“Terrorists deliberately try to leave behind as many deadly traps as possible.” The Ukrainian president accused, Thursday, December 8, the Russian forces of mining and intensively trapping the territories that they abandon during their withdrawals in Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelensky assured that “Mine terrorism will be among the charges against Russia”. “Buried landmines, tripwires, mined buildings, cars and infrastructure… This is more than 170 000 square kilometers of dangerous territory”, he added during his daily address online. Follow our live.
Vladimir Putin promises to continue targeting energy infrastructure. The Russian president has promised to continue strikes against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, a response according to him to attacks by kyiv, in particular in annexed Crimea. “Yes, we do, but who started ?”launched the leader, presenting these bombings as a response to the explosion that damaged the Crimean bridge in early October, as well as other attacks attributed to kyiv.
The emotion of Pope Francis in evoking the conflict. Pope Francis couldn’t suppress his tears as he spoke about the war in a Ukraine “martyred”, at a public ceremony in central Rome on Thursday evening. “O Immaculate Virgin, I would have liked to bring you today the thanks of the Ukrainian people…”, he said, reading his speech standing up, before breaking off, broken with emotion.
A special edition of franceinfo from kyiv. How are Ukrainians living after more than nine months of Russian offensive? In an exceptional two-hour program, presented from kyiv from 5 p.m. on Friday, franceinfo will look at the daily life of the country’s inhabitants. Artists, teachers, activists or caregivers will come to share their vision of the country and the conflict.