Italy will host the final of the 66th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday evening with one country notably absent: Russia was excluded from the competition in February following its invasion of Ukraine. Despite the competition organisers’ insistence that the contest is a non-political event, the conflict in Europe looks set to dominate the public vote. Bets are already
Issued on: 13/05/2022 – 22:07 The leader of Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia on Friday set July 17 as a date for a referendum on joining Russia. “Anatoly Bibilov signed a decree on holding a referendum in the Republic of South Ossetia,” his office said in a statement, citing his people’s “historic aspiration” to
The Ukrainian military demonstrated its prowess once again on Wednesday, when satellite images showed dozens of Russian tanks and armoured vehicles destroyed after failing to cross the Donets River. The episode cost the Russian military an entire battalion – the latest sign that Russia’s pivot to eastern Ukraine is not working as planned. “Recently, I
Issued on: 01/05/2022 – 06:52 Some women and children were evacuated from a steel plant that is the last defensive stronghold in the bombed-out ruins of the port city of Mariupol, a Ukrainian official and Russian state news organizations said, but hundreds are believed to remain trapped with little food or water. Follow FRANCE 24’s liveblog
Issued on: 22/04/2022 – 10:17Modified: 22/04/2022 – 10:23 As the war in Ukraine rages in the south and east, some residents of the Kyiv satellite towns are tentatively returning home, after Russian forces withdrew and shocked the world with the carnage they left in their wake. FRANCE 24 reports. Several weeks after Russian troops withdrew
Relentless Russian attacks pounded a giant steel plant in Mariupol – the last Ukrainian stronghold in the besieged port city – with a top ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin saying Russian forces would overcome the city’s remaining defenders on Thursday. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments. All times are Paris time
Relentless Russian attacks pounded a giant steel plant in Mariupol – the last Ukrainian stronghold in the besieged port city – with a top ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin saying Russian forces would overcome the city’s remaining defenders on Thursday. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments. All times are Paris time
Issued on: 18/04/2022 – 01:08 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia on Sunday of wanting to “destroy” the entire eastern region of Donbass, promising that everything would be done to defend it, starting with the strategic port of Mariupol where the soldiers are called upon to fight “until at the end.” 12:15 am Zelensky in new video:
Issued on: 17/04/2022 – 06:52Modified: 17/04/2022 – 06:59 Residents in Kyiv heard explosions in the early hours of Sunday morning, local media reported. In the southeast, Russia claims to have gained control of Mariupol, with the city in a situation Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described as “inhuman”. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments. All times
