9 August, 2024
A year after the success of welcoming children from Kalynyvka, a small town in the Vinnytsia region of Ukraine, Sainte-Menehould in France’s Grand Est region has renewed this enriching initiative.This partnership, initiated by Stand With Ukraine and fostered by the solidarity of Sainte-Menehould’s residents and its mayor, Bertrand Courot, highlights the importance of cultural and humanitarian exchanges, especially during times of war.This year, Sainte-Menehould hosted a group of 46 Ukrainian teenagers aged 15 to 18, three of whom had participated in the program the previous year. They were accompanied by four Ukrainian adults, along with Marianne Aubriet, director of the nature and environment center “Le Val d’Ante” in Givry-en-Argonne, and Hakim Kitouni, a nature and sports ac...
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7 August, 2024
Oleksandra Pascal, gymnast
🦿 Sasha Pascal, an 8-year-old Ukrainian gymnast, lost her leg in a Russian attack in Odesa in 2022 but refuses to give up on her dream.. 🤸♀️ Training five times a week with a prosthetic leg, her goal is to compete in the Olympic Games and become a gymnastics coach! 💪🇺🇦 Sasha Pascal was a guest at the Ukrainian Olympic House, VoliaSpace, alongside her mother, to share her incredibly inspiring story. The Minister for Europe, Jean-Noël Barrot, and the Ukrainian Ambassador to France, Vadym Omelchenko, met her to express their admiration and support.. Yana Stepanenko, marathon runner
🇺🇦 Yana Stepanenko, 13, lost both her feet in April 2022 during a Russian attack on Kramatorsk.🏃♀️ In 2023, she ra...
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6 August, 2024
📊 French imports of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) more than doubled in the first half of 2024, despite the European Union’s efforts to reduce its energy dependence on Russia, and even as demand in France fell by 9%. Imports increased from 2 million m³ in the first half of 2023 to 4.4 million m³ during the same period in 2024. Meanwhile, the other two largest importers of Russian gas, Spain and Belgium, saw their imports grow by 1% and decline by 16%, respectively.📉 France imported less gas from the United States, Angola, and Egypt during the same period, while its Russian gas imports surged. Oleh Savytskyi, founder of the NGO Razom We Stand, condemned the absurdity of exemptions benefiting TotalEnergies, which he argues are effectively financing Russia’s war of aggres...
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