Ukraine woke up again to darkness and cold. The country’s electricity network was still in great difficulty on Saturday, December 17 at dawn, after a new salvo of Russian bombardments which occurred the day before. The head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell denounced Friday “cruel and inhumane attacks” against the people who “constitute war crimes”. Follow the evolution of the situation in our direct.
Difficult operations warns the Ukrainian operator. Ukrenergo said on Friday that due to the intensity of the Russian strikes, “It may take longer than before to restore electricity.” Technicians are instructed to restore power “priority to essential infrastructure: hospitals, water services, heating installations, sewage treatment plants” specified the Ukrainian electrician.
Several regions hit the day before. In all, 74 missiles, mostly cruise missiles, were fired by Russia on Friday. The Ukrainian army, however, claims to have shot down 60 of them thanks to its anti-aircraft defense. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that a total of 15 regions including that of kyiv had been affected by power or water cuts.
“All their targets today are civilians,” assures President Zelensky. In his daily address to the Ukrainian people, Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday evening that “Russian strikes mainly affect energy and heating supply facilities”. The Head of State thus called on the Western camp to “increase the pressure” on Moscow, but also to deliver more anti-aircraft defense systems to Ukraine.