Gazprom will only deliver 65% of the requested gas on Thursday, Italian Eni announces

The Russian giant Gazprom, which yesterday reduced its gas deliveries to the Italian group Eni by 15%, will only deliver 65% of the quantities claimed today, citing technical problems, the Italian energy giant announced.

“Faced with a daily demand for gas from Eni approximately 44% higher than yesterday, an increase due to the recovery of quantities not received and normal commercial dynamics, Gazprom announced that only 65% ​​of volumes requested will be delivered,” Eni said in a statement.

About 10,000 civilians still present in Sievierodonetsk

About 10,000 civilians are still present in the city of Sievierodonetsk, a key city in Donbass which the Russians have been trying to seize for weeks, Sergiï Gaïdaï, the governor of the Lugansk region, said today on Telegram messaging .

The city, under constant bombardment and whose three bridges which connected it to the neighboring city of Lysytchansk are now destroyed, had 100,000 inhabitants before the start of the Russian invasion on February 24.

Volodymyr Zelensky has “accepted an invitation” from Germany to participate in the next G7, writes Olaf Scholz on Twitter

IN PICTURE. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at Marinsky Palace, Kyiv

“We will rebuild everything”, assured Mario Draghi to Irpin

“We will rebuild everything,” Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi assured this morning after a visit to Irpin, one of the suburbs of kyiv devastated in the first weeks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The Russians “destroyed kindergartens, playgrounds. Everything will be rebuilt,” Mario Draghi told the press, after strolling through the destroyed streets of Irpin alongside Frenchman Emmanuel Macron, German Olaf Scholz and Romanian Klaus Iohannis.

IN PICTURE. Volodymyr Zelensky’s meeting with Emmanuel Macron, Mario Draghi, Olaf Scholz and Klaus Iohannis at Marinsky Palace

“Ukraine resists. It must be able to win”, writes Emmanuel Macron on Twitter

IN PICTURE. The handshake between Volodymyr Zelensky and Emmanuel Macron

🔴 Emmanuel Macron will be the guest at 8 p.m. TF1 tonight

“One would like to hope that the leaders of these three countries (…) are not going to focus only on supporting Ukraine and plans to continue to inundate it with weapons. It is completely futile and that will only inflict more harm on this country,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Irpin filmed by a journalist from LCI

France wants the restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine

France wants a military victory for Ukraine so that the country regains its full territorial integrity, including in Crimea annexed by Russia in 2014, said this morning in Reuters a French diplomatic source.

“We are for an integral victory with the restoration of territorial integrity in all territories conquered by the Russians, including Crimea,” said the diplomatic source.

Emmanuel Macron and his Italian and German counterparts leave Irpin after a visit of just under an hour.

“Now we are going to meet President Zelensky”, announces Emmanuel Macron to conclude his speech to the press at Irpin.

Emmanuel Macron speaks at Irpin

“It’s a devastated city, a heroic city. We must present the heroism of the army and the Ukrainian population”, declared Emmanuel Macron to Irpin, challenged by French journalists. “You have traces of barbarism here,” he adds.

“We have seen the first traces of what war crimes are”

kyiv accuses Russians of war crimes in Irpin

Irpin, at the northwestern gates of kyiv, was the scene of fierce clashes between Russians and Ukrainians in the early days of the Russian invasion in late February. The Russian army quickly took control of this well-to-do suburb, surrounded by pine trees, which had a population of 60,000 before the war, and then occupied it throughout March.

kyiv has since accused Russian forces of committing war crimes in Irpin and the neighboring towns of Boutcha and Borodianka, after the discovery of hundreds of civilian corpses in these localities after the withdrawal of the Russian army at the end of March.

International investigations are underway to determine the culprits for these war crimes of which the Ukrainians accuse the Russian forces.

A stroll through the destroyed town of Irpin

Like other foreign leaders who came to kyiv before them, Macron, Scholz, Draghi and Romanian President Iohannis wandered the streets of Irpin, where the scars of the bombings are omnipresent.

