Ukraine, which does notI don’t know what happenedWith the missile that fell in Poland, new Russian strikes, Moscow’s renewal of the grain agreement, the first snow on Ukrainian soil, …. Le Figaro This Thursday, November 17, summarizes the conflict in Ukraine.
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A new wave of Russian strikes
Several cities in Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, were targeted by Russian strikes on Thursday. The new bombings come at a time when snow has covered the streets of the capital. Oleksiy Kuleba, the governor of the region, warned yesterday that the coming week will be. “difficult”the temperature may drop “up to -10 ° C”. Two Russian cruise missiles and an Iranian-made kamikaze “Shaheed” drone were shot down by the defense of Ukraine in Kyiv region, the city’s military department reported. 14 people, including a 15-year-old girl, were injured as a result of the bombardment in Dnipro (center-east), the governor of the region, Valentin Reznichenko, said. “Everyone is hospitalized” he added. According to the presidency, as a result of this Russian attack, two infrastructures were damaged.
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On the southern front, in Odesa region, the Russians hit the infrastructure site, injuring three people, the regional administration said. The national electricity operator Ukrenergo announced the extension of the day of power cuts due to “deterioration of the situation“. “Due to sharp cooling, electricity consumption has increased in regions of Ukraine“which”further complicated the already dire electricity situation“, leading to “wider restrictions“Ukrenergo” complains about the consumption of electricity in the country on Facebook. In turn, the Ukrainian private operator DTEK noted “Unprecedented destruction” subjected to the power system which “Requires emergency stops” for is taxed “prevent complex and major accidents in networks”.
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More than 10 million Ukrainians without electricity
More than 10 million Ukrainians are without electricity, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Thursday evening. “Currently, more than ten million Ukrainians are without electricity.”especially in the Kyiv region, the President of Ukraine said in his televised message.
Zelensky’s suspicions about the missile that fell in Poland
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said.not knowing what happened“Poland, where a missile landed on Tuesday, killing two people, still confirming that the missile was fired.”Russian“. “I don’t know what happened. We don’t know for sure. The world does not know. But I’m sure it was a Russian missile, I’m sure we fired from air defense systems“, he said, quoting the press release of the presidency of Ukraine. Ukrainian experts also arrived in Poland on Thursday evening to participate in the investigation, the purpose of which is to find out where the rocket that killed two people in Poland was fired from, the head of the Ukrainian diplomacy said on Thursday.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken assured him that Russia is carrying “ultimate responsibilityfor the deadly fall of the missile in Poland, while the investigation must find out where it was launched from. “What we see every day today is Russia firing missiles at Ukraine, seeking to destroy its critical infrastructure, targeting Ukraine’s ability to keep the lights on, keep the heat on, and let the country live and move forward.”said the head of American diplomacy.
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‘Appalling’ scale of torture in Russian-occupied Kherson, Kiev says
A senior Ukrainian human rights official reported the volume “terrible” During the torture in Kherson during the Russian occupation of this city in southern Ukraine, which was seized by forces from Kiev last week. “I haven’t seen it yet” torture “on a similar scale”, “After visiting all torture chambers in different regions of Ukraine.”Dmytro Lubinets, the person in charge of the Human Rights Parliament, said on national television. “The area is just awful”he added.
For Moscow, the suffering of civilians is the “consequence” of Kyiv’s refusal to negotiate.
The suffering of civilians in Ukraine, which has faced blackouts since Russian strikes on energy infrastructure in mid-winter, “resultThe Kremlin announced that Kiev refused to negotiate with Moscow. “This is the consequence of the refusal of the Ukrainian side to solve the problem, to start negotiations, to find a common language.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the press in response to a question about power outages by millions of Ukrainians.
Russia has used at least seven types of cluster and explosive anti-personnel mines since invading Ukraine on February 24, according to the Landmine Monitor 2022 report released on Thursday. “This is the first time that a country that has signed the Mine Ban Treaty has faced the use of landmines by another country on its territory.said Mary Wareham, a member of the Landmine Monitor research group, during a meeting with journalists. Russia is the country with the largest stockpile of anti-personnel mines in the world (26.5 million).
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“Neither the United States nor Russia will try to use nuclear weapons,” according to Erdogan
“Neither the United States nor Russia will attempt to use nuclear weaponsTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said this after the meeting of intelligence chiefs of these two countries in Ankara. “According to the information I received from my director of intelligence regarding the US and Russia, neither side will be tempted to use nuclear weapons.The president said, quoted by the official Anadolu agency.
Nuclear facilities in Ukraine. A new IAEA resolution against Russia
The IAEA’s Board of Governors adopted a new resolution on Thursday calling on Russia to withdraw from Ukraine’s Zaporozhye power plant and stop its actions against nuclear facilities, diplomatic sources said. The text submitted by Canada and Finland has been approved by 24 of the 35 states sitting on the council, two diplomats contacted by AFP said. Russia and China voted against.
Renewal of grain contract
Russia has approved the renewal.”without any changesUkraine’s grain export deal, after Turkey, the United Nations and Ukraine announced its extension earlier Thursday. “The Russian side allows the technical extension of the Black Sea Initiative without changing its terms and scope– said in the statement of Russian diplomacy. Moscow briefly withdrew from the agreement in late October, condemning Kiev’s use of the humanitarian corridor.for military purposes“.
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Source: Le Figaro
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