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Joe Biden “Considers” More Sanctions Against Russia After Alexei Navalny's Death

Joe Biden “Considers” More Sanctions Against Russia After Alexei Navalny's Death

Essentials on February 19 at 6 p.m.

  • Russian authorities will keep Alexei Navalny's body for at least “fourteen days for an autopsy,” his entourage said.

“Alexei's lawyers and mother have been told that investigators will not return his body, which will undergo a so-called “chemical autopsy” for fourteen days”mentioned on X Opposition spokeswoman Kira Yarmich.

  • Alexei Navalny's widow vows to continue her fight

“Three days ago, Vladimir Putin killed my husband, Alexei Navalny. [Vladimir] Putin killed the father of my children »His widow, Yulia Navalnaya, said in a video broadcast Monday Social websites. Investigation into the death of Alexei Navalny “in progress” And not allowed “for now” To make the decisions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced Monday, as the Russian dissident's relatives call for his remains.

  • Joseph Borrell calls on the EU to show its support for the Russian opposition after the death of Alexei Navalny.

” In tribute [Alexeï] In honor of Navalny and his memory, we will propose to ministers that we rename our sanctions regime to respect human rights in his name. There is a major responsibility [Vladimir] Putin himself »Before a meeting of federal foreign ministers, he was invited by Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of a Russian dissident.

  • Russian military takes advantage of slowdown in Western aid to Ukraine, underlines ISW after capture of Avdiivka

The Ukrainian military announced on Monday “Heavy Fire” It was recaptured by Russian forces near the town of Robotyn in southern Ukraine's Zaporizhia region during its summer counteroffensive, Dmytro Likovy, a spokesman for Ukrainian forces in the region, announced. Cutting Western aid to Ukraine allows the Russian military to launch “Opportunistic Attacks” In several sections of the front, the Institute for War Studies observes (ISW)

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  • The President of Ukraine visits the frontline

Volodymyr Zelensky went to the front lines in the Kubiansk region on Monday, the Ukrainian presidency announced. Report. He mentions that the Head of State visited the command post of the 14th Battalione Mechanized Brigade and Lt. Col. Oleksii Trubnikov surveyed the situation.

  • The ICRC is investigating the fate of 23,000 people who have disappeared since the war began

“In the last two years, the [Comité international de la Croix-Rouge] They received more than 115,000 tracing requests from families in Ukraine and Russia by phone, through its online platforms, by mail or through face-to-face interviews »The company announced.

  • Raphael Glucksman believes that Europe “should have moved to a war economy”.

On that day BFM-TV/RMC. Raphaël Glucksmann, head of the Socialist List in the European elections, judges “pho” That Europe does not exist “War entered the economy”Two years after the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine.

  • Ukraine's air force says it shot down two Russian planes

Two Russian planes were shot down in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian Air Force Commander General Mykola Oleshchuk said on Monday. telegram. According to him, these are Su-34 and Su-35S.