
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12:30
"Vladimir Putin killed my husband"
Yulia Navalnaya
, widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, assured this Monday that she will continue her husband's fight for a free Russia and called on her followers to fight President Vladimir Putin with more fury than ever.
"I want to live in a free Russia,
I want to build a free Russia
," Navalnaya said in a video message titled "I will continue the work of Alexei Navalny."
"Vladimir Putin killed my husband," Navalnaya said, adding that she would work with the Russian people to fight the Kremlin and create a new Russia. The Kremlin has denied her involvement in his death.
"By killing Alexei,
Putin killed half of me: half of my heart and half of my soul
," Navalnaya said. "But I still have the other half, and that tells me that I have no right to give up. I will continue the work of Alexei Navalny, I will continue fighting for our country."
Navalnaya accused Russian authorities of hiding Navalny's body and
waiting for the remains of the Novichok nerve agent to disappear from his body
. "We know exactly why Putin killed Alexei three days ago," she said. "We will tell you soon. We will find out who and how exactly he committed this crime. We will give the names and show the faces"
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11:45
Ukraine shoots down two more Russian fighters
The Ukrainian Air Force shot down two more Russian fighters on the Eastern Front on Monday,
Mikola Oleshchuk
, commander of this component of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, reported today on his Telegram account, which already has, according to Kiev, six warplanes shot down in only three days.
The two fighters shot down this Monday are
a Su-34 and a Su-35
, two of the most expensive and sophisticated combat aircraft that Russia has.
The head of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,
Oleksandr Sirski
, explained that the two downed planes were used by Russia to drop guided aerial bombs on Ukrainian positions.
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10:55
Kremlin: Investigation into Navalny's death still underway
The Kremlin assured today that the official investigation into the causes of the death in prison of the Russian opposition leader,
Alexei Navalny
, is still underway and refused to comment on the authorities' refusal to hand over the body to the family.
"The investigation is still underway," said Dmitri Peskov, presidential spokesman, during the daily telephone press conference, in which he described as "rude" the statements made by Western leaders who hold the Kremlin responsible for the opponent's death.
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10:45
Borrell proposes calling the system that sanctions human rights violations Navalny. H H
The high representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign and Security Affairs, Josep Borrell, stated this Monday that he is going to propose adding the name of the Russian opponent Alexei Navalny, who died in prison, to the community legal framework to sanction
violations against human rights. humans
, reports Efe.
"To honor his memory, I will propose to the ministers that they name our sanctions regime on human rights after him, so that his name is written forever in the work of the European Union in defense of human rights," Borrell said before the press. his arrival at a
Council of Community Foreign Ministers
.
This legal framework for imposing sanctions for human rights violations is similar to the United States' Magnitsky Act, named after lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in preventive detention in 2009 after exposing a multimillion-dollar corruption scheme involving senior Russian officials. .
The ministers will address the situation in Ukraine and
new restrictive measures against Russia
in a meeting to which Navalny's widow, Yulia Navalnaya, has been invited.
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10:00
Ukraine calls border blockade with Poland a "security threat"
The Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure, Oleksandr Kubrakov, declared this Monday that the blockade of the border due to a protest by Polish farmers is a "direct threat to the security" of the country, reports Afp.
"Blocking the border is a direct threat to the security of a country that is defending itself. This type of action has a negative impact on our fight with the common enemy called Russia," Kubrakov said in a statement posted on Facebook.
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9:30
Lithuania: EU must "sharpen" sanctions on Russia after Navalny's death
Lithuanian
Foreign Minister
Gabrielius Landsbergis said on Monday that the EU needs to "at least sharpen" sanctions against Russia following the death of
Alexei Navalny
, while "half measures" are not enough to stop the Russian president.
Vladimir Putin.
"
If Ukraine falls, everyone is very clear: we will be next
. Putin has no intention of stopping, he would not be able to stop," Landsbergis declared before a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, which Navalny's widow will join.
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9:15
The cause of Navalny's death remains unclear
Russian investigators have not yet established the cause of Alexei Navalny
's death
and it is unclear how long it will take to reach official conclusions, according to the opposition's spokesperson, Kira Yarmysh.
The spokesperson assured that the authorities have informed her mother and her lawyers that the official verification of the cause of death had been prolonged and that it was not clear how long it would take, Reuters reports. "The cause of death is 'undetermined,'" Yarmysh said, adding that
Russian authorities were lying and dragging their feet
.
He also revealed that
they were not allowed to enter this Monday the morgue
next to the prison where he was when he died. "When asked if Alexei's body was there, the staff did not respond," Yarmysh said.
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8:45
Navalny's widow meets with EU foreign ministers
The widow of Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Putin's opponent who died on Friday in an Arctic prison, meets EU foreign ministers in Brussels today.
Yulia Navalnaya told a Western gathering of leaders, diplomats and other officials in Munich on Friday that Putin and his allies would take responsibility "for what they did to our country, to my family, to my husband."
The head of European diplomacy,
Josep Borrell
, announced Navalnaya's visit on Monday, stating that the meeting would highlight "support for freedom fighters in Russia and honor the memory of Alexei Navalny."
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8:15
Japan pledges to continue supporting Ukraine
Japan held a Conference on Monday to Promote the Economic Reconstruction of Ukraine, five days before the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of the country, where Tokyo pledged to continue supporting its reconstruction with a dozen agreements.
The meeting was held in Tokyo and was attended by the
Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, and his Ukrainian counterpart, Denys Shmyhal
, and about 300 government and business representatives from both countries.
"Japan is committed to strengthening support and assistance to Ukraine. This assistance that I would like to share with the Ukrainian people is composed of three principles, five actions and fifty commitments to implement Japan's unique contribution," Kishida said during his speech to the opening of the meeting.
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7:40
Russian flags at the Avdivka chemical plant
The Russian military has taken full control of the Avdivka coke and chemicals plant, Russian state news agencies reported on Monday, after most of the city fell to Russian forces on Saturday. collects Reuters.
Russia claimed on Sunday that it was in control of the city in the Donetsk region, but that Ukrainian units were entrenched at the plant.
However, this Monday the situation would have changed. "Russian flags were raised on the administrative buildings of the plant," the Ministry of Defense reported, according to the state news agency TASS.
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