The city of Odessa, in southern Ukraine, is almost entirely without electricity following an attack by “kamikaze drones“launched by Russia overnight, the Ukrainian authorities announced on Saturday.
In the part of the Kherson region occupied by the Russians, the ruble will replace the Ukrainian currency in January. Territory occupied by the Russians, the region of Kherson now has a Russian administration. The latter has decided to replace the hryvnia, the Ukrainian currency, with Russian rubles.
The Nobel Peace Prize ceremony was also held today in Oslo. As a reminder, they are attributed to a trio of human rights defenders in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. If one is in prison, the others have appealed to defend themselves once morest Putin. “It is not by laying down arms” that we will achieve peace, believes the head of the Center for Civil Liberties (CCL) Oleksandra Matviïtchouk.
The Ukrainian news began on the level of diplomacy on Saturday morning with at the center of the discussions the agreement between the United States and Russia. Agreement? Not really despite exchange of prisoners that took place this week between the two countries.
Putin threatens to change his military strategy et Washington raises alarm over Russia’s military partnership with Iran. In short, the relationship is tense between the two powers.
On the ground, combat images still reach us from the Donetsk regions showing that the Russian and Ukrainian armies are still fighting on these annexed territories. “Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to discuss negotiations with Ukraine as a way to separate Ukraine from its Western supporters by portraying Kiev as unwilling to compromise or even engage in serious talks“, analyzes the Institute for the Study of War on Twitter.
