Friday, 24 March 2023

🔴 Live: More than 149 police injured, 172 people arrested in French pension protests

🔴 Live: More than 149 police injured, 172 people arrested in French pension protests

🔴 Live: More than 149 police injured, 172 people arrested in French pension protests




Demonstrators walk on the "Vieux Port" during a demonstration, in Marseille, southeastern France, on March 23, 2023. © Nicolas Tucat, AFP






Hundreds of thousands of French workers on Thursday rallied in a new show of rage against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform, with protests turning violent in Paris and other cities in a battle that shows no sign of abating. More than 149 police and gendarmes have been injured during the day's protests and 172 people have been arrested, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said Thursday evening. Read our live blog for all the latest developments. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).









10:22pm: French interior minister Darmanin slams violence from 'far-left thugs'



French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin on Thursday slammed what he called violence from "thugs" on the "far left" that broke out on the sidelines of protests against pension reform.


He said that "1,500 rioters" had attended the Paris rallies to "break cops and public buildings".


To date, he said that 172 people had been arrested in France, including 77 in Paris, some of them for "attacks on persons in charge of public authority" or "fires", he added.



9:31pm: Violent protests ‘not what unions wanted’, but blame may fall on government



Calls by union leaders for non-violent protests to keep public opinion onside were ignored by a number of demonstrators throughout France who clashed with police and lit fires in major cities.


“Images of tear gas, violence and fires was not what the unions wanted,” said FRANCE 24’s Marc Perelman, “but, that being said, according to a poll that came out today … 70% of those asked are blaming the violence on the government.”



9:13pm: Violence at protests ‘unacceptable’ says Prime Minister Borne



France’s Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne has said that the violence and damage seen at protests on Thursday was "unacceptable".







She added that she was grateful to police and other emergency services.





9:01pm: Fire blazes at entrance to Bordeaux City Hall



Social media videos from local news outlet Rue 89 Bordeaux shows a fire blazing at the entrance to Bordeaux City Hall on Thursday night after a day of protests in the city, followed by firemen arriving to tackle the blaze.







8:44pm: Demonstrations continue in Paris as protesters set fire to newsstands, rubbish bins



The official protest march has ended in Paris but many unofficial demonstrations are continuing in the French capital with multiple blazes being reported in the streets around the Place de l'Opéra.


Shortly before 8pm fires were reported in the surrounding streets, often started in rubbish bins or newsstands. Police were charging remaining protesters, AFP reported.








Small groups of protesters were marching towards les Halles district, setting fire to garbage cans on their way, AFP said.







20:28: More than 120 police injured, 80 arrested, interior minister says



Some 123 police and gendarmes have been injured during protests on Thursday and 80 people have been arrested, says France's Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.





8:24pm: Protesters 'even more defiant' after Macron TV interview



Reporting from protests in Paris on Thursday, FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris-Trent says violent scenes erupted from 4pm onwards amid a sense of defiance among demonstrators.





7:53pm: French unions call for new day of strikes on March 28



French unions are calling for a new day of strikes and demonstrations on March 28.



7:45pm: 'Paris, rise up,' protesters chant



A small group of demonstrators walk past terraces where customers are chanting "Paris, get up, rise up".





7:40pm: 'The real trash are in government,' say Paris protesters



FRANCE 24's Ben Dodman is with protesters at the Paris rally, where references and tributes to the rubbish collectors' strike abound




Other placards play on Macron's "contempt" for the French people and compare him to Louis XIV.




7:20pm: Protesters continue to chant and rally amid the tear gas






7:06pm: CGT union says 3.5 million attended protests in France, authorities put figure at just over 1 million



Some 3.5 million people in France joined protesters against pension reforms on Thursday, according to the CGT union.


Authorities say that demonstrators at protests throughout France numbered just 1.08 million with 119,000 rallying in Paris.


The figure from the interior ministry makes Thursday’s protests the biggest in the French capital since strikes began in January. The second largest was on March 15, when 480,000 people took to the streets in Paris, according to the government.


The CGT union puts the attendance figure for March 15 protests in Paris at 480,000.



7pm: 'The anger in France isn't showing signs of slowing down just yet'



Rubbish is continuing to pile up on the streets of the French capital and rubbish collectors anger “isn’t showing signs of slowing down just yet”.


FRANCE 24’s Catherine Norris-Trent reports from outside a waste incineration plant on the southern edge of Paris.



6:52pm: French authorities must avoid 'unneccessary force', Amnesty warns



Amnesty International has warned that the French authorities must avoid using ‘unneccessary force’ as violent clashes erupted between protesters and police around France on Thursday.





