DIRECT. War in Ukraine: it took one or two days to stabilize the power grid after Russian strikes

Another attack of Ukrainian drones on the territory of Russia

According to the governor, the drone attack hit the Kursk airfield in Russia. This attack set fire to an oil storage tank. “There were no casualties. The fire is located. All emergency services are working on the spot,” said Roman Starovoit. On Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry said Ukrainian drones attacked two air bases in Ryazan and Saratov in south-central Russia, killing three servicemen and injuring four, and damaging two aircraft. Ukraine has not explicitly taken responsibility for what will be the deepest blows to the heart of Russia since Moscow invaded Ukraine on February 24th.

One or two days required to stabilize the power grid

According to Volodymyr Kudrytsky, head of the national energy company Ukrenergo, after Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy system on Monday, it will take several days to restore electricity production.

“After launching more than 70 missiles, of which almost 10 hit the target, Ukrenergo’s power plants and substations were badly damaged,” he said. Before adding: power outages, they find electricity. It takes a day or two for the system to restore power generation. After that, the situation should stabilize.” Some regions have been hit harder than others, such as Odessa.

Support for the war in Russia is waning?

According to a poll published in late November by the Russian opposition publication Meduza, more Russians would welcome the start of peace talks with Kiev. Should we see the beginning of feeding the population for the “special operation”? Our decryption.

Russia’s security guarantees? “We will talk about this later,” Josep Borrell replies.

“The exit from the war must be carried out in accordance with international law,” EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell said in Paris on Monday at a symposium organized by the Jacques-Delores European Institute, specifying that it was about paying reparations by Moscow. , condemnation of war crimes, withdrawal of troops and “security guarantees for Ukraine”.

Before adding, “for Russia, we’ll talk about that later,” referring indirectly to Emmanuel Macron’s recent statement. The French head of state explained on Saturday that he had discussed with President Biden “the security architecture we want to live in tomorrow,” referring to the need to give “guarantees for Russia’s own security the day it returns to the table” of negotiations.

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