The leaders asked their guide questions about the return of the town’s residents and the planned reconstruction work, before watching a video of a few minutes showing Irpin three months ago, at the height of the fighting, reports theAFP.

On the walls of a destroyed building, one could read “Make Europe Not War” (“Make Europe, not war”). An inscription that Emmanuel Macron saw and commented on: “It’s the right message (…) it’s very moving to see that,” he said.

IN PICTURE. Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi are at Irpin

Irpin, scene of violent abuses in March

Irpin, one of the towns on the outskirts of kyiv, has become a symbol of the destruction and atrocities committed during the occupation of the region by the Russian army in March.

How is the visit to Irpin?

With an important security device and in the presence of many journalists, a Ukrainian official presents to the three European leaders the damage of the fights which took place in March during the Russian occupation.

Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi do not wear bulletproof vests.

Images of Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi at Irpin

In Irpin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is not present

🔴 Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi arrived at Irpin

According LCI eyou BFM TV, Emmanuel Macron is on his way to Irpin, where hundreds of civilians were killed, during the occupation of the Kyiv suburbs in March

Emmanuel Macron went to kyiv on February 8: read our article again

Emmanuel Macron’s last visit to Ukraine dates back to February 8, three weeks before the Russian invasion of the country on February 24.

Olaf Scholz pledges to help Ukraine “as long as it takes”

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who arrived in kyiv this morning, pledged to help Ukraine “as long as it takes”, in a daily interview Picture.

During this visit, “we not only want to show our solidarity, we also want to ensure that the aid we are organizing: financial, humanitarian, but also when it comes to arms, will continue”.

“We will continue it as long as it takes for Ukraine’s independence struggle,” he added.

Emmanuel Macron left his hotel and got into an armored car

Its destination is currently uncertain. His European counterparts, Olaf Sholz and Mario Draghi, have already left the scene, each in a convoy.

A press conference scheduled for early afternoon

A press conference is scheduled with Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelensky in the early afternoon.

Ukraine’s accession to the European Union, subject discussed during the meeting between the three European leaders in kyiv and Volodymyr Zelensky

This long-awaited visit by Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi to kyiv comes on the eve of a long-awaited recommendation from the European Commission on whether or not to grant Ukraine the status of a country. candidate for EU membership.

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk greets Emmanuel Macron as she arrives at kyiv train station

Emmanuel Macron will meet President Volodymyr Zelensky and visit “a site where massacres have been committed”

The arrival at kyiv station of Emmanuel Macron in pictures

“It’s a message of unity and support for Ukrainian men and women,” said Emmanuel Macron on his arrival in kyiv

Upon his arrival at kyiv station, Emmanuel Macron spoke to journalists. “We are present, focused,” he says.

“We are going to find President Zelensky to go to a site where massacres have been committed and then we will conduct an interview with President Zelensky”, he announces before adding: “It is a message of unity , support for Ukrainians”.

🔴 Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi arrived at kyiv station

Catherine Colonna, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, is also traveling

The arrival of Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi at kyiv station is imminent

The train of the three European leaders left at 11 p.m. last night from Rzeszow, according to BFM TV

708 kilometers between Rzeszow (Poland) and kyiv

Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi met “during the night” in Rzeszow, a city in southeastern Poland

Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi met “during the night” in Rzeszow, a city in south-eastern Poland which has an international airport, before continuing their journey in Ukraine towards kyiv, specifies ZDF.

They should say Europe’s support for Ukraine at war with Russia, which invaded the country on February 24, after a billion dollar military aid announced by the United States.

IN PICTURE. Macron, Scholz and Draghi on the train to kyiv

Macron, Scholz and Draghi expected this morning in kyiv

The three leaders boarded this special train in Poland and are expected Thursday morning in the Ukrainian capital, according to the German television channel ZDF and the Italian daily La Republica, which publishes a photo of the three leaders on board the train.

🔴 Emmanuel Macron on the train to kyiv

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi boarded a special train bound for kyiv, Italian and German media reported this morning.

Welcome

Hello and welcome to this direct dedicated to Emmanuel Macron’s trip to kyiv, this Thursday, June 16, 2022.