More Russian bombardments to the electrical system of Ukraine, during the first snowfall

Russia launched a new wave of bombardments on Thursday against several Ukrainian cities, including the capital, Kievwhich already suffers frequent blackouts caused by the attacks at a time when the first snowfalls arrive in the region.

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky denounced “another Russian terrorist attack.”

“Dozens of missiles this morning. Civilian sites are the main target. Russia is waging war on electricity and heating, intended for the people, by blowing up power plants and other energy facilities,” Zelensky told an economic forum.

Russia claimed that the suffering of civilians in Ukraine is “the consequence” of kyiv’s refusal to negotiate.

Ukraine had already been hit by a series of attacks on Tuesday that left some 10 million Ukrainians without power for several hours, according to kyiv authorities.

“Horrible” level of torture in Jerson

Russian airstrikes on Thursday left at least 14 injured in Dniproincluding a 15-year-old teenager, reported the regional governor, Valentin Reznichenko.

In the kyiv region, Ukrainian defense shot down two cruise missiles as well as Iranian-made Russian Shahed suicide drones, the city’s military administration said.

in the region of Odessathe Russians attacked an infrastructure and three people were injured, according to the regional administration.

Russia also bombarded the region of Jarkovindicated its governor, Oleg Synegubov, who specified that the attacks reached “critical infrastructures” and that at least three people were injured.

The shelling in recent days came after Russian forces were forced to withdraw from Kherson by a Ukrainian counteroffensive.

Dmytro Lubynets, in charge of human rights issues in the Ukrainian Parliament, denounced a “horrifying” level of torture in Kherson during the eight months of Russian occupation.

“Dozens of people” suffered “electric shocks and blows with metal tubes. They broke their bones” and “the Russians recorded everything,” Lubynets said.

“Worsening situation”

The national electricity operator, Ukrenergo, announced the extension of power cuts through Thursday due to the “worsening of the situation.”

The company said on Facebook that “a cold snap” had caused increased demand in regions where power had recently been restored.

In kyiv, which experienced its first snowfall on the eve of winter, many districts lost power. A fine blanket of snow covered the cars parked in the streets of the capital.

kyiv regional governor Oleksii Kuleba warned that next week will be “difficult”, with temperatures that could drop to “down to -10°C“.

Grain agreement is renewed

On the diplomatic front, the deal allowing grain to be exported from Ukrainian Black Sea ports has been extended for four months, easing concerns over a potential global food crisis.

The negotiations of the agreement, which was due to expire on Friday night, are being carried out with the mediation of Turkey and the UN.

Russia had briefly withdrawn from the pact at the end of October, after denouncing the use “for military purposes” by Ukraine of the humanitarian corridor.

The Black Sea Grain Initiative has made it possible to get more than 11 million tons of grain out of Ukrainian ports in four months from ports blocked since the start of the war by the Russian army.

Controversy continues in Poland

Controversy continues over what happened on Tuesday when a missile killed two people in Poland, a NATO country near the Ukrainian border.

According to Poland and NATO, that explosion, which raised fears of an escalation in the conflict, was possibly caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile launched to intercept Russian projectiles.

Zelenski reiterated on Wednesday that the projectile was Russian, but this Thursday he qualified his position.

“I don’t know what happened. We don’t know for sure. The world doesn’t know. But I’m sure it was a Russian missile, I’m sure we fired from air defense systems,” he said.

A group of Ukrainian experts arrived in Poland to participate in the investigation into the origin of the missile, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba reported.