On the 111th day of war, follow live this Tuesday, June 14 the latest information on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
► Moscow has blocked the RFI website, which broadcasts information in fifteen languages including Russian. An alternative URL allows access to the site by French and in Russian. RFI in Russian is also available on Telegram: https://t.me/RFI_Ru via a VPN and in Russia in French via satellite on Hotbird.
► The site of the Russian editorial staff of RFI broadcasts Ukrainian public radio (in the Ukrainian language) from the home page.
The main points:
► Russian troops chased the Ukrainian army from the center of Sievierodonetsk on Monday, key city in eastern Ukraine that the two armies have been fighting over for weeks, the Ukrainian general staff announced on Monday.
► Amnesty International has accused Russia of war crimes in Ukrainesaying hundreds of civilians had died in relentless attacks on Kharkiv, many of which were carried out with cluster bombs.
► French President Emmanuel Macron has called for strengthening the European defense industrythat must be ” much stronger in the light of increased military needs with the war in Ukraine, and asked “ a reassessment » French military spending.
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6:25 a.m .: Ukrainian president urges Westerners to send him “modern” weapons to stem “terrifying” human cost inflicted by Russian troops
” The Battle of Donbass will surely go down in military history as one of the most violent battles in Europe “, affirmed the Ukrainian president in his daily address Monday evening. ” The human cost of this battle for us is very high. He’s just terrifying he added, insisting on the desperate need to receive these armaments, while kyiv reports 100 to 300 of its men killed every day.
” Only modern artillery will ensure our advantage “Adds the 44-year-old president, saying he is confident in the ability of his army to “ liberate the territory », « including Mariupol and Crimea “. ” We just need enough weapons to ensure all this. Our partners have “, he hammered.
This appeal comes at a time when the allies are already supplying ammunition, spare parts and light armament to kyiv and when the Contact Group for Ukraine, created by the American Minister of Defense Lloyd Austin, is due to meet on Wednesday in Brussels.
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