by Lorenzo Cremonesi and Andrea Nicastro
The news of Saturday 26 November live. Power outages continue and 60% of Kyiv is without power two days after enemy missile attacks on infrastructure
• The war in Ukraine reached the 273rd day.
• Putin isolated in Yerevan even among his former Soviet allies (with Armenia’s veto).
• Kyiv hunts down Iranian advisers who helped Russians with drones: forced to kill them.
• Olena Zelenska to the BBC: We will resist. Without victory there is no peace.
• Putin opens his residence to the mothers of killed soldiers: They are heroes, we will win.
7:16 a.m. – Merkel: At the end of my term in office, I no longer had any authority with Putin
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel tried to arrange negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin shortly before leaving office. However, these efforts did not bring any results due to the lack of influence on the number one in the Kremlin, Merkel herself explained in an interview with Der Spiegel reported by UNIAN. Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron had planned talks with Putin within the EU in the summer of 2021. But I no longer had the strength to insist, because in the end everyone knew: I will leave office in the autumn,” said the former Chancellor. The feeling of having lost all influence on Putin became clear during her last visit to Moscow in August 2021, Merkel explained. The feeling is very clear: “From the point of view of influence in politics, you are finished. Only power matters to Putin, Merkel added.
05:25 – UN condemns Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure
Much of Ukraine was without electricity, heating and water two days after a devastating series of Russian missile attacks on the country’s civilian infrastructure. Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said 60 percent of households in the city of 3 million had no electricity and there were constant power outages across the country. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said basic services are being restored gradually, but there are problems with water supplies in 15 regions.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Trk said Russian attacks on critical infrastructure had killed at least 77 people since October. Millions of people are being thrown into extreme hardship and appalling living conditions as a result of these raids, he said in a statement. Overall, it poses serious problems for international humanitarian law, which requires a concrete and direct military advantage for any object attacked.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not deny Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, but accused Kyiv of not bowing to Russian demands, which he did not specify. Zelenskyy’s government has promised not to accept peace terms that would give the invader control of Ukrainian territory. In his nightly speech yesterday, Zelenskyy said the attacks would not break the will of the Ukrainian people. Together we have endured nine months of an all-out war, and Russia has not found a way to break us and will not, he said.
01:02 – 007 Kyiv, rumors of a Russian attack from the north are false
The military administration of the city of Kyiv has published a photo of the fortifications surrounding the city and has assured that all Russian attempts to capture the capital will be in vain. This is reported by Ukrainska Pravda. The administration also stressed that, according to the Ground Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, there are currently no records of sufficient enemy military formations for an attack from the north. At the same time, the military is working with civil engineers and construction workers to strengthen the city’s defense capabilities.
00:42 – Zelensky invites people to save electricity
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed to the population to save on electricity consumption. In a video message reported by Ukrinform, Zelenskyy reminds that, as always, it is necessary to use electricity sparingly in all regions. If you’re not suffering from a power outage, that doesn’t mean the problem is fixed. Just because you have power doesn’t mean you can run multiple devices at the same time. The President emphasized that network overloads are registered every evening, leading to an increase in emergency power failures.
November 26, 2022 (Change November 26, 2022 | 07:16)
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