Yet another trade sanction for Moscow. Canada banned imports of aluminum and steel from Russia on Friday, March 10, in order to “to cut or limit revenues that are used to finance the illegal and barbaric invasion of Ukraine”. “We are making sure that Putin cannot finance his war by selling aluminum and steel to Canada”, explained the government. These imports represented nearly 250 million Canadian dollars (170 million euros) in 2021, according to the latest government data. Follow our live.
Ukraine pays tribute to its soldier “Da Vinci”. Thousands of people, including the Ukrainian head of state, said goodbye on Friday in kyiv to a war hero killed by the Russians during the Battle of Bakhmout. Dmytro “Da Vinci” Kotsiubailo was a volunteer who, barely an adult, took up arms in 2014 to fight Moscow-backed separatists in the Donbass. Now 27, he led a battalion called the Da Vinci Wolves.
Viktor Orban invited to the Elysée on Monday. Emmanuel Macron will receive Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for a working dinner, the Elysée announced. Since the beginning of the Russian offensive, the Hungarian government, whose country is highly dependent on imports of Russian hydrocarbons, has maintained an ambiguous position, refraining from criticizing Vladimir Putin and castigating a “indirect war” led by Europe against Russia.
kyiv is indignant at the return of fencers to world competitions. The Ukrainian Fencing Federation said “deeply shocked” et “indignant” the future reintegration of Russian and Belarusian athletes in competition from April, under a neutral banner, after a decision to this effect taken by the International Fencing Federation.
