The Ukraine deplores one death and nine injuries after Russian strikes that occurred overnight in the Dnipropetrovsk region. In Russia, the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, announced that 25 projectiles had been shot down as they headed towards this town near the Ukrainian border.
The head of the CIA warned on Thursday that Ukraine could lose the war against Russia by the end of 2024 unless the United States provides it with more military aid. The warning from US intelligence chief Bill Burns comes two days before a vote is scheduled for Saturday, in the US House of Representatives on a package of $61 billion in aid to Ukraine, mainly military, after months of political blockage. The CIA says that without new aid, Ukraine may lose war this year if the aid stopped. Le Figaro takes stock of the situation this Friday, April 19, and reports on the latest developments in the Ukraine crisis.