The Ukrainian army entered Kherson after the retreat of the Russians
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16:19 : The Russian army has occupied the city of Kherson since mid-March. Our journalist Agathe Mahuet was able to reach Katia, a resident who did not run away from the city. “It was like being in prison”he says. “The Russians [pouvaient] go home, you [pouvais] to be arrested on the street, even killed.”
16:16 : “If there is a victory, the city of Kherson will not be able to find the life it knew before the war. (…) Those who fled will not be able to return, because the Russians are right across the Dnieper River, which means the city. “Kherson is already under the fire of Russian artillery.”
General Jérôme Pellistrandi reminds in franceinfo that the capture of Kherson by Ukraine does not signal a return to normality for its inhabitants. This analyst believes that the Ukrainian army will find it difficult to continue its counteroffensive in the rest of the region, across the Dnieper River. “en anyway for the coming weeks and months”.
15:45 : The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that more than 30,000 troops have withdrawn from the city of Kherson and the entire western bank of the Dnieper River. This morning, Moscow assured that there were no casualties during this retreat.
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15:03 : On Twitter, Ukraine Post celebrates Kherson’s recovery and announces the upcoming release of a stamp featuring the city’s iconic watermelon design to mark the victory.
15:01 : “Kherson returns to the control of Ukraine, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces enter the city”, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine writes about this on Facebook. He calls out to the Russian soldiers who are still in place “surrender immediately”their “the only chance to escape death”.
14:53 : The Ukrainian army entered Kherson, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine confirmed.
14:33 : Let’s remember the main information of this Friday:
• The Russian army announces that it has completed its withdrawal from the city of Kherson and the entire north of the region. The Ukrainian government welcomes this “important victory”In the city occupied by Russia since March, because the flag of Ukraine was raised again.
• Humanitarian ship ocean viking 230 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean Sea, some of them were placed in the military port of Toulon for three weeks. Their descent continues. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, criticized by France, condemned the reaction “aggressive, incomprehensible and unreasonable”.
• The man suspected of stabbing a policeman to death in Brussels last night is an ex-prisoner convicted of common law offences. He was on file with the Belgian authority (Ocam) to analyze the terrorist threat, the federal prosecutor’s office announced.
13:51 : “Ukraine is on its way to another important victory”, welcomed Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba on Twitter after announcing Russia’s complete withdrawal from Kherson. Local media broadcast videos posted on social networks and shot by Russia in March showing the raising of Ukrainian flags in several parts of the city.
13:19 : Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Russian paramilitary “Wagner” groupe, confirms that his organization is training militias in two regions of Russia bordering Ukraine, Belgorod and Kursk regions. In recent months, these two areas have been subjected to repeated skirmishes, which Russia attributes to the Ukrainian army. These militias will also build “reinforced structures”Wagner’s boss says.
13:41 : Danish authorities announce that they have allowed the Nord Stream gas pipeline company, in which Russia’s Gazprom group is the main shareholder, to carry out its own underwater inspections in September of two infrastructures that were suspected sabotage targets.
13:09 : At least 4 people were killed and several others were injured as a result of a rocket attack on a residential building in the city of Mykolaiv in the south-west of Ukraine last night, the head of the regional government of Ukraine said.
12:17 p.m : Let’s take a look at the news:
• Humanitarian ship ocean viking 230 migrants rescued on the coast of Libya in the Mediterranean Sea approached the military port of Toulon. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned France’s reaction “aggressive, incomprehensible and unreasonable”, after Paris announced retaliation against Rome for refusing to dock the ship. Watch us live.
• In keeping with tradition, Emmanuel Macron walked to the foot of the Arc de Triomphe next to the flame marking the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The head of our state then greeted the soldiers and veterans.
•The Russian military has announced it has completed its withdrawal from the Kherson region in northern Ukraine, another bitter setback after a nine-month military campaign in Ukraine. In addition, at least 4 people died and several others were injured as a result of a rocket attack on a residential building in the city of Mykolaiv in the south of Ukraine last night. Watch us live.
• The man suspected of stabbing a policeman to death in Brussels last night is an ex-prisoner convicted of common law offences. He was on file with the Belgian authority (Ocam) to analyze the terrorist threat, the federal prosecutor’s office announced.
11:26 a.m : The Russian army announces that it has completed its withdrawal from the Kherson region in northern Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that there were no casualties.
10:45 a.m : Vladimir Putin will not attend next week’s G20 summit in Indonesia because his schedule won’t allow it, the Kremlin has assured, an absence seen as a sign of isolation in a full military intervention in Ukraine.
(Sergey BOBILYOV / SPUTNIK / AFP)
10:39 : Kherson region “is a subject of the Russian Federation”, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said this. “There can be no change,” he added in his first comment on the withdrawal of Russian presidential forces from Kherson on Wednesday.
10:45 a.m : The Kremlin still considers all of Ukraine’s Kherson region and its capital to belong to Russia, despite the withdrawal of Russian troops from the territory Moscow claims it annexed in September.
09:43 : Japanese who fought against Russia together with Ukrainian soldiers died in Ukraine. The Japanese government announced that he was the first known victim of Japan in this war. Japanese officials did not provide further details.
09:03 : Let’s take a look at the news:
Humanitarian ship ocean viking It docked at the Toulon military port to disembark 230 migrants it rescued off the coast of Libya in the Mediterranean Sea. “There is a breach of trust” With Italy, the Secretary of State for Europe, Laurence Boone, said this morning on Franceinfo. Watch us live.
At least four people were killed and several others injured after a rocket hit a residential building in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv overnight, regional authorities said. Watch us live.
China has eased some measures against Covid-19, including reducing quarantine from ten days to eight days after arrival. The Asian country is the last major economy to maintain strict health policies against the virus, with borders remaining closed to most foreign nationals.
• #COP27 Buoyed by midterm elections, US President Joe Biden is making a brief stop at COP27 today to reaffirm US climate commitments under pressure to increase aid to poor countries on the frontlines of climate disruption.
07:59 : Withdrawal of Russian troops from Kherson for Army Minister Sébastien Lecornu “political defeat”. According to him, “We enters a phase of conflict that will be a little different” with the front line “who will freeze” as winter approaches.
