On the 93rd day of the Russian invasion in Ukraine, Friday, May 27, the Ukrainian president accuses Moscow of wanting to “reduce to ashes” the city of Sievierodonesk, under a deluge of bombs.
► Moscow has blocked the RFI website, which broadcasts information in fifteen languages including Russian. An alternative URL address allows access to the site in 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:
► During the Davos Economic Forum on Wednesday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kouleba accused NATO of “strictly doing nothing” against the invasion of his country launched by Russia, and preferred to salute the “revolutionary decisions” of the European Union. He also requested more heavy weapons.
► The fighting in eastern Ukraine has reached “maximum intensity”, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Ganna Malyar said on Thursday. The industrial city of Sievierodonetsk, west of the Luhansk region, is almost besieged by the Russian army.
► Russia has announced that it will allow residents of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions to apply for a Russian passport via “a simplified procedure”. Ukraine immediately denounced a measure demonstrating Moscow’s desire to carry out a pure and simple annexation of these territories.
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