40% of Ukraine’s electricity grid is still down, Macron to speak with Putin in the coming days, Russia’s criticism of the Pope’s remarks against ethnic minorities in Russia, Moscow accusing Berlin of “demonize“Russia”no legitimacyFrom the Russian court on the issue of intervention in Ukraine… Le Figaro This Thursday, December 1, summarizes the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
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Russian bombings. 40% of the Ukrainian power grid is still out of order
Almost half of Ukraine’s electricity grid remained out of order on Thursday, a week after the latest Russian strikes on energy infrastructure, private operator DTEK said, while underscoring efforts. “Day and night” electricians to repair them. “Russia destroyed 40% of Ukraine’s energy system with terrorist missile attacks. Dozens of energy workers were killed and injured.”, according to a statement published on Telegram by DTEK. After humiliating military defeats on the ground, Russia began targeting Ukrainian energy facilities in October, causing severe damage and leading to severe power shortages that affect millions of Ukrainians every day. The latest mass strikes in these areas on November 24 left entire regions cold and dark, including the capital, Kyiv.
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Macron confirms that he will talk with Putin in the coming days
French President Emmanuel Macron, who is in Washington on a state visit, confirmed on Thursday that he will meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in an interview with American television. “I wanted to make a state visit first and have an in-depth discussion with President Biden and our teams.”explained Emmanuel Macron on the ABC TV channel, noting that he will talk to the President of the Russian Federation “In the next few days”. Among the many topics discussed during this state visit to Washington, which began on Wednesday, Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron will surely want to show their agreement on the response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The French head of state made the call on Thursday “lasting peace” end this conflict.
“A just peace is not a peace that will be imposed on Ukrainians.”– he noted, however. “A just peace is not a peace that will not be accepted by either side in the medium or long term.” He also assured that he “He will never push the Ukrainians to accept a compromise that will be unacceptable to them.” about Russian aggression, because it would not be possible to build “lasting peace”.
Kyiv dismissed the new director of the Zaporozhye power plant
Ukrainian nuclear operator Energoatom announced on Thursday the dismissal of the new Ukrainian director of the Zaporozhye power plant (south), appointed yesterday by Russia, which seized the site. On Wednesday, Yuri Chernychuk, who was already working at the plant, announced in a press release “accept” Russia’s offer to run this nuclear site. “Yuri Chernichuk, (before that) deputy chief engineer of the power plant, who served during the war, betrayed Ukraine and went to the side of the enemy.”Petro Kotin, head of Energoatom, lamented Thursday, his first reaction on the matter.
“Instead of doing everything he could to free the station as soon as possible, he decided to help the Russian occupiers legitimize their criminal appropriation (of the site) and is now encouraging other employees to do the same.”, he still regretted. For Petro Kotin, Yuri Chernychuk “He has already been fired from Energoatom, and sooner or later he will answer for all (his actions) before the law and the people.” For several months now, Moscow and Kiev have accused each other of bombing the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, raising fears of a major accident.
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More than 1,300 prisoners have been released since the beginning of the war
More than 1,300 Ukrainian prisoners have been freed in an exchange with Russia since the start of the war, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday after another exchange between Kiev and Moscow. “We won’t stop until we get (them) all back. After today’s exchange, 1319 heroes have already returned home., greeted the President of Ukraine on Telegram. In the words of his chief of staff Andriy Yermak. “50 defenders of Ukraine were released”. Thursday, inclusive “Defenders of Mariupol and Azovstal”.A steel mill in this port city in southern Ukraine was hit by the Russian military in the spring before falling. Andrii Iermak clarified that “prisoners who were in Olenivka”.A Russian-controlled prison in eastern Ukraine was also released.
Moscow condemns the Pope’s “non-Christian” remarks about ethnic minorities in Russia
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov condemned the comments on Thursday “non-Christians” After the appeal of Pope Francis “cruel” Russian soldiers of some ethnic minorities fighting in Ukraine. “Pope Francis recently made some incomprehensible statements, absolutely unchristian, pointing to the two peoples of Russia, saying that we should expect atrocities from them during military battles.“, the Russian minister assessed during the meeting with journalists. “It does not help the authority of the Holy See”he added.
Over the past three days, various Russian officials have been offended by the pope’s remarks in an interview with a Jesuit newspaper in which Francis alluded to the brutality of Chechens and Buryats serving in the Russian army in Ukraine. Chechnya is a Muslim-majority republic in the Russian Caucasus, Buryatia is a Buddhist region of Siberia, located between Lake Baikal and Mongolia. Russia has been accused of sending ethnic minority men from poor and remote regions of Siberia and the Caucasus disproportionately to the front lines.
Ukraine will restrict the activities of religious organizations linked to Moscow
Ukraine will restrict the activities of Russian-affiliated religious organizations on its territory and question the status of the Orthodox Church, which depends on the Moscow Patriarchate, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday. “The National Security and Defense Council instructed the government to make a recommendation to the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament, editor’s note) Draft law on making impossible the activities of religious organizations related to Russian influence centers in Ukraine. Vladimir Zelensky said in his evening video speech.
According to Vladimir Zelensky, the Ukrainian state will also have to “to ensure the religious examination of the status of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church regarding the existence of a canonical connection with the Moscow Patriarchate and, if necessary, to take legal measures.”. The measures followed searches by Ukrainian security services in November of the main monastery in the capital Kyiv, the residence of the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and several other places of worship amid suspicions of ties to Moscow.
Kiev calls on Western countries to impose sanctions on Russian missile production
Ukraine’s head of diplomacy, Dmitry Kuleba, has called on the West to impose sanctions on the Russian missile industry, following mass strikes that heavily damaged Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. “Josep Borel and I agree. total war (from Russia, editor’s note) Against Ukraine means full support for Ukraine“Dmytro Kouleba announced on Twitter after an interview with his European counterpart within the framework of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) meeting in Lodz, Poland. “I thanked the EU for its continued defense support and emphasized that the next EU sanctions should include (…) the Russian missile industry; it must be stopped.to this production, he urged.
The head of European diplomacy also announced on Thursday that he will study the OSCE with his partners, whose meeting was opened in Lodz, Poland. “All legal possibilities” intended to make Russia pay for the destruction of Ukraine. “We have confiscated almost 20 billion euros from oligarchs and people who support Russia, and we control about 300 billion of the financial resources of the Russian central bank.”said Josep Borel.
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On the issue of Russian intervention in Ukraine, the court “will not have legitimacy”.
The Kremlin insists that Moscow’s actions in Ukraine, including potential war crimes, the creation of the court “is notno legitimacy“Brussels announced yesterday in favor of such a project. “Regarding these attempts to create courts, they will not have legitimacy, we will not accept and condemn them.“Dmitry Peskov, spokesman of the Russian President, said in a conversation with the press. He also claimed that Russian investigators are working.”meticulous“Presenting documents in Ukraine”.All the crimes of the Kiev regime“.
Source: Le Figaro
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