6:36pm: Students join strike action in schools and universities



Students blockaded dozens of lycées (high schools) and universities in France on Thursday in protest against planned pension reforms.


The Ministry of Education reported "148 incidents" in high schools in France, including 38 full blockades, 70 filter blockades, 14 attempted blockades and 26 other forms of disruption.


Student union L'Alternative said students in 80 schools and universities were taking part in strike action, with 60 blockaded or occupied.



6:22pm: 'We don't have any choice but to strike and block the economy until he surrenders'



French protesters restricted access to Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport on Thursday and workers blocked the train tracks at Paris's Gare de Lyon in a ninth day of mass strikes against Emmanuel Macron's controversial pension reform. FRANCE 24's Catherine Clifford reports on French workers' latest strike actions.



5:52pm: In Paris, first-time protesters join crowds on ninth day of strikes



Many protesters are taking to the streets for the first time, angered by Macron’s decision to ram the pension reform through using article 49.3, which allows the French government to pass a bill without a vote.


FRANCE 24’s Ben Dodman has been talking to some of the protesters in Paris.




One of these first-time protesters is Valérie.


"Before the pension reform, I had never demonstrated," she tells FRANCE 24’s Cyrielle Cabot, in Paris. “Today, I no longer believe at all that we will be able to stop the reform. But I'm here anyway, to make my anger heard.”





“Even if we were against the reform, we had never demonstrated or gone on strike,” said Marie-Lou and Aurélien. “But after 49.3, we decided to come. There is nothing right about this [reform]: neither the way it’s being done or the what it contains!“





5:38pm: Clashes between protesters and security forces continue in Paris



Journalists are sharing videos of chaotic scenes along Grands Boulevards, one of Paris’s major avenues. Videos show protesters throwing fireworks and other projectiles into smoke-filled air, as authorities use shields and batons to push back against demonstrators.







5:26pm: Attendance at protest marches high in cities around France



Figures from unions and authorities suggest that turnout on Thursday for demonstrations against pension reforms has been among the highest since strikes began in January.


In Rouen, authorities said 14,800 protesters joined marches – a record since the beginning of the year – compared with 23,000, according to the CGT union.


Participation was also up sharply in Lyon (where 22,000-55,000 attended), Brest (where 20,000-40,000 attended) and Montpellier (where 18,000-40,000 attended), although numbers did not reach the same highs as on previous strike days, January 31 and March 7.


Differences in figures from unions and authorities are routine, yet especially large contrasts have been noted in some cities. In Nice, the CGT puts the number of demonstrators present on Thursday at 40,000 and the authorities just 5,200. In Marseille the prefecture counted 16,000 demonstrators, or seventeen times less than the 280,000 suggested by the CGT.



5:00pm: Union says 800,000 protesters have joined Paris march



The CGT union says 800,000 people have joined demonstrations in Paris on Thursday for the ninth day of national strikes against pension reform.


This is the largest attendance figure put forward by unions since protests began in January.


According to the union, the previous record for attendance in the capital was 700,000 demonstrators on March 7. Estimated attendance figures put forward by local authorities for the same day were significantly lower, at 81,000.


Authorities have not yet released an official estimation of how many protesters attended Thursday's march.



4:42pm: Violence erupts at front of Paris protest march



Violence broke out at the head of the demonstration march against pension reform on Thursday in Paris, where several hundred protesters dressed in black broke windows and street furniture, AFP reported.


The violent protesters, known as black bloc, damaged convenience stores and a McDonald's fast-food restaurant while throwing cobblestones and other projectiles and chanting "Ah! Ah! Anticapitalist!".


The protesters also threw cobblestones and bottles at the police and set fire to garbage cans, AFP reported.


According to police, "about a thousand" black bloc protesters are present at the march, dressed in black and equipped with masks and goggles.



4:32pm: Violence in Brittany ‘cannot go unpunished’ interior minister says



French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has said attacks and damage caused by protesters in Lorient, where a government building was set on fire, are “inacceptable” and “cannot go unpunished”.





4:17pm: Clashes reported between protesters and authorities in north-west



Clashes broke out on Thursday between demonstrators and forces of order during pension reform protests in Nantes, Rennes and Lorient, AFP has reported.


In Nantes, demonstrators entered the administrative court ransacking the reception and breaking windows and doors, noted AFP. Firemen quickly put out a fire in a courtroom.


In Lorient protests were marked by unprecedented unrest, with the city police station and law enforcement officers targeted demonstrators. Protesters broke the windows of a local government building using projectiles and lit fires at the gate, before the police intervened to disperse the crowd, AFP reported.




