Electricity in Kyiv, evacuations in Kherson… Update on the 251st day

Water and electricity were restored in Kyiv on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, following the Russian bombing of essential infrastructure. In the south of the country, in Kherson, new evacuations have been announced by the pro-Russian authorities.

In economic terms, three new cargo ships loaded with grain left in the morning, despite Russia’s decision to suspend its participation in the Ukrainian grain export agreement.

Evacuations, electricity and grain… We take stock of the 251st day of the conflict in Ukraine.

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Water and electricity restored in Kyiv

Water and electricity supplies to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv were restored on Tuesday, a day after Russian bombing of critical infrastructure prompted massive cuts.

Russia has stepped up drone and missile attacks on water and electricity systems in Ukrainian cities since early October, prompting authorities to impose restrictions in places as a harsh winter approaches for Ukrainians.

Deliver “has been fully restored”declared the Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko, while almost 80% of the capital’s residents were without water and 350,000 households were without electricity.

However, the planned power outages in the capital will continue. “because the deficit of the electrical system is important after the attacker’s barbaric attacks”warned Vitali Klitschko.

Residents of Kyiv stand in line to get water from a water pump at a park in the capital, Monday, October 31, 2022. | SERGEI CHUSAVKOV / AFP

New evacuations in Kherson

For their part, the Russian occupation authorities in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine have announced fresh evacuations of residents of that city, where Moscow troops are preparing for an imminent Ukrainian offensive.

After nearly 70,000 people were evacuated from the right bank of the Dnipro River last week, pro-Russian officials began moving thousands more on Tuesday.

“We will resettle and transfer up to 70,000 people” currently in a 15-kilometer-deep strip east of the left bank of the river, Moscow-installed Kherson governor Vladimir Saldo said.

Ukraine condemns these evacuations as a “Deportation” residents of the region.

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Russian drone strikes in central regions of the country

Elsewhere on the front lines, the Ukrainian presidency reported on Russian drone strikes in the Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk regions in the center of the country, as well as rocket attacks on several other locations.

According to Deputy Head of the Presidency Kyrylo Tymoshenko, five civilians have been killed and nine injured in Ukraine in the past 24 hours.

The Russian army, for its part, accused Ukraine of firing on Tuesday “more than twenty shells” to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, which occupies Moscow, and the nearby town of Energodar.

Update on the situation in Ukraine on the 251st day of the conflict this Tuesday, November 1, 2022. | INFOGRAPHIC WEST FRANCE

Three new freighters loaded with grain have left the ports of Ukraine

On the economic front, consultations between Russian and Turkish officials multiplied on Monday after Moscow decided to suspend the deal on Ukrainian grain exports, which are vital to global supplies.

Russia justified this decision with a Ukrainian attack on its fleet in the annexed Crimea. Kyiv, for its part, condemned a “false pretense” and assured to be ready to continue exporting.

Despite the withdrawal, three new cargo ships loaded with grain left Ukraine’s ports on Tuesday morning and headed for the Black Sea humanitarian corridor, according to the Istanbul-based Coordination Center responsible for overseeing these exports.

For Wednesday, the Joint Coordination Center (JCC), responsible for the international agreement on Ukrainian grain exports to the Black Sea, announced the suspension of all cargo movements.

To “The United Nations Secretariat at the Joint Coordination Center, the delegations of Ukraine, Russia and Turkey have agreed not to plan any movement of cargo ships under the Black Sea Grains Initiative on November 2.”the JCC said in a statement.

Erdogan exchanges views with Putin

In a telephone interview with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Russian head of state gave his verdict ” necessary “ from Kyiv “to obtain real guarantees of strict compliance with the Istanbul agreements, in particular that the humanitarian corridor will not be respected” used for military purposes”the Kremlin said in a statement.

“Only then could we consider resuming work” under the Grains Agreement, the statement said.

For his part, Emmanuel Macron accused Russia after a telephone interview with Volodymyr Zelenskyy “Damage to global food security” with his decision.

An international conference on December 13 in Paris

Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke to each other by phone on Tuesday. Following this call, the Élysée confirmed the holding of an “international conference in support of the country’s civil resilience during the winter period”. It is scheduled to take place in Paris on December 13th.

It aims to bring together donors and various other actors. “For this purpose, preparatory work with the other partners of Ukraine will start soon”indicates the Elysée and also announces it “a bilateral conference to mobilize French companies”the day before on 12.12.



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