• Russia launched its "military operation" in Ukraine on Thursday, February 24. Every evening, at 19:30 pm, 20 Minutes offers you its recap on the Russian-Ukrainian diplomatic conflict that has become a war that leaves dead and wounded and thousands of refugees every day.
  • Who did what? Who said what? And who supports whom and why? You will know everything about the progress of the negotiations and the events of this crisis that is shaking Russia, Ukraine, Europe and the United States.
  • On Wednesday, the 363rd day of the conflict, Putin welcomed his Chinese partner to Moscow, while Wagner's chief puts pressure on the Russian army.

Did you miss the latest events about the war in Ukraine? Don't panic, 20 Minutes takes stock for you every night, at 19:30 pm. Who did what? Who said what? Where do we stand? The answer below:

News of the day

A summit meeting, as Beijing prepares to unveil a peace plan for Ukraine. Wang Yi, China's top diplomat, was welcomed in Moscow on Wednesday by Vladimir Putin.

"International relations are complicated today (...) In this context, cooperation ... between China and Russia is of great importance for stabilizing the international situation," the Kremlin chief said.

The head of Chinese diplomacy took advantage of his visit to outline his country's vision "for the political settlement" of the conflict. "The Chinese partners shared with us their thoughts on the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis, as well as their approaches to its political settlement," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, indicating that "a separate peace plan" was not discussed.

The phrase of the day

Today, the (military) hierarchy told me that fighting is going on in our historic lands for our people."

These are the words spoken Wednesday by Vladimir Putin. During a patriotic concert at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, the head of state praised the Russian military in Ukraine who "fight with heroism, courage and valor".

The president also said that all those who supported the Russian army were "also defenders of the fatherland, in a way." These are "medical workers, employees in the defence sector, transport (...) All of you who have come today to support our fighters," Putin said on the eve of the first anniversary of the Russian offensive in Ukraine. After several military failures, the Kremlin now compares the war in its Ukrainian neighbor to the equivalent of the "Great Patriotic War" against Nazi Germany.

Today's figure

12,000. Like the number of Ukrainian and foreign journalists accredited in one year to cover the conflict, a "huge" figure according to Reporters Without Borders, which evokes an easily accessible field for newsrooms, especially European ones. On the other hand, access is very difficult, if not impossible, on the other side of the front. Press trips, organized until the summer by Moscow, were extremely supervised. Since the army's setbacks, the Western media are no longer invited to go to the front zone, near the Russian lines.

The trend

Between Wagner and the Russian army, the relationship is still tense. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the paramilitary group, called on the Russian population to put pressure on the army to provide ammunition to its men. "If every Russian at his level, not to call anyone to demonstrate, simply said Give Wagner shells, which is already going on on social networks, then it would already be important," the businessman said. Meanwhile, on the Ukrainian side, Spain announced the delivery of Leopard tanks to Kiev, while US President Joe Biden reaffirmed its "unwavering support" for NATO.

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