In Rennes, authorities fired tear gas in response to projectiles and trash can fires, plunging the protest march into a thick cloud of acrid smoke, according to an AFP journalist.



3:44pm: 'We can still make things happen!'



"We can still make things happen," GCT union members Greg and Philippe, told FRANCE 24’s Cyrielle Cabot at Place de la Bastille in Paris. “Street protests have already brought down a law in the past, we can do it again!”


“Macron has shown nothing but contempt for the French," they added. "Today, it is no longer just about pensions. It is all our frustration and anger at a government that does not listen when we express our opinions."





3:35pm: Official figures show sharp increase in public sector workers joining strikes



Some 15.5% of people on strike at midday on Thursday work in the French public sector, according to official figures from the civil service.


This shows a sharp increase in participation among France’s 2.5 million civil servants compared to the previous national strike on March 15, when it had fallen to less than 3%.



3:22pm: French pension reform showdown 'an acid test' for unions and government



Numbers that turn out for Thursday’s protests will be significant in showing whether unions can still mobilise people against the reforms, or whether the government can expect unrest to blow over quickly, says Paul Smith, Associate Professor in French History and Politics at the University of Nottingham.


“This is really an acid test on both sides, for the trade unions and the government,” he said.



2:57pm: Union leaders call for ‘no violence’



The secretary general of the CFDT Laurent Berger called for “no violence” in protests throughout France, saying that the unions needed to “keep [public] opinion until the end”. He said that Thursday had "revived the mobilisation” in national strikes against pension reforms, which have been ongoing since January.


The leader of the hardline CGT Union Philippe Martinez said he felt that Emmanuel Macron had "thrown a can of gasoline on the fire" with his televised interview on Wednesday, adding that unions had written to the president to alert him to the "explosive situation" in the country.



2:49pm: Unions in Marseille claim record turnout for anti-reform march



Demonstrations in Marseille on Thursday against pension reform had a record number of participants according to figures from unions, who said 280,000 people joined street protests.


Local authorities estimated there were 16,000 attendees.


The previous record for protests in the city was 240,000 people joining a protest departing from the old port, according to unions.


The Marseille prefecture puts the record at 40,000 people joining protests against pension reforms on January 31.



1:57pm: Protesters gather for march through Paris



In Paris, protesters are gathering at Place de la Bastille for a march that will cross through landmark sites in the capital, FRANCE 24’s Cyrielle Cabot and Ben Dodman report.


The cortege is expected to set off at 2pm before passing through Place de la République and ending at Place de l’Opéra at 7pm. Authorities have warned that traffic will be severely disrupted.







1:43pm: More than a quarter of public sector electricity workers join strikes



More than a quarter of employees (25.3%) at national electricity provider EDF stopped work at midday on Thursday for the ninth day of strikes against the pension reform, management has said.



1:33pm: Hundreds of protesters invade tracks at Paris's Gare de Lyon train station



In Paris, hundreds of protesters on Thursday morning flooded onto train tracks in the Gare de Lyon, interrupting traffic and causing a delay of at least half an hour, according to national railway operator SNCF.


"And we will go on, we will go on, we will go on till revocation" of the reform, they chanted.


Deputy mayor of Paris, Ian Brossart, tweeted a video of the blockade.





1:25pm : French national rail provider SNCF warns of widespread disruption



National rail provider SNCF has said it will only run half of its Inoui and Ouigo TGV trains and a third of its TER on Thursday. According to several union sources, 35% of SNCF workers officially declared their intention to join strikes.



12:14pm: French government renews requisition order at Fos-sur-Mer fuel depot



The French government has renewed the requisition order requiring three employees to return to work at the Fos-sur-Mer fuel depot in southern France to secure petrol supplies for the region, an energy ministry spokesperson said on Thursday.


A requisition order has also been prepared for the Gonfreville site in northern France, but the formal notification has not been issued at this stage, the spokesperson added.


The order follows more than two weeks of industrial action that is part of the nationwide movement against pension system changes.



11:34am: Police to be deployed throughout the country



Some 12,000 police, including 5,000 in Paris, will be deployed during the day, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Thursday.


Spontaneous protests have broken out on a daily basis in recent days, leading to hundreds of arrests and accusations of heavy-handed tactics by police.


Amnesty International has expressed alarm "about the widespread use of excessive force and arbitrary arrests reported in several media outlets".


Paris police chief Laurent Nunez on Thursday denied this, saying the security forces only detained people from "gatherings [...] committing violence".



