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Hungary provides 187 million euros for Ukraine
9.18 a.m .:
Hungary is providing 187 million euros for an EU-planned aid package for Ukraine.
This emerges from a decree published late Wednesday evening.
The Hungarian government had said it wanted to help Ukraine financially, but would do so bilaterally rather than as part of EU aid.
The EU has promised Ukraine up to 18 billion euros for 2023.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán angered Ukraine with a scarf a few days ago.
As can be seen from photos distributed in the media, the shawl depicts the country of Hungary in its old borders, which also include territories that today belong to Ukraine, Austria, Slovakia, Romania, Croatia and Serbia.
Ukraine demanded an apology and a statement that Hungary had no claims to Ukrainian territory.
Kyiv 70 percent without electricity, water supply partly restored
9:00 a.m.:
The morning after the heavy Russian rocket attacks, the electricity and water supply in Kiev could only be partially restored.
"70 percent of the capital has so far been without electricity," said Mayor Vitali Klitschko on his Telegram channel in the morning.
At least it was possible to supply the districts on the left bank of the Dnieper with water again.
Municipal services are working flat out to repair the damage, but Kiev's electricity supply also depends on the stability of the entire energy system in Ukraine.
According to Kiev, the Russian military shot down around 70 rockets and drones on Ukraine on Wednesday.
As in the previous attacks, the targets were primarily objects in the energy sector.
After the Ukrainian nuclear power plants were shut down as a result of the attack, there were power outages across the country.
The commander of the Russian troops in Ukraine, General Sergey Surovikin, had already gained notoriety during his deployment in Syria a few years earlier for attacking civilian targets in order to weaken his opponents.
Following his appointment in Ukraine, attacks on the country's critical infrastructure have become a key part of Russian warfare.
London: Russia deploys airborne troops to Donbass
8:29 a.m .:
According to British estimates, Russia has moved large parts of its airborne units to eastern Ukraine.
Potential areas of deployment are the defensive positions in the area around the cities of Svatove and Kreminna in the Luhansk region or in the ongoing Russian offensive against the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region.
This was announced by the Ministry of Defense in London, citing intelligence findings.
In September and October, the troops were deployed to defend west of the Dnieper River in the southern Ukrainian region of Cherson.
According to British information, some of the severely weakened airborne units (WDW) were reinforced with mobilized reservists.
"Although these poorly trained personnel will dilute the supposedly elite capabilities of WDW, Russia will likely still assign these units to sections deemed particularly important," a source in London said.
The Russian airborne troops are considered an elite unit and represent a separate branch of the armed forces. At the beginning of the war of aggression against Ukraine nine months ago, they were supposed to conquer the capital Kyiv together with ground troops, but were repelled.
You can find an overview of the events of the night and the evening before here: Kyiv 80 percent without electricity and water, Zelenskyj calls for steps against Russia
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