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War in Ukraine: kyiv repels a Russian drone attack, electricity remains rationed

2022-12-30T16:27:13.837Z


UPDATE ON THE SITUATION - Ukrainian authorities said they repelled a nighttime explosive drone attack, launched by Russia less than 24 hours after massive bombardments against energy infrastructure.


Russia bombing Ukraine again;

rationed electricity after the destruction of part of the energy infrastructure;

Xi Jinping and Putin who spoke to each other...

Le Figaro

takes stock of the latest developments in the war in Ukraine this Friday, December 30.

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Russia continues to bomb Ukraine, which strengthens its anti-aircraft defense

The Ukrainian air force, assured Friday morning to have shot down 16 Iranian-made aircraft that had been launched on its territory by Russia.

kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said seven of them targeted the capital and all were destroyed.

Falling debris damaged the windows of two apartment buildings in a southwestern district of kyiv.

According to the Ukrainian presidency, other drones were shot down in the Cherkassy and Dnipro regions in the center of the country.

In a message posted on social media, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stressed that the war was "

tough

" but said he was convinced "

that Russian aggression would fail

".

A man removes the window of a residential building damaged by a Russian drone strike in kyiv on December 30, 2022. VALENTYN OGIRENKO / REUTERS

Energy restrictions in Ukraine

Power cuts remain numerous in Ukraine, while power has already been severely rationed across the country for weeks.

The millions of Ukrainians who do not have generators are therefore preparing to celebrate the New Year without electricity, sometimes without water or heating and under curfew.

According to the electricity company Ukrenergo, the "

consequences of the damage on the functioning of the network are less than the enemy had expected (...) but the situation in the south and east of the country remains difficult

".

To cope, generators have multiplied in cities across the country.

From kyiv to Lviv, these devices purr on the sidewalks to supply businesses and restaurants in particular and allow them to operate.

A portable generator outside a store during a power outage following Russian missile strikes in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.

YURIY DYACHYSHYN / AFP

Xi Jinping-Putin meeting

Vladimir Putin said in a videoconference interview with Chinese President Xi Jinping that the two countries were holding up in the face of “

unprecedented pressure and provocations from the West

”.

For his part, Xi Jinping praised the Russian-Chinese "

comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation

" which "

demonstrates in this new era of maturity and resistance to stress

", according to his words translated into Russian and published by the Kremlin.

The Chinese president is expected to visit Moscow for a state visit in spring 2023.

Russian President Vladimir Putin talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping by videoconference on December 30, 2022. MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV / AFP

Some Western leaders deprived of Russian vows

The Kremlin has clarified that the Russian president will not send New Year's greetings to US Presidents Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz this year "

given the unfriendly acts they constantly undertake

".

Conversely, Vladimir Putin has already sent Happy New Year 2023 wishes to several leaders closer to the Kremlin.

According to a list published Friday by the Russian presidency, Vladimir Putin congratulated in particular the Chinese presidents Xi Jinping, Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syrian Bashar al-Assad, Venezuelan Nicolás Maduro, as well as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

According to the Kremlin, he also sent greetings to two former Western leaders, Italian Silvio Berlusconi and German Gerhard Schröder.

Source: lefigaro

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