11:03am: Nationwide disruption as protests get under way across France



The streets of Paris continue to smell strongly as approximately 7,000 tonnes of rubbish remain uncollected. Although the French government has ordered some bin collectors to gather the rubbish for health reasons, this process is a challenge as many incinerator sites have been blocked by protesters.


Public transport, including regional trains, flights and metro services, has been heavily impacted. Many schools have also shut down as teachers joined the strike action.


Public anger has not faded, with many reacting strongly to French President Macron's live television interview yesterday. Trade union leaders said he made a "mockery" of the French public and called on people to continue striking, including at oil refineries.



10:47am: Protesters partially block access to CDG airport



In an early action Thursday, protesters blocked road access to Terminal 1 at the capital's Charles de Gaulle airport, French television pictures showed.


The spontaneous protest near Terminal 1 would not impact flights, a spokesperson for Aeroports de Paris said.



10:06am: Dunkirk LNG terminal blocked by strike until Friday morning, union says



The Dunkirk liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in northern France was blocked early on Thursday after workers voted to renew strike action against the government's planned changes to pensions, a union source said.


It will be blocked until Friday morning with a general meeting to be held with workers around noon that day to decide if the strike will be renewed again, the source said.



9:33am: French unions dig in after Macron defends pension reform



Trains were disrupted and a new day of nationwide protests kicked off in France on Thursday after a defiant President Emmanuel Macron pledged to implement a contentious pensions overhaul by the end of the year.


France's leader on Wednesday said he was prepared to accept unpopularity because the bill raising the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64 was "necessary" and "in the general interest of the country".


Protests were planned across the country on Thursday in the latest day of nationwide strikes that began in mid-January against the pension changes.


Half of all high-speed trains were cancelled, national railway operator SNCF said, after union sources reported around a third of staff would be striking.


At least half the trains into Paris from the suburbs were not running.














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Ramadhan 2023 - Jam puasa dan waktu buka puasa di seluruh dunia

Ramadhan 2023 - Jam puasa dan waktu buka puasa di seluruh dunia

Ramadhan 2023 - Jam puasa dan waktu buka puasa di seluruh dunia










Bulan suci Ramadhan tepah dimulai pada hari Kamis, umat Islam telah melaksanakan puasa di hari pertama. Puasa dimulai sebelum matahari terbit hingga terbenam berlangsung antara 12 hingga 18 jam, tergantung di mana Anda berada di dunia.







UmatIslam percaya bahwa Ramadan adalah bulan di mana ayat pertama kitab suci Alquran diturunkan kepada Nabi Muhammad lebih dari 1.400 tahun yang lalu.


Puasa secara pasif mencakup menahan lapar dan dahaga, tidak berhubungan badan bagi suami istri di siang hari dan secara aktif beritikab di malam hari untuk mencapai “taqwa” yang lebih besar, atau kesadaran akan Tuhan.



Mengapa Ramadhan dimulai pada tanggal yang berbeda setiap tahun?



Ramadhan dimulai 10 hingga 12 hari lebih awal setiap tahun. Hal ini karena penanggalan Islam didasarkan pada kalender lunar Hijriah dengan bulan yang panjangnya 29 atau 30 hari.


Tahun ini, hari pertama puasa di Mekkah jatuh pada Kamis, 23 Maret, Arab Saudi mengumumkan pada Selasa.


Karena tahun lunar lebih pendek dari tahun matahari sebanyak 11 hari, Ramadhan akan diamati dua kali pada tahun 2030 – pertama dimulai pada 5 Januari dan kemudian dimulai pada 25 Desember.


Kali berikutnya Ramadhan akan dimulai setelah 23 Maret akan menjadi 33 tahun dari sekarang – di tahun 2056.



Puasa, waktu berbuka puasa di seluruh dunia



Jumlah jam siang hari bervariasi di seluruh dunia.


Muslim yang tinggal di negara paling selatan dunia, seperti Chili atau Selandia Baru, akan berpuasa rata-rata selama 12 jam sementara mereka yang tinggal di negara paling utara, seperti Islandia atau Greenland, akan berpuasa selama 17 jam lebih.







Bagi umat Islam yang tinggal di Belahan Bumi Utara, jumlah jam puasa akan sedikit lebih pendek tahun ini dan akan terus berkurang hingga tahun 2031, dimana Ramadhan akan mencakup titik balik matahari musim dingin – hari terpendek dalam setahun. Setelah itu, jam puasa akan bertambah hingga titik balik matahari musim panas – hari terpanjang dalam setahun di Belahan Bumi Utara.


Bagi umat Islam yang tinggal di selatan khatulistiwa, hal sebaliknya akan terjadi.


Makan sahur untuk memulai puasa harian disebut sahur, sedangkan buka puasa setelah matahari terbenam disebut buka puasa.


Klik atau arahkan kursor ke titik-titik pada peta di bawah ini untuk melihat waktu sahur dan buka puasa pada hari pertama Ramadan 2023:






Di kota-kota paling utara, seperti Longyearbyen di Norwegia, di mana matahari tidak terbenam dari 20 April hingga 22 Agustus, keputusan agama telah dikeluarkan untuk mengikuti pengaturan waktu di Mekkah, Arab Saudi, atau negara Muslim terdekat.


Di bawah ini adalah jumlah rata-rata jam puasa di kota-kota di seluruh dunia. Jam dan waktu puasa yang sebenarnya akan bervariasi menurut hari, serta metode perhitungannya:








Kota mana saja yang memiliki jam puasa terlama?


  • Reykjavik, Islandia: 17 jam

  • Helsinki, Finlandia: 17 jam

  • Stockholm, Swedia: 17 jam

  • Nuuk, Greenland: 17 jam

  • Glasgow, Skotlandia: 17 jam

  • Amsterdam, the Netherlands: 16 hours

  • London, UK: 16 hours

  • Warsaw, Poland: 16 hours

  • Paris, France: 15 hours

  • Brussels, Belgium: 16 hours

  • Astana, Kazakhstan: 16 hours

  • Zurich, Switzerland: 15 hours

  • Bucharest, Romania: 15 hours

  • Ottawa, Canada: 15 hours

  • Rome, Italy: 15 hours

  • Sofia, Bulgaria: 15 hours

  • Madrid, Spain: 15 hours

  • Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: 15 hours

  • Lisbon, Portugal: 14 hours

  • Athens, Greece: 14 hours

  • Beijing, China: 14 hours

  • Pyongyang, North Korea: 14 hours

  • Ankara, Turkey: 14 hours

  • Rabat, Morocco: 14 hours

  • Washington, DC, US: 14 hours

  • Tokyo, Japan: 14 hours

  • Islamabad, Pakistan: 14 hours

  • Kabul, Afghanistan: 14 hours

  • Tehran, Iran: 14 hours

  • Baghdad, Iraq: 14 hours

  • Beirut, Lebanon: 14 hours

  • Damascus, Syria: 14 hours

  • Cairo, Egypt: 14 hours

  • Jerusalem: 14 hours

  • Kuwait City, Kuwait: 14 hours

  • Gaza City, Palestine: 14 hours

  • New Delhi, India: 14 hours

  • Hong Kong: 14 hours

  • Dhaka, Bangladesh: 14 hours

  • Muscat, Oman: 14 hours

  • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: 14 hours

  • Doha, Qatar: 14 hours

  • Dubai, UAE: 14 hours

  • Aden, Yemen: 14 hours

  • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: 13 hours

  • Dakar, Senegal: 13 hours

  • Abuja, Nigeria: 13 hours

  • Colombo, Sri Lanka: 13 hours

  • Bangkok, Thailand: 13 hours

  • Khartoum, Sudan: 13 hours

  • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 13 hours



Kota mana saja yang memiliki jam puasa terpendek?


  • Singapura: 13 jam

  • Nairobi, Kenya: 13 jam

  • Luanda, Angola: 13 jam

  • Jakarta, Indonesia: 13 jam

  • Brasilia, Brasil: 13 jam

  • Harare, Zimbabwe: 13 jam

  • Johannesburg, Afrika Selatan: 13 jam

  • Buenos Aires, Argentina: 12 jam

  • Ciudad del Este, Paraguay: 12 jam

  • Cape Town, Afrika Selatan: 12 jam

  • Montevideo, Uruguay: 12 jam

  • Canberra, Australia: 12 jam

  • Puerto Montt, Chili: 12 jam

  • Christchurch, Selandia Baru: 12 jam















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Thursday, 23 March 2023

Ukraine deployed over 80,000 servicemen around Artyomovsk, says Wagner Group founder

Ukraine deployed over 80,000 servicemen around Artyomovsk, says Wagner Group founder

Ukraine deployed over 80,000 servicemen around Artyomovsk, says Wagner Group founder




Wagner PMC founder Yevgeny Prigozhin
©Konkord Company Press Service/TASS






The Ukrainian armed forces have gathered over 80,000 servicemen around Artyomovsk (the Ukrainian name of the city is Bakhmut - TASS), Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner private military company, said in a video published on his press service’s Telegram channel on Thursday.







