Ukraine War: Baby Killed – “Pain Overwhelms Our Hearts”
Created: 11/26/2022, 4:49 am
By: Nadja Austel, Nail Akkoyun, Lucas Maier
Russia launches massive airstrikes into Ukraine.
The attacks hit a maternity ward in Zaporizhia.
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Aerial Attacks:
Russian strikes cause 'colossal' damage to Ukrainian power plants.
Attacks on infrastructure:
Selenskyj calls on the population to use energy sparingly.
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According to Ukrainian information, the maternity ward of a hospital was hit in the Zaporizhia region during Russia’s night rocket attacks.
“Pain floods our hearts – an infant who was just born was killed,” Zaporizhia's military governor Olexandr Starukh wrote on his Telegram channel.
Rescue workers are on duty in the small town of Vilnjansk, the site of the rocket impact.
There were also rocket hits in the neighboring regions of Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk.
In Donetsk, where Russian troops have been attacking more and more for weeks, Ukrainian authorities said one person was killed and eight injured.
There were no casualties in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
However, more than 30 projectiles hit towns, said military governor Valentyn Resnichenko.
Many civilians die in Russian air raids in the Ukraine war.
(Archive image) © Ukrinform/dpa
News about the Ukraine war: Hard winter is imminent
Update from Wednesday, November 23, 6:30 a.m.:
After the attacks on the Ukrainian energy system, Ukraine is preparing for a difficult and cold winter.
To this end, the country is opening public warming rooms, which are intended to serve as “points of stability”.
There will be more than 4000 of them.
These heat rooms are created in schools and administration rooms.
"All basic services will be provided there," said Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a video address on Tuesday (November 22) in Kyiv.
“This includes electricity, mobile communication and the Internet, heat, water, first aid.
Completely free and 24/7.”
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Kiev's Mayor Vitali Klitschko also drew attention to the difficult situation.
"This is the worst winter since the Second World War," he told
Bild
.
The EU Parliament wants to vote on a resolution on Wednesday (November 23).
According to this, Russia should be able to be described as a sponsor of terrorism because of the attacks on social goals.
Ukraine War: Russian attacks cause 'colossal' damage to Ukrainian power plants
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An attack by Russian forces on the Ukrainian power grid last week caused “colossal” damage.
According to the head of the state power grid operator, no thermal or hydroelectric power plant in Ukraine was left unscathed.
“This was the biggest attack, the biggest in history.
Over 100 heavy rockets were launched.
Their targets were facilities of the Ukrainian energy system, primarily Ukrenergo substations and Ukrainian thermal power plants that produce energy for Ukrainian consumers,” said Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, CEO of Ukrenergo on Tuesday (September 22, 2022).
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“To understand the scale of these attacks we are dealing with, almost all of the heat and power generation from large power plants has been damaged by rocket hits.
There are almost no Ukrenergo substations that are intact.
Virtually every major substation has been hit at least once, some as many as three, five or eight times,” he added.
Ukraine's power grid is currently "stabilized" with planned power outages due to massive war damage to the power plants, which are unable to provide enough electricity for the country.
Barring new massive attacks, the situation should be stable, with four-hour power outages planned per day, Kudrytskyi said.
News about the Ukraine war: Ukraine hopes for more drones from the USA
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The Pentagon (US Department of Defense) should reconsider the delivery of “Gray Eagle” drones to Ukraine.
This was demanded by a bipartisan group of 16 US senators.
The Biden administration has so far rejected applications for the Gray Eagle drones, which have an operating altitude of almost 9,000 meters and can fly for more than 24 hours.
The reasoning was that the drones could be shot down and escalate the conflict.
As Russia increasingly uses kamikaze drones and attacks on civilian infrastructure, Ukraine has urged the US to provide it with powerful drones that could give it an advantage in the conflict.
In their letter, the senators gave Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin until November 30 to explain why the Pentagon does not believe the drone is suitable for combat in Ukraine.
News on the Ukraine war: Russia strengthens patrols
+++ 8.30 p.m .: According to
Ukrainska Pravda
, the Russian occupiers are increasing
their patrols in the occupied city of Mariupol.
In the city, random checks are also being carried out on residents, Petro Andiushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, said on Telegram.
Accordingly, there are sudden "random checks of citizens, visits to possibly dissatisfied residents" and a renewed "wave of house searches".
He added that the city's new Russian-backed chief executive is threatening citizens with criminal prosecution on the grounds of "extremism" if "someone is unhappy with something".
Ukraine war news: Explosions in Crimea after drone strikes
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The reports of Ukraine’s drone attacks on the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula seem to be confirmed.
Other news portals, including
Ukrainska Pravda
, report on explosions, some of which Crimea residents shared as videos on social media.
It shows Russian air defense missiles shooting down Ukrainian drones.
Earlier, an alleged attack by Ukraine on Russian oil depots near the port of Novorossiysk had demonstrated the vulnerability of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
This is reported by the British Ministry of Defense in its daily update.
