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War in Ukraine: Ukrainian power struck to the heart, Trump and his negotiators back on the file
9:00 p.m.
Trump says his emissaries are heading to Moscow and kyiv with a plan 'to end the war'
Donald Trump confirms that he is sending his emissaries Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to Moscow and kyiv with a proposal to end the war in Ukraine.
“We sent them to see if we could get things done, and there is a good chance that we will succeed,” the American president told reporters from the Oval Office.
9:00 p.m.
Trump reaffirms that Putin “does not intend to attack” NATO
“I talk to him. I know him very well. Putin has no intention of attacking NATO territory,” the American president declared in the Oval Office.
6:30 p.m.
Zelensky offers Russia a halt to strikes during visits by Trump envoys to Moscow and kyiv
The Ukrainian president announces that there will be no airstrikes against Russia during the visit of Donald Trump's emissaries to Moscow and asks Russia for reciprocity when these two American officials are in kyiv on Sunday.
Russia has, for the moment, not confirmed their arrival in Moscow of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
6:27 p.m.
The death toll from the strike in kyiv rises to twelve injured
Twelve people were injured in the drone strike targeting the SBU headquarters, the capital's military administration said in a new report, without specifying whether these people were in the targeted building.
4:29 p.m.
Moscow calls for international condemnation of kyiv's threats to Russian skies
Vladimir Putin called this threat a “serious error”, of which today’s Russian strike in the center of kyiv is perhaps the consequence. For several days, Ukrainian officials have been warning airlines that Russian skies are “dangerous”. Moscow asked the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) this Thursday to “condemn” these “illegal” statements from kyiv.
“The ICAO Secretary General was asked to condemn the illegal interference of the Ukrainian regime in civil aviation activities and the creation of direct threats against it,” Russian diplomacy said in a press release.
4:26 p.m.
Donald Trump's emissaries will be in kyiv on Sunday for the first time
Donald Trump's emissaries, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, will visit kyiv for the first time on Sunday, as part of diplomatic efforts to end the war between Ukraine and Russia, a senior Ukrainian official told AFP.
4:10 p.m.
Ukraine denounces “a serious escalation”
Ukraine describes this strike as a “serious escalation”. “Moscow delivered this blow precisely at the time of the resumption of peace efforts,” says the head of Ukrainian diplomacy Andriï Sybiga, while kyiv hopes in the coming days for the visit to kyiv of Donald Trump’s emissaries, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
4:06 p.m.
At least seven injured in strike on SBU headquarters in kyiv
The Ukrainian president says he spoke with Oleksandr Poklad, the head of the SBU, who, according to sources, was not his office when it was targeted by the strike.
Seven people were injured in this historic district of the capital, “six of whom are being treated in city hospitals,” said kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
3:29 p.m.
Zelensky gave the order to respond “in mirror”
“I gave […] the order to respond in an adequate, sensitive and, if possible, mirroring manner to this Russian attack,” adds the Ukrainian president.
3:21 p.m.
Zelensky says Russian drone 'directly targeted' kyiv security chief's office
A Russian drone strike hit the headquarters of the Ukrainian Security Services (SBU) in the historic center of kyiv, opposite the Saint Sophia Cathedral, Volodymyr Zelensky said on his social networks.
“Unfortunately, a Russian drone hit the central building of the SBU,” he said, affirming that the machine “directly aimed at the office of the head” of this agency.
3:10 p.m.
Security services headquarters hit by Russian strike in central kyiv
2:30 p.m.
WHO warehouse affected, third in three months
The World Health Organization (WHO) denounces attacks on its warehouses in Ukraine, saying three of them have been hit in the last three months.
“On the night of September 3-4, an air attack in kyiv Oblast hit one of the main WHO warehouses, where humanitarian medical equipment and supplies were stored,” said a WHO spokesperson, Christian Lindmeier, during a press briefing in Geneva.
No WHO staff were affected.
1:53 p.m.
Clash between the RN and Edouard Philippe over aid to Ukraine
When conflict enters the French presidential campaign... Thursday Louis Aliot, the RN mayor of Perpignan, recommended “turning off the tap” in kyiv. Edouard Philippe took this opportunity to criticize the poll favorite for “her support for the Putin regime”, because “cutting off the tap to Ukraine is serving Russia. » “Weakening Ukraine as Marine Le Pen wants is to threaten the security of Europe and France. I will do everything to prevent it,” says the center-right candidate.
The person concerned reacted quickly and virulently. Reminding the former head of government that he was in office when the Russian president had been “received with great pomp at the Palace of Versailles then at Fort Brégançon”, and castigating “the pitiful international record” of his rival in the race for the Elysée.
12:04 p.m.
The shootout between intelligence agencies did not please Zelensky at all
The Ukrainian president announces that there will be sanctions and an investigation after the shooting that occurred this week in kyiv between members of the security services (SBU) and others of military intelligence (GUR), two… Ukrainian services.
