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.@FRANCE24 reports that Russian advances in Ukraine have stalled. No significant territorial changes on the ground in the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, US sources put the number of Russian soldiers killed in this reckless invasion at around 6,000. #Kyiv

I don't know what will stop Vladimir Putin," says journalist Manon Loizeau on @FRANCE24. "Yes, we should all be afraid." #Ukraine #Kyiv #Moscow #Russia

Interesting point from @JasperMortimer on @FRANCE24. While Lavrov said today that he doesn't have the authority to agree on anything with his Ukrainian counterpart, this raises questions about what on earth is going on with the bilateral negotiations held on the Belarus border.

Nobody is expecting a decision to be made today in Versailles on granting Ukraine candidate status for EU membership, says @ACatInParis on @FRANCE24. Instead, there will be commitments to deepen the existing relationship and signals that Kyiv is at least heard.

Georgian-French pianist @BuniatishviliKh, originally from Batumi, was just on @FRANCE24 and will be on again later.

Artists for Ukraine: Georgian-born pianist Khatia Buniatishvili plays for peace #Kyiv #Tbilisi

Buniatishvili: Despite my love for Russian culture and Russian people and this country and this language, […] I decided not to perform there […], I refused every invitation because as a human being, as a citizen of Georgia […], I wanted to protest the [2008] aggression.

Buniatishvili: I thought that it was not a political statement, it was acting against aggression […] and the intuition that it might go further and it's not only about Georgian territory but it could also […] happen somewhere else – on a bigger territory as Ukraine is.

Buniatishvili: [EU membership] can somehow bring not such a positive reaction from our big neighbour but I think that we want Europe […]. Human beings can be more free and creative in those countries. That's why [Ukraine and Georgia] want to be part [of the EU]. #Tbilisi #Kyiv

Buniatishvili: I was hoping the 21st century would be […] a century of information. […] But when you get too much information you can become indifferent […], but I was hoping it was at least a century of discussion, of diplomacy, of negotiations with words, not arms. #Ukraine

Nice surprise. The @FRANCE24 interview with pianist @BuniatishviliKh performing a French composer. Please let it be Satie, please let it be Satie... and it is.

Khatia Buniatishvili - Erik Satie: Gymnopédie No.1 #Ukraine #Kyiv #Tbilisi

To end her interview, @FRANCE24 shows the recent performance of the Ukrainian national anthem by Georgia-born pianist @BuniatishviliKh:

L'Orchestre de chambre de Paris et Khatia Buniatishvili jouent l'hymne ukrainien #Tbilisi #Batumi #Kyiv