According to this, an attack on the oil terminal is said to have taken place on November 18th.
News in the Ukraine war: Explosions by drones are said to occur in Crimea
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According to a report by the
Kyiv Independent
, explosions could be heard in the two cities of Sevastopol and Evpatoria in Russian-occupied Crimea.
The Russian-appointed “Governor of Sevastopol”, Mikhail Rasvozhayev, reported via telegram that the peninsula had allegedly been “attacked by drones”.
“Our air defense forces are deployed at the moment.
There is a drone attack,” he wrote there.
According to "preliminary information" from the Russian occupation authorities, two drones have already been destroyed.
He added that "all forces and services are on alert".
The information cannot be independently verified.
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The Russian army continues to attack the city of Cherson, which was last conquered by Ukraine.
According to Halyna Luhova, head of the regional military administration, one civilian was killed Tuesday afternoon when a projectile struck a gas main.
Luhova explained this in an interview with a public broadcaster.
The city is still under attack.
News about the Ukraine war: Russia is said to be planning another round of mobilization
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Virtually all thermal and hydroelectric power plants in Ukraine were damaged by the massive Russian rocket attacks in October and November.
All important nodes of the power grid were hit, said the head of the Ukrainian power grid operator Ukrenerho, Volodymyr Kudryzkyj, on Tuesday at a press conference in Kyiv.
"Virtually every important substation took a hit," said Kudryzkyj.
Some substations were even hit several times.
"The extent of the destruction is colossal," emphasized the 36-year-old.
Nevertheless, repairs have succeeded in stabilizing the system again since Saturday.
There are now mainly scheduled and hardly any emergency shutdowns of the electricity.
News about the Ukraine war: Russia attacks Cherson
News about the Ukraine war: Russia is said to be planning another round of mobilization
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Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, claims on Twitter that Russia is preparing for a second round of mobilization in January.
Moscow is planning to call up up to 700,000 reservists - according to official figures, there were still 300,000 men in September.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov only announced on Monday (November 21) that no further mobilization was planned.
Ukraine war: After attacks on energy centers - Months of power outages threaten
Update from Tuesday, November 22, 7:10
a.m .: Ukraine's infrastructure has been badly damaged by Russian attacks.
"The system damage caused to our energy sector by the Russian terrorist attacks is so great that all our citizens and companies should be very economical and spread consumption over the hours of the day," said Zelenskyj, according to the
German Press Agency ( dpa)
.
By the end of March 2023, the Ukrainians will have to deal with outages, as the head of the electricity supplier Yasno, Serhiy Kovalenko, announced on Facebook.
According to network operator Ukrenergo, there will be shutdowns across Ukraine on Tuesday.
Macron condemns shelling of Zaporizhia nuclear plant
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French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the shelling of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant Zaporizhia after a phone call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
In a statement after the call, Macron explained that other nuclear power plants in Rovno and Khmelnitsky, as well as the Nova Kakhovka dam, had also been shelled.
The Ukrainian leader said he had "emphasized the need for demilitarization" of the Zaporizhia facility and the two had discussed "cooperation in ensuring Ukraine's energy stability, particularly in protecting the system from air strikes."
Update from Monday, November 21, 4:50 p.m .:
According to reports, at least one person was killed in a Russian shelling of the recently liberated city of Cherson in southern Ukraine.
Three others were injured, Deputy Presidential Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko said on Telegram.
The city of Cherson is still without power as a result of the Russian attacks.
However, they are working on it, said Tymoshenko.
"This is definitely the most important task."
News about the Ukraine war: Zelenskyj gives speech before meeting in Madrid
First report from Monday, November 21:
Kiev/Moscow – The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has sworn that all democratic NATO countries are united against the Russian attack on his country.
"I call on you to do everything possible to ensure that our community is never weakened," said Zelenskyy on Monday (November 21) during a video address at a plenary session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Madrid, according to simultaneous translation.
Everyone can see what contribution Kyiv is making to the security of all democracies in the Ukraine war.
Zelenskyy reaffirmed his country's will to become a member of the EU and NATO.
News about the Ukraine war: Russia is to be classified as a "terrorist state".
Faced with Russian air strikes on Ukraine, Zelenskyy stressed the need to protect every country against such attacks.
This applies above all to Ukraine, which therefore urgently needs more air defense weapons.
The consequences of the Russian attacks on the Ukrainian civilian population are so severe that Russia should be branded a "terrorist state" by all parliaments, Zelenskyj demanded.
The sanctions against Russia should also be further tightened and those responsible for war crimes brought to justice.
The NATO Parliamentary Assembly, founded in 1955, is not a body of the defense alliance, but a legally independent association of the parliaments of the member states and associated countries.
In this context, 269 parliamentarians from the 30 NATO member countries discuss security and defense policy issues.
Delegates from associated countries can also participate.
(nak/na/lm with AFP/dpa)
