Volodymyr Zelensky rejects the idea of ​​a “short truce” with Russia

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal called on the European Union on Friday at a press conference to prof “extra support” Towards his country to spend the winter when it was nearly half of its energy infrastructure “out of control” Because of the huge Russian strikes that targeted them since the beginning of October.

Many Ukrainians face the onset of winter with little or no electricity and no hot water. The first snows of winter fell on the country, Thursday, after more than a month and a half of bombing on the country’s power grid.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said late Friday that 17 administrative regions and the capital Kyiv were affected by power outages, but that engineers were working to repair the power grid and outages were becoming less frequent.

For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that it was only targeting facilities related to the army, and that the series of long-range and accurate strikes was carried out the day before. “Hit the exact target”. The Kremlin this week blamed the power outage and its impact on civilians on Kyiv’s refusal to negotiate with Moscow rather than Russian missile attacks.