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DIRECT. War in Ukraine: "Restoring light is truly a national task", says President Zelensky

2022-11-25T05:31:47.131Z


Large parts of the country are still without electricity since massive strikes on Wednesday, nine months after the start of the Russian invasion,


The essential

  • Ukraine is still largely without electricity and water, after further massive Russian strikes that specifically targeted energy infrastructure.

  • Ukrainian military intelligence estimates that Russia "needs about a week" to prepare new major strikes.

  • Russian shelling on Thursday killed four people and injured ten in Kherson, from where Moscow troops withdrew two weeks ago.

  • Russia, for its part, urged Ukraine to give in to its demands.

    "The leadership of Ukraine (...) has the opportunity to resolve the situation by satisfying all the demands of the Russian side and to put an end to the possible suffering of the civilian population", repeated the spokesman of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov.

06:17

15 regions still affected by water and electricity problems

"This evening, there are still water problems in 15 regions" and "the electricity situation remains difficult in almost all regions", explained yesterday evening, during his daily address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky .

“The most difficult situation is in the regions of Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Odessa, Poltava, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytskyi,” he said. , affirming that "to restore light is truly a national task".

06:08

A list to save Ukrainian works

The International Council of Museums publishes an "Emergency Red List of Cultural Property at Risk" in Ukraine, to fight against illicit trafficking, "amplified by the Russian invasion".

This list should serve as an effective reference for “the identification of looted and stolen cultural objects in Ukraine when they begin to circulate in the weeks, months and years to come”.

06:07

kyiv will run out of energy

Yesterday, 70% of residential buildings in the Ukrainian capital were without electricity and water points were restored in all neighborhoods.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko last night advised residents who have a home on the outskirts of town with "a stove, heating and independent water supply" should consider moving there temporarily. .

Klitschko also said he was thinking of “temporarily moving” sensitive infrastructure such as retirement homes.

06:06

The electricity is coming back… gradually

After the strikes which deprived a large part of the country of electricity, three nuclear power plants under kyiv control were able to be reconnected last night.

In the evening, they were to supply the homes without electricity again.

06:05

9 months of war

Welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the news of the war in Ukraine and its consequences, in France and around the world, nine months after the start of the Russian invasion.

Source: leparis

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