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  • Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated that he was not involved in the explosion of the Nord Stream gas pipeline and did not believe that other Ukrainian officials played a role. According to a Washington Post article published Tuesday, an intelligence agency of a European country warned the CIA in June 2022 that Ukrainian special forces were planning to blow up the pipeline.
  • Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday the sending, "in the next few hours", of an "aid to meet the immediate needs" of Ukraine in the face of the destruction of the Kakhovka dam. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will deliver a dozen tons of emergency humanitarian equipment and goods, including water purifiers, family hygiene kits, 500,000 water purification tablets and several storage tanks.
  • The Ukrainian head of state deplored Wednesday evening the lack of aid from the United Nations and the Red Cross after the destruction of the dam.

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06:55: Zelensky reiterates that he is not behind the explosion of Nord Stream

Volodymyr Zelensky reaffirmed Wednesday that he was not involved in the September 26 explosion of the Nord Stream gas pipeline and did not believe that other Ukrainian officials played a role. "I didn't do anything like that, I would never do that," the Ukrainian president said in an interview broadcast by German media Welt-TV and Bild when asked about the mystery surrounding the pipeline explosion. "I think our military and intelligence services have done no such thing, otherwise I'd like to see evidence, we don't know any of this, one hundred percent."

According to a Washington Post article published Tuesday, an intelligence agency of a European country warned the CIA in June 2022 that Ukrainian special forces were planning to blow up the pipeline. The daily cites information from the many confidential documents published online by the young American soldier Jack Teixeira arrested in mid-April.

06:45: The France will send aid after the destruction of the dam

Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday the sending, "in the next few hours", of an "aid to meet the immediate needs" of Ukraine in the face of the destruction of the hydroelectric dam of Kakhovka.

"The France condemns this heinous act that endangers the people," the president said on Twitter after a phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart. "I was able to express to President Zelensky my solidarity with his people," he added.

The Crisis Center of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs will deliver a dozen tons of emergency humanitarian equipment and goods, said shortly after the Quai d'Orsay. The aid includes "water purifiers, family hygiene kits, 500,000 water purification tablets and several storage tanks".

06h40 : Welcome to this new Live

Hello everyone. As every day, the editorial staff of 20 Minutes is mobilized to give you the latest information on the conflict. Yesterday, Volodymyr Zelensky deplored the lack of humanitarian aid after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in the south of the country. "The UN, the United Nations and the representatives of the Red Cross are not there. All these hours, they are still not there," the Ukrainian president said in an interview broadcast by German media Welt TV and Bild. He said he was "shocked" because "these are the forces that must be there to save people's lives".

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