According to the SBU, this operation was part of an investigation into alleged links between the Russian security services (FSB) and a commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps, a Ukrainian military unit under the control of the GUR.
10:46 a.m.
Will American aid have to be repaid?
This was the nice surprise sent by Donald Trump on Thursday via his social networks: the idea according to which the aid provided by the United States to Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion will one day have to be reimbursed in full...
“Hundreds of billions of dollars were given for free to Ukraine and NATO, money that Europe would have paid if it had simply been asked. But we are going to ask for this money, even if it is a little late,” the Republican wrote.
10:04 a.m.
Xenia Fedorova is still talked about
Pro-Kremlin columnist Xenia Fedorova was expelled from France this summer. Never mind, CNews plans to bring it back… by video. She “will be able to return very soon […] to deliver her analysis, her expertise […] remotely, since the French government prevents her from being in France,” said presenter Gauthier Le Bret on Wednesday evening.
Reaction from Jean-Noël Barrot this Friday on France Inter: “I am […] quite distressed to see […] large media groups […] opening their column or their studio to someone whom all the political forces in this country consider that we were right to expel.”
08:55
Russian attack in Odessa leaves one dead
According to our colleagues from Le Monde, who relay a message on Telegram from the head of the military administration of Odessa, a Russian strike on the city left one dead and at least three injured.
07:49
Russian humanitarian prosecuted for criticizing army placed under judicial control
A Russian court on Thursday placed under judicial supervision the leader of a humanitarian organization for sick children, Lida Moniava, accused of having criticized the actions of the Russian army in Ukraine and facing ten years in prison.
In a statement, the press service of the Moscow courts said she would be under judicial supervision at least until October 30.
07:10
Trump back in the game?
Will Donald Trump succeed in imposing his famous conflict resolution plan, territorially very favorable to Moscow? In any case, the American mediators are back in action. Volodymyr Zelensky announces their arrival in kyiv, he hopes “in the coming days”. And they should also go to Moscow.
A Russian drone struck the headquarters of the Ukrainian security services (SBU) this Friday, in broad daylight and in the historic center of kyiv. The attack left twelve injured. The head of the SBU, who was targeted according to Volodymyr Zelensky, escaped.
This spectacular strike comes at the time of the announcement of the arrival in kyiv on Sunday, but also in Moscow on an unspecified date, of Donald Trump's emissaries, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. They are moving to “end the war”, assures the President of the United States.
After the episode of the alleged Russian drone in Leipzig, Donald Trump also affirms that Vladimir Putin does not intend to attack NATO.
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9:00 p.m.
Trump says his emissaries are heading to Moscow and kyiv with a plan 'to end the war'
Donald Trump confirms that he is sending his emissaries Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to Moscow and kyiv with a proposal to end the war in Ukraine.
“We sent them to see if we could get things done, and there is a good chance that we will succeed,” the American president told reporters from the Oval Office.
9:00 p.m.
Trump reaffirms that Putin “does not intend to attack” NATO
“I talk to him. I know him very well. Putin has no intention of attacking NATO territory,” the American president declared in the Oval Office.
6:30 p.m.
Zelensky offers Russia a halt to strikes during visits by Trump envoys to Moscow and kyiv
The Ukrainian president announces that there will be no airstrikes against Russia during the visit of Donald Trump's emissaries to Moscow and asks Russia for reciprocity when these two American officials are in kyiv on Sunday.
Russia has, for the moment, not confirmed their arrival in Moscow of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
4:26 p.m.
Donald Trump's emissaries will be in kyiv on Sunday for the first time
Donald Trump's emissaries, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, will visit kyiv for the first time on Sunday, as part of diplomatic efforts to end the war between Ukraine and Russia, a senior Ukrainian official told AFP.
4:10 p.m.
Ukraine denounces “a serious escalation”
Ukraine describes this strike as a “serious escalation”. “Moscow delivered this blow precisely at the time of the resumption of peace efforts,” says the head of Ukrainian diplomacy Andriï Sybiga, while kyiv hopes in the coming days for the visit to kyiv of Donald Trump’s emissaries, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
3:29 p.m.
Zelensky gave the order to respond “in mirror”
“I gave […] the order to respond in an adequate, sensitive and, if possible, mirroring manner to this Russian attack,” adds the Ukrainian president.
3:21 p.m.
Zelensky says Russian drone 'directly targeted' kyiv security chief's office
A Russian drone strike hit the headquarters of the Ukrainian Security Services (SBU) in the historic center of kyiv, opposite the Saint Sophia Cathedral, Volodymyr Zelensky said on his social networks.
“Unfortunately, a Russian drone hit the central building of the SBU,” he said, affirming that the machine “directly aimed at the office of the head” of this agency.
3:10 p.m.
Security services headquarters hit by Russian strike in central kyiv
08:55
Russian attack in Odessa leaves one dead
According to our colleagues from Le Monde, who relay a message on Telegram from the head of the military administration of Odessa, a Russian strike on the city left one dead and at least three injured.
