Kherson without electricity after Russian bombardments;
the city of Donetsk, ruled since 2014 by pro-Russian separatists, bombarded by the Ukrainian army;
the European Parliament qualifies the Ukrainian famine organized by Stalin in 1932-1933 as genocide...
Le Figaro
takes stock of the conflict in Ukraine, Thursday, December 15, 2022.
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Kherson without electricity after Russian bombings
The Ukrainian city of Kherson, recently retaken from the Russians, found itself "
totally
" deprived of electricity on Thursday, December 15, due to a "
heavy bombardment
" of its "
essential infrastructure
", indicated regional governor Yaroslav Yanouchevych.
Smoke and debris rise from the Kherson regional administration building hit by Russian shelling on December 14, 2022. SOCIAL MEDIA / REUTERS
"
Kherson is completely without electricity
," he said on Telegram at midday, before adding that "
heavy bombardment of a critical infrastructure site continues
" in a district of the city.
These bombings also caused the death of two people.
One person killed in Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk
At least one civilian was killed and nine others were injured in a Ukrainian bombardment on Donetsk.
This was announced by the pro-Russian authorities of this separatist stronghold in eastern Ukraine.
According to Alexei Kulemzin, the head of the Donetsk administration, Ukrainian troops fired 40 “
Grad
” rockets at the city.
"
At 7 a.m. sharp, they subjected the center of Donetsk to the most massive bombardment since 2014
", the year when this city came under the control of pro-Russian separatists, triggering a conflict with Kiev, said Alexei Kulemzin on Telegram.
European Parliament calls 1930s Ukrainian famine 'genocide'
The European Parliament has recognized as genocide the famine in Ukraine caused by the Soviets 90 years ago which led to the death of several million people.
In a text voted almost unanimously (507 votes for, 12 votes against and 17 abstentions), MEPs meeting in Strasbourg believe that this "Holodomor" famine was committed "
by the Soviet regime with the intention of destroying a group of people by deliberately inflicting living conditions leading inexorably to their physical annihilation
”.
The Ukrainian people receiving the Sakharov Prize from the European Parliament on December 14, 2022. FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP