Putin's army continues to attack critical infrastructure in the Ukraine war
Created: 09/12/2022 17:33
By: Felix Durach
The operator of the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia is again making allegations against Russia.
Moscow is said to have stationed rocket launchers on the site.
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: The British Ministry of Defense expects a new wave of attacks by Russia with Iranian "Kamikaze" drones.
This news ticker on military events in the Ukraine war is constantly updated.
Update from December 9, 4:57 p.m
.: "I think that in a few days we will reach a threshold where we can adhere to clear timetables for power cuts in the areas," said Volodymyr Kudryzkyj, head of the state electricity network operator Ukrenerho to the ongoing Problems with the Ukrainian energy infrastructure due to Russian attacks in the war in Ukraine.
Unscheduled hour-long power outages are currently occurring in many areas.
In addition to eastern Ukraine and the area around the capital Kyiv, the southern Ukrainian region of Odessa is currently particularly affected in the Ukraine war.
Problems with Ukraine's power supply caused by Russian missile attacks will continue throughout the winter, officials said.
"It (the deficit) can be partly compensated with certain measures such as electricity imports, but not completely," said Kudryzkyj.
Because the frost is currently weakening, the situation is improving a little.
The output of the power plants will be increased and gradually more electricity will be available.
Ukraine war update: Russia fired more than 1000 missiles and drones at energy infrastructure
Update from December 9, 3.40 p.m .:
According to the head of the Ukrainian network operator Ukrenerho, Volodymyr Kudrjitskyj, Russia has fired more than 1000 rockets and drones at Ukraine’s energy infrastructure since October 10th.
"We survived eight major waves of attacks and more than a dozen smaller attacks," he said, according to Ukraine's Ukrinform agency.
The restoration of the infrastructure is ongoing, Kudrjitskyj also emphasized on the current Ukraine war.
Ukraine War: New Russian missile attacks
December 9 update, 1:25 p.m.:
The military of Ukraine said on Friday that the Russian army had carried out a total of 54 rocket launcher attacks and five rocket attacks.
There were also three airstrikes that had been flown in the past 24 hours.
The attacks spread across Ukrainian territory to the north, east and south.
Other targets of the attacks in the Ukraine war were Kharkiv and Sumy Oblast, as the Ukrainian military explained on the current situation in Russia's war against Ukraine.
The attacks come just a day after Vladimir Putin announced that his army would continue to target critical infrastructure in the Russia-Ukraine war.
Update from December 9, 12 noon:
The Ukrainian state-owned company Energoatom has accused the Russian military of another provocation in the area of the occupied Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in the Ukraine war.
According to current information on Wednesday, Russian troops have stationed several Grad multiple rocket launchers on the site of the nuclear power plant, the energy company claims in a statement on Telegram.
Russian multiple rocket launchers on NPP site - "violation of nuclear and radiation safety"
"The invaders placed these weapons near Power Plant No. 6," Energoatom wrote in the statement.
The company calls the incident a "violation of all nuclear and radiation safety conditions."
However, the report cannot be independently verified at this time.
Energoatom called on the Atomic Energy Agency IAEA to take a position on the events and spoke out in favor of a safety zone around the nuclear power plant in Russia's war against Ukraine.
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Russian soldier near Zaporizhia nuclear plant in Ukraine.
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The operator of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant suspects that the Russian actions were an attempt to target west of the Dnieper during the Ukraine war and to use the power plant as a kind of protective shield.
Attacks on the Russian positions on the power plant site would entail extremely high risks of collateral damage to the reactors.
The largest nuclear power plant in Europe has been occupied by the Russian army in the war against Ukraine for months.
War in Ukraine: Can Kyiv make the turn of winter?
Update from December 9, 11:45 a.m .:
The winter could change the war between Russia and Ukraine again.
As Ukrainian civilians face the harshest winter in years, the Ukrainian military may even be capitalizing on the falling temperatures in the Ukraine war.
Military experts even see opportunities for Ukrainian offensive efforts in the coming weeks, despite the snow and frost in the current situation.
Will Ukraine manage a winter turnaround in the Russia-Ukraine war?
Defeat in the Ukraine war: Ex-Duma member even fears Russia's dissolution on state TV
The current situation in Russia's war against Ukraine is increasingly not only viewed with skepticism, but also critically assessed by Putin's followers.
Now, in the current situation in the Ukraine war, an ex-Duma member also spoke up on state TV and painted the devil on the wall with fears of the dissolution of Russia in the event of a defeat in Russia's war against Ukraine.
Secret service report: Putin's army fires its killer weapons again in the Ukraine war
First report from December 9th:
LONDON — The Russian military leadership has apparently resumed its attacks with Iranian kamikaze drones on Ukrainian targets in the Ukraine war.
This is reported by the British Ministry of Defense in its daily intelligence report on Twitter on the current situation in the Ukraine war.
"For the first time in three weeks, there have been reports of attacks by Iran-provided disposable drones," the Defense Ministry wrote.
Although these reports have yet to be verified, British intelligence believes it is likely that Putin's army has replenished its drone stockpiles and Russia can carry out further attacks in the war against Ukraine.
Kamikaze drone from Iran?
This photo is supposed to show a "Shahed 136" just before the impact in Kyiv.
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Ukraine war up-to-date: military reports of drones being shot down – after a three-week break, Russia is probably launching renewed attacks
Earlier this week, the Ukrainian military reported the downing of 14 Iranian Shahed drones.
According to the reports, they had flown attacks on targets in the Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions in the current situation in the Ukraine war.
The last verified drone downing in the Russia-Ukraine war was on November 17th.
In October and November, the Ukrainian capital Kyiv was the target of drone attacks.
Some of the flying objects were brought down from the sky by police officers with assault rifles.
The Shahed-136 "Kamikaze Drones" can automatically approach targets and explode on impact.
Just a few days ago, UN circles reported that Russia is said to have ordered another hundred Shahed drones near Tehran.
Ukraine war: Putin justifies attacks on critical infrastructure
In addition to the renewed drone attacks, there are repeated reports in the current situation in the Ukraine war that Vladimir Putin's troops in the Ukraine war are increasingly attacking the critical infrastructure in Russia's war against Ukraine.
The supply of electricity and water are affected.
Now the Kremlin chief Putin personally acknowledged these attacks, explained what was behind these attacks and blamed Ukraine.
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