This is the great title of Release which returns to the deadly bombardment this weekend of a building occupied by Russian soldiers in Makiïvka or Makeïevka, in the Donetsk region. Initially, Moscow had announced a death toll of 63, then this Tuesday morning, the Russian authorities gave the figure of 89 dead. The toll of this bombardment is undoubtedly much heavier: “ According to the Ukrainian General Staff, recounts Liberation, nearly ‘500 soldiers were injured or killed and ‘up to 10 military vehicles of all types’ destroyed. »
And Release to wonder: “Can this carnage push the Kremlin to reconsider its plans? Probably not immediately, on the contrary. But the amateurishness of the Russian commanders, the inferiority of their armament and the lack of discipline of their troops have been exposed to the whole world, including in Russia. In this war, however already rich in lessons, there will be a before and an after Makiïvka. »
Mistakes of the Russian army
Release asked Yohann Michel, research analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. For him, “ the success of such a strike can be explained by the importance of the military aid provided to kyiv by the West, but also by the multiple structural problems which the Russian army continues to face almost a year after the start of the invasion. Indeed, he clarifies, “ the accumulation of errors is amazing. The Russian general staff does not seem to have taken into account the security measures to be adopted since the deliveries of the American Himars missile batteries. Logistics or ammunition depots left in the open a few kilometers from the front have already been hit several times in the past. Russian anti-aircraft defense is sometimes failing. There is a strong probability that these errors are linked to the contempt of the Russian general staff towards its adversary. »
No uprising in sight…
In Russia, for its part, falls Le Figaro, several bloggers question the military hierarchy. ” Nevertheless, note the newspaper, this visibly terrible setback for Putin’s camp does not translate into a rise in indignation against the war itself, but only against the mistakes of military officials. »
Indeed, for the opponent Andreï Illarionov, questioned by Le Figaro“ there is no Russian revolt in sight, despite the political repression and the mobilization orders which affect a growing percentage of the population. The people continue to bend under the yoke of power and censorship. We must face the factshe says again, the decisive change will not come from within but from the Ukrainian army. »
France: real estate down for the first time in ten years
We stay with Le Figaro which makes its great headline on real estate: “ prices are starting to drop “, announces the newspaper. ” Rising interest rates, tighter access to credit and pressure on purchasing power are weighing on the market, which has fallen for the first time in ten years. »
In fact, complete The world“ According to the Century 21 agency network, the number of real estate transactions fell by more than 4% last year (in France). If prices reached a record during the summer, they began to decrease in the second half of the year and could decline by 5% to 10% in this year 2023. »
The bakers… and the others…
Finally, this cry of alarm on the front page of Parisian : “ save the bakers! »
” The bakers who are sounding the alarm about their rising bills. (…) Since the war in Ukraine, exorbitant electricity bills have rained down and early-rising craftsmen stick out their tongues. There are countless calls for help from bloodless kneaders. The most cornered are crying ‘catastrophe’ and preparing a demonstration on January 23 in Paris. In an attempt to resolve the crisis, and avoid the emergence of ‘new yellow vests’, the government unsheathed a series of responses yesterday. “He announces the postponement of the payment of taxes and social security contributions and asks for concessions from energy suppliers…
So comment The Parisian“ the bakers are the latest to benefit from the care of the government. Solicitation all the stronger as they are both the symbols of France which gets up early to work, the holders of an identity gastronomic know-how, and that they are in contact with millions of customers every day. . They come after teachers, nurses, workers needing their car, scholarship students, owners of a poorly insulated house, an electric vehicle or a wood boiler. Every time (or almost), there are very legitimate reasons to pay attention to them. But, problem, notice Le Parisien: the longer the list, the more the forgotten exclaim ‘and me!’ and in turn demand a check-this, a bonus-that, a salary increase or allowance, an exemption or a one-stop shop. A trap for the executive. »