DIRECT. War in Ukraine: part of the country still without water or electricity

The essential

• Several regions of Ukraine were targeted by Russian missiles on Wednesday.

• These new strikes, which mainly targeted energy infrastructure, killed at least six people and deprived a good part of the inhabitants of water and electricity, particularly in kyiv.

• In response, Volodymyr Zelensky called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday.

• “The killing of civilians, the destruction of civilian infrastructure are acts of terror.

  Ukraine continues to demand a resolute response from the international community to these crimes,” said Volodymyr Zelensky.

• Emmanuel Macron, for his part, announced that he will have "direct contact" with Vladimir Putin "in the coming days" to discuss civilian nuclear power and the Zaporijjia power plant.

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Washington to provide $400 million in additional military aid

"This $400 million tranche includes additional weapons, ammunition, and air defense equipment from US Department of Defense inventory," the secretary of state said in a statement Wednesday.

It also includes generators to help the country deal with power outages caused by Russian strikes, the Pentagon said separately.

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Cities called to donate generators

European cities are called by the European Parliament to donate electric generators to Ukraine, which is suffering massive power cuts due to Russian attacks.

"The Ukrainians now need material support to get through the winter", insisted the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, seeing in this initiative a "new layer of practical help" towards Ukraine on the arrival of Winter.

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