The Ukrainian President prepared his compatriots for a hard winter.
(Photo: dpa)
Kyiv Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has braced his compatriots for a harsh winter with fierce Russian attacks. “As long as they have missiles, they will not rest,” Zelensky said of the Russian soldiers in his video address on Sunday evening. Meanwhile, in the southern city of Cherson, authorities are reporting further progress in power supplies.
Selenski calls on Ukrainians to unite
The Ukrainian army is preparing to repel further shelling, Zelenskiy said. “Russia is trying to use the cold against people this winter,” he said, referring to Moscow’s targeted attacks on Ukrainian power and thermal power plants.
The head of state called on the Ukrainians to give special support to those in need during the cold season. Now cohesion is required. “Together we will get through anything.”
Winter has come in Ukraine.
(Photo: Getty Images)
More than nine months after the start of the Russian war of aggression, particularly fierce fighting is raging in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk. In freezing temperatures, many Ukrainian households are temporarily or even completely without heating, electricity and water.
Top jobs of the day
Find the best jobs now and
be notified by email.
Ukraine reports progress on power supply to liberated Kherson
From the recently liberated regional capital of Kherson in the south, further progress was reported with the power supply, which was almost completely destroyed under Russian occupation. In the meantime, around 17 percent of households have been connected to the electricity grid again, said regional governor Yaroslav Yanuschevych. The deputy head of the presidential office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, published a photo taken in the dark on Telegram, which shows individual illuminated house windows.
Many civilians are fleeing the southern Ukrainian city to escape the shelling after the city was said to have been recaptured just a few weeks ago.
(Photo: dpa)
After several months under Russian occupation, the Ukrainian army recaptured the city of Cherson and other places in the region of the same name in mid-November. Since then, the city, which once had 300,000 inhabitants, has not only been exposed to fierce Russian attacks, but has also been struggling with massive problems with the energy supply. In view of the difficult situation, the Ukrainian government started driving civilians to other parts of the country to spend the winter a few days ago.
Norway’s defense minister emphasizes the importance of infrastructure
Norway’s Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram has stressed the importance of the presence of allies in the waters off his country’s coast. “Our infrastructure is now important for the whole of Europe,” Gram told the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”. After the end of Russian gas supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, Norway is the most important gas supplier to Germany and Western Europe.
Also read about the Ukraine war and the aftermath:
What will be important on Monday
This year, the “Kyiv Investment Forum” is dedicated, among other things, to the reconstruction plans for the Ukrainian capital – and for security reasons this time it will not be held in Kyiv, but in Brussels. Mayor Vitali Klitschko, among others, is scheduled to appear on Monday.
More: Don’t miss any development – Everything new in our news blog about the Ukraine war