"As of today, the enemy has deployed more than 80,000 [servicemen] around Bakhmut. This grouping is in Seversk, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkovka, Konstantinovka and Chasovoy Yar," Prigozhin said.


"The Ukrainians received a very large amount of various NATO equipment, various armored vehicles, Leopards tanks, which everyone is talking about, and prepared reserves of about 200,000 people," he added.


According to Prigozhin, with the help of the accumulated forces, in addition to military action in Artyomovsk, the Ukrainian armed forces may try to strike the first blow in the direction of Belgorod. "They will try to go near Belgorod," he theorized. The founder of the Wagner private military company indicated the Svatovo - Kremennaya contact line, where, in his opinion, they may try to "reach Valuiki."



Prigozhin Proposes US Finance Wagner Group in Africa



Wagner Private Military Company is a military group founded by Russian entrepreneur Yevgeny Prigozhin. According to Prigozhin, the Wagner Group started to actively carry out work in Africa in 2017-2018, reportedly helping many nations to strengthen their security.


Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Wagner Group, has proposed that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken finance a joint "Wagner project. Security Africa" based on the private group's activity in the region, as stated in a letter addressed to the US secretary of state.


The letter, published by Prigozhin's press service on Wednesday, comes alongside Prigozhin arguing that the US has failed to improve the security situation in African countries.







Prigozhin stated that today, the United States is actively trying to "reshape" the situation in Africa and impose sanctions on anyone who prevents Washington from doing so.


"I want to draw your attention to the fact that the long-term attempts of the United States and its satellites to "restore order" and ensure security in Africa have not led to anything special," stated Prigozhin in his letter.


The Russian businessman noted that, unlike the United States, his military group managed to improve the level of security in Africa, adding that the secretary of state could invest in Prigozhin's project.


"After I and PMC Wagner (Wagner Private Military Company) began to actively carry out work in Africa in 2017-2018, we managed to achieve great results in the security sphere in all the countries where we are presented," he wrote in his letter. "Therefore, I suggest that you [Blinken] support the efforts of the Wagner PMCs in ensuring security in Africa and finance the new 'Wagner project. Security Africa', where you can become one of the project investors and thereby save the resources of US taxpayers."


According to the letter, Prigozhin suggested focusing on the security that his project will provide, as most Africans do not trust France or the United States. "Since the majority of Africans do not trust the policies of France and the United States, and their trust ratings are very low, I suggest you to abandon the attempt to exert political influence in Africa and focus solely on the security that the Wagner PMCs can provide," Prigozhin's letter to Blinken says.


In addition, the Wagner Group founder offered to develop the project on the American continent if it proves successful in Africa.


"I ask you to send your representative to discuss this issue," the letter continued.








Recently, 2,000 demonstrators gathered in the Central African Republic's capital, Bangui, in order to support Russia and the Wagner Group in particular, media say. The participants stated, that Wagner units together with Russian instructors, who support the defense and security forces, have perfectly demonstrated their ability to fight the terrorists in the country.


According to the Wagner Group founder, the military group has been actively participating in the security issues of a number of African nations since 2017-2018, supporting countries and successfully helping them reinforce their security.















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Russian forces wipe out Ukrainian army’s fuel depot in Zaporozhye area — top brass

Russian forces wipe out Ukrainian army’s fuel depot in Zaporozhye area — top brass

Russian forces wipe out Ukrainian army’s fuel depot in Zaporozhye area — top brass




©Vladimir Gerdo/TASS, archive






Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian army’s fuel depot in the Zaporozhye Region over the past day during the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Thursday.







"In the area of the settlement of Zaliznichnoye in the Zaporozhye Region, a depot storing fuel and lubricants of the Ukrainian army’s 65th mechanized brigade was destroyed," the spokesman said.


In the past 24 hours, operational/tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Russian group of forces struck 76 Ukrainian artillery units at firing positions, manpower and equipment in 114 areas, the general specified.



Battles in Kupyansk direction



Russian forces destroyed roughly 70 Ukrainian troops in the Kupyansk area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.


"In the Kupyansk direction, aircraft and artillery of the western battlegroup struck the Ukrainian army units near the settlements of Artyomovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Dvurechnaya and Berestovoye in the Kharkov Region," the spokesman said.


The strikes eliminated enemy manpower and equipment, the general said.


"The enemy’s total losses amounted to 70 Ukrainian personnel, an infantry fighting vehicle, two pickup trucks, a Grad multiple rocket launcher, and also a US-made M777 artillery system," Konashenkov reported.



Battles in Krasny Liman direction



Russian forces eliminated over 80 Ukrainian troops in the Krasny Liman area in the past day, Konashenkov reported.







"In the Krasny Liman direction, assault and army aviation aircraft, artillery and units of the battlegroup Center inflicted damage on the enemy manpower and equipment in areas near the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Yampolovka and Terny in the Donetsk People’s Republic in their active operations," the spokesman said.


Over 80 Ukrainian personnel, two armored vehicles, three pickup trucks and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed in that area in the past 24 hours, the general specified.



Battles in Donetsk direction



Russian forces destroyed over 250 Ukrainian troops in their advance in the Donetsk area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.


"In the Donetsk direction, over 250 Ukrainian personnel, six tanks, five armored combat vehicles, seven motor vehicles and a D-20 howitzer were destroyed in the past 24 hours as a result of active operations by units and artillery of the southern battlegroup," the spokesman said.


Also, an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army’s 53rd mechanized brigade was obliterated near the community of Lastochkino, the general added.



Battles in southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions



Russian forces destroyed roughly 50 Ukrainian troops and two howitzers in the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye areas over the past day, Konashenkov reported.


In the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, aircraft and artillery of the battlegroup East struck the Ukrainian army units near the communities of Ugledar and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the spokesman specified.








"The enemy’s losses totaled as many as 50 Ukrainian personnel, a pickup truck, three motor vehicles, and also D-20 and D-30 howitzers in those directions," the general said.



Battles in Kherson direction



Russian forces destroyed Ukrainian manpower and equipment in the Kherson area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.


"In the Kherson direction, as many as 15 Ukrainian personnel and five motor vehicles were destroyed in the past 24 hours as a result of damage inflicted by firepower," the spokesman said.



Russia’s Aerospace Forces down Ukrainian Su-24 frontline bomber



Russian combat aircraft shot down a Ukrainian Su-24 frontline bomber in the Kharkov Region over the past day, Konashenkov reported.


"Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Air Force Su-24 plane near the settlement of Boguslavka in the Kharkov Region," the spokesman said.



Russian air defenses intercept five US-made HIMARS rockets



Russian air defense forces destroyed 16 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and intercepted five rockets of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system over the past day, Konashenkov reported.


"In the past 24 hours, air defense capabilities intercepted five rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system. In addition, they destroyed 16 unmanned aerial vehicles near the settlements of Zaliman and Kremennaya in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Vladimirovka, Vasilevka and Pavlovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Berestovoye and Lozovaya in the Kharkov Region and Alyoshki in the Kherson Region," the spokesman said.


In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 404 Ukrainian combat aircraft, 224 helicopters, 3,544 unmanned aerial vehicles, 414 surface-to-air missile systems, 8,384 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,071 multiple rocket launchers, 4,415 field artillery guns and mortars and 9,073 special military motor vehicles since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, Konashenkov reported.
















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Kevin Sanjaya resmi lepas masa lajang dengan nikahi Valencia di Paris

Kevin Sanjaya resmi lepas masa lajang dengan nikahi Valencia di Paris

Kevin Sanjaya resmi lepas masa lajang dengan nikahi Valencia di Paris




Resmi Kevin Sanjaya Lepas Masa Lajang dengan Nikahi Anak Hary Tanosoedibjo /Twitter @INABadminton






Pebulu tangkis spesialis ganda putra Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo resmi melepas masa lajang dengan menikahi Valencia Tanoesoedibjo di Paris, Prancis, Kamis.







Pengurus Pusat Persatuan Bulu Tangkis Seluruh Indonesia (PP PBSI) melalui akun resmi Twitter, Kamis, mengucapkan selamat kepada kedua mempelai yang tengah berbahagia.


"Selamat atas pernikahannya Kevin Sanjaya dan Valencia Tanoesoedibjo. Semoga cinta kalian terus bersemi hingga akhir masa," demikian cuitan PP PBSI dengan akun @INABadminton.




Pasangan fenomenal Kevin Sanjaya dan Valencia Tanoe resmi melepas masa lajang melalui pesta perayaan yang megah nan sakral di salah satu Prancis pada hari Kamis, 23/03/2023, pada siang waktu setempat.


Dihadiri rekan terdekat keduai mempelai, Kevin dan Valencia menampilkan aura kebahagiaan usai pemberkatan berlangsung dan resmi menjadi pasangan suami istri


Sejumlah rekan Kevin sesama pebulu tangkis tampak hadir seperti pasangan ganda putra nomor satu dunia Fajar Alfian dan Muhammad Rian Ardianto yang sama-sama mengunggah foto kebersamaan mereka di Paris sembari mengucapkan selamat melalui Instagram.


