Antony Blinken is convinced of this: Russia is trying to compensate for its defeats on the battlefield in Ukraine by trying to make “freeze” its population in winter. “Some 40% of the infrastructure that provides hot water and electricity to Ukrainians is destroyed (…)”declared the head of American diplomacy, Friday, November 4, during a press conference at the end of a meeting of the G7 in Muenster (Germany). Follow our live.
Heaters coming soon. The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the seven industrialized countries agreed in particular to set up “a coordination mechanism” to help Ukraine “repair and defend” its electricity and water supply facilities have been massively shelled in recent weeks by the Russians. It will also be a question of delivering equipment: water pumps, housing containers, toilets, beds, blankets or tents…
“Almost half of the buildings in all of Ukraine have heating,” said the Ukrainian Prime Minister. Denys Chmygal nevertheless wanted to be reassuring: “We prepare for all scenarios. We stockpile power generation equipment in case of emergencyhe explained. Today, almost half of the buildings in the whole of Ukraine have heating. These are schools, kindergartens, hospitals, apartment buildings (…) In kyiv, 78% of buildings are currently heated.”
“We are ready for peace,” assures President Zelensky. In his traditional daily speech, the Ukrainian president mentioned the front. “Fighting has been concentrated in Donbass this week, in Bakhmut and Soledar”he said, before repeating that the Ukrainians were “ready for peace. A just peace. We have said it many times”.