DIRECT. War in Ukraine: one or two days needed to stabilize the electricity network after the Russian strikes

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All-night shelling in the Nikopol region

Around 50 shells were fired at the Nikopol region during the night. “The shelling of the Nikopol district does not stop… The Russians fired all night with heavy artillery on the town of Nikopol”, specifies the military administration. “In Nikopol, more than 10 private houses, outbuildings, gas pipelines and power lines were damaged, and in the community of Chervonohryhorivka, a line that supplied a pumping station of the local water supply company was cut” . More than 9,000 families from several villages and towns were left without a water supply.

Montenegro allocates 11% of its military budget to Ukraine

The small Balkan state has decided to allocate 11% of its military budget to help Ukraine. A decision hailed by kyiv.

Russia could launch new bombings today

“Russia could launch another missile attack today,” said Yurii Ihnat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Bombing warning sirens have just sounded in the Donetsk region.

New attacks on the Zaporizhia region

Russia launched overnight strikes on the Zaporizhia region, according to Oleksandr Starukh, the head of the Zaporizhia regional military administration. “The strikes damaged critical infrastructure and residential buildings,” he said. At this point, there have been no injuries or fatalities.

Another Ukrainian drone attack on Russian territory

Drone attack hit Kursk airfield in Russia, governor says. This attack set fire to an oil storage tank. “There were no casualties. The fire is located. All emergency services are working on the site,” said Roman Starovoyt. On Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry said Ukrainian drones attacked two airbases in Ryazan and Saratov in south-central Russia, killing three servicemen and injuring four, and damaged two planes. Ukraine has not directly claimed responsibility for what would represent the deepest strikes into the heart of Russia since Moscow invaded Ukraine on February 24.

One or two days needed to stabilize the power grid

After Monday’s Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy system, it will take a few days to restore electricity production, according to Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, head of Ukrenergo, the national energy company.

“After the launch of more than 70 missiles, of which nearly 10 hit their target, Ukrenergo’s power plants and substations were badly damaged,” he said. Before adding: “There is an emergency energy supply… There will be a deficit in the energy system in the coming days while some electrical units that have been subject to an emergency shutdown today will find the current. It takes a day or two to restore power generation to the system. After that, the situation should stabilize.” Some regions suffered more damage than others, such as Odessa.

Is support for the war eroding in Russia?

According to a poll published at the end of November by the Russian opposition media “Meduza”, more and more Russians would welcome the opening of peace talks with kyiv. Should we see the beginning of a fed up of the population for the “special operation”? Our decryption.

Security guarantees to Russia? “We will talk about it later”, answers Josep Borrell

“The exit from the war will have to be done in accordance with international legality,” said EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell in Paris on Monday at a symposium organized by the European Jacques-Delors Institute. detailing that this involved the payment of reparations by Moscow, the judgment of war crimes, the withdrawal of troops and “security guarantees for Ukraine”.

Before adding, “for Russia, we will talk about it later”, in implicit reference to a recent statement by Emmanuel Macron. The French head of state explained on Saturday that he had discussed with President Biden on “the security architecture in which we want to live tomorrow”, referring to the fact that it would be necessary to give “guarantees for its own security to Russia on day when it will come back around the table” of negotiations.

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