Electricity has been restored after a two-day blackout in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, an occupation official said on Tuesday (November 8th). Franceinfo summarizes the latest developments in the war in Ukraine.
The White House wants to reassure Ukraine
“U.S. support for Ukraine will be unwavering and unwavering” regardless of the results of the midterm elections, said Karine Jean-Pierre, the spokeswoman for the White House. The leader of the elected Republicans in the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, had however reiterated his desire to “do not write a blank check” in kyiv if his party won the majority at the end of the midterms. Worried about the outcome of these midterms, Volodymyr Zelensky urged Americans to “maintain an unshakeable unity” until “restoration of peace” in Ukraine.
Electricity is back in Kherson
Electricity has been restored after a two-day blackout in the city of Kherson, in southern Ukraine, occupied by the Russian army, said Tuesday an official of the occupation authorities, Kirill Stremoussov. This Ukrainian city, in the hands of Moscow forces since the start of their offensive at the end of February, was deprived of water and electricity on Sunday after two strikes for which Moscow and kyiv accuse each other.
These strikes also damaged the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, occupied by Russian forces and which supplies Crimea annexed in 2014 by Russia. “There is electricity, despite acts of sabotage and attacks”assured Kirill Stremoussov on Telegram, without further details.
France sends 13 Leclerc tanks to Romania
The French army began, Tuesday, the loading of 13 Leclerc tanks which must join by the rail the military base of Cincu, in Romania, within the framework of an operation of defense of the Eastern flank of NATO. The departure took place from Mourmelon-le-Grand (Marne), on international trains. These “powerful combat engines” will be “positioned in a defensive posture”said a manager of this logistics mission.
This load is “the last act of a complex logistical operation, which consisted in transporting by road and rail an armored battalion in the direction of Romania”, Colonel Samuel (the French army prohibits the publication of the surnames of its members), responsible for logistics within the Terre Europe-Continentale command post in Lille, told AFP. The objective is to strengthen the mission, under French command, launched on February 28, 2022 in response to Russian strikes in Ukraine.