► Half of kyiv residents still without electricity
Despite the efforts of Ukrainian engineers, nearly half of the inhabitants of kyiv were still without electricity on Friday November 25 in winter temperatures, two days after Russian strikes once again targeted essential infrastructure.
This Moscow strategy of bombing energy installations, followed since October against the backdrop of military setbacks, is constitutive of “war crimes” for Ukraine’s Western allies and described as ” crime against humanity “ by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
► “More than 6 million” households affected by power cuts in Ukraine
More than six million homes in Ukraine were affected by power cuts in Ukraine on Friday, two days after massive Russian strikes against the country, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
“Tonight blackouts continue in most regions and in Kyiv. More than six million households in total”Volodymyr Zelensky said in his daily address.
► Paris and Berlin “will support Ukraine until the end” of the conflict, says Elisabeth Borne
Paris and Berlin “will support Ukraine until the end of this conflict”said French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Friday in Berlin alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
“Since day one of this brutal war, our two countries have provided unwavering support to Ukraine. (…) we are, Mr Chancellor, fully aligned: we will continue to do so, we will support Ukraine until the end of this conflict”, said Elisabeth Borne during a joint press conference with Olaf Scholz. The German Chancellor, for his part, judged that “Russia’s policy of terror by bombing civilian infrastructure in Ukraine must end”.
► Patients from Kherson hospitals evacuated due to “constant Russian bombardments”
Patients from Kherson hospitals are being evacuated due to Russian strikes « constant » on this city in southern Ukraine, from which Moscow forces withdrew two weeks ago, the governor announced on Friday.
‘Due to constant Russian shelling, we are evacuating patients from hospitals in Kherson’said on Telegram Yaroslav Yanushevich, head of the military administration of Kherson.
► Putin claims to “share the pain” of the mothers of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday in a televised meeting with mothers of soldiers deployed in Ukraine, “share the pain” of those who have lost their sons, calling on them not to believe the ” lies “ on the military operation.
“I want you to know that I, personally, all the leaders of the country, we share this pain. We know that nothing can replace the loss of a son”said Vladimir Putin, looking serious. “Life is more complicated than what you see on TV or on the Internet (…)there are a lot of lies”added the Russian president, while relatives of soldiers denounce on social networks the conditions in which some are sent to fight.
He also assured that Russia would ” achieve its goals “ in Ukraine, attacking “enemies in the information field” who seek, according to him, to “devalue, discredit”the Russian offensive in Ukraine.