Two explosions are heard in Kyiv
Two explosions were heard on Monday morning in Kyiv, exactly a week after the Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital, AFP journalists noted.
The two explosions took place around 06:35 and 06:45 local time (04:35 and 04:45 French time). The air warning sirens had sounded shortly before.
Macron asks Berlin for European “solidarity”
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday called on Germany for European “solidarity” in the face of rising energy prices, warning against “distortions” of competition that Germany’s massive plan to help households could lead to. and the people.
“We cannot stick to national policies because that creates distortions within the European continent,” he said in an interview with the French daily Les Echos to be published on Monday.
War in Ukraine and inflation push millions of children into poverty
The war in Ukraine, and the resulting rise in the cost of living, has pushed millions more children into poverty in Eastern Europe and Central Asia in recent months, warns a study by the United Nations Development Fund. Childhood (UNICEF) published this Monday.
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Intensification of the European Union’s military support to Ukraine
The European Union intensifies its military support for Ukraine with the launch this Monday of a mission to train 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers on its territory and the granting of a new allocation of 500 million euros for the supply of weapons.
“This is a great novelty for the EU,” commented a European official. “We have never carried out a mission of this scale.”
The foreign ministers of the 27 member countries will endorse these two decisions on Monday at a meeting in Luxembourg and the mission will be operational immediately, a diplomatic source said.
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