Kevin tampak menawan menggunakan jas bernuansa putih. Pun demikian dengan Valencia yang terlihat anggun dengan gaun berwarna senada dengan sang suami.


Momen kemesraan Kevin dan Valencia dibagikan oleh kerabat terdekat. Salah satunya adalah Fajar Alfian yang membagikan potret ciuman mesra keduanya usai pemberkatan berlangsung


Sementara Marcus Fernaldi Gideon yang menjadi pasangan Kevin di atas lapangan tak hadir. Hal ini diketahui setelah dia mengucapkan selamat dan minta maaf karena tidak bisa mendampingi Kevin secara langsung di Paris.







Dibalut setelan serba putih, Kevin Sanjaya dan Valencia Tanoe bak pasangan kerajaan yang sedang dimabuk cinta disambut senyuman pendeta saat pemberkatan.


Sementara dalam unggahan di Instagram, Fajar Alfian menambahkan tagar #KevinValeninLove lengkap menandai akun Instagram Kevin dan Valencia




Sebelum melakukan pemberkatan pernikahan, dua pasangan ini telah lebih dulu melakukan welcome dinner malam sebelum pemberkatan.


Beberapa sahabat keduanya ikut serta di malam jelang pernikahan, seperti pasangan selebriti yakni Vidi Aldiano dan Sheila Dara Aisha yang turut membagikan momen ini melalui unggahan di Instagramnya.


Sementara itu, rekan sesama pebulu tangkis Kevin Sanjaya yang hadir di pernikahan tersebut adalah Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto yang baru saja meraih gelar juara di All England.


Beberapa sahabat keduanya ikut serta di malam jelang pernikahan, seperti pasangan selebriti yakni Vidi Aldiano dan Sheila Dara Aisha yang turut membagikan momen ini melalui unggahan di Instagramnya.








Sementara itu, rekan sesama pebulu tangkis Kevin Sanjaya yang hadir di pernikahan tersebut adalah Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto yang baru saja meraih gelar juara di All England.


Namun, beberapa rekan Kevin di Pelatnas PBSI lainnya dan pelatih ganda putra mengikuti turnamen Tur Eropa yakni Swiss Open dilanjutkan Spain Masters dan Orleans Masters.


Kevin Sanjaya sebelumnya melamar Valencia Tanoesoedibjo di Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) pada 2 Agustus 2022.


Adapun dalam kariernya sebagai pebulu tangkis, Kevin Sanjaya dan Marcus absen pada BWF World Tour Super 1.000 All England 2023 yang bergulir di Utilita Arena Birmingham, Inggris, 14-19 Maret karena Kevin belum pulih 100 persen setelah mengalami Demam Berdarah Dengue (DBD) 10 hari sebelum keberangkatan.


Dalam ajang tersebut, Indonesia meraih satu gelar melalui Fajar/Rian yang di final mengalahkan sesama wakil Indonesia Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan dengan skor 21-17, 21-14.


Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo sendiri merupakan pebulu tangkis sukses di sektor ganda putra bersama dengan Marcus Fernaldi Gideon.


Kevin/Marcus gemilang di beberapa kejuaraan bulutangkis dengan menyabet gelar bergengsi seperti medali emas Asian Games 2018 hingga menjadi bagian juara di Piala Thomas 2020.





Tak hanya itu, Kevin Sanjaya dan Marcus Gideon berhasil menyabet 19 gelar di BWF World Tour serta menjadi ganda putra terlama di perinkat pertama dengan catatan 202 pekan.


Sementara Valencia Tanoesoedibjo merupakan putri dari Hary Tanoesoedibjo yang terkenal sebagai pebisnis dan politikus sukses di Indonesia.


Baru saja menyelesaikan studi MBA di Universitas Columbia, Valencia Tanoe meneruskan karier sang ayah sebagai pebisnis yang melebarkan sayapnya di bidang media dan kosmetik.


Oleh sebab itu, usai resmi menjadi pasangan suami istri, Kevin Sanjaya dan Valencia Tanoe banjir ucapan selamat oleh penggemar di sosial media.


“Uhuyyy selamat Mr. dan Mrs. Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo,” @nad****.


“Emang old money kalo nikah gak main-main, sat set langsung wedding ceremony di Paris. Selamat Kevin dan Valencia,” @ars****.


“Selamat mengarungi perjalanan dan petualangan baru untuk Kevin dan Valen. Semoga semua yang direncanakan bisa diwujudkan, aamiin,” @put****.


“Udah sah ya, selamat Kevin dan Valen,” @fi****.

























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