sent by Marta Serafini to Kyiv and Redazione Online
The news of Friday 30 December live. More than 120 Russian rocket attacks on Ukrainian cities on Thursday as the energy emergency grows more serious
• The war in Ukraine reached the 309th day.
• The city of Kherson is attacked by Russian missiles, for this reason the Ukrainian army continues to evacuate civilians.
• The commander-in-chief of the naval squadron confirmed the presence of Russian ships in the Mediterranean.
09:20 – The Arcimboldi Theater cancels Polunin’s show
(Irene Soave) Sergei Polunin, the pro-Putin dancer, has been dropped from the program at the Arcimboldi Theater in Milan, where his only Italian performance in Rasputin – Dance Drama was scheduled for January 28th and 29th. The director of the Arcimboldi Gianmario Longoni told Corriere. The decision was made in agreement with the company. There isn’t the climate to represent an art exhibition and get the right sentiments out of it. Perhaps the climate has changed forever. Referring to the campaign launched by Ukrainian and Belarusian diaspora associations to ask the theater and the city of Milan to cancel the performance.
For many critics, Polunin is the greatest living dancer; for all the most controversial. Ukrainian from Kherson, but pro-Russian enough to have three tattoos of Putin on his chest (and a black Nazi sun) known to the general public from Hozier’s 2015 video clip of Take me to Church. Over the years he has said phrases like Putin my light and attacked women, obese people, black people. The Arcimboldis and the Municipality of Milan have received hundreds of messages in recent days. The same happened with Polunin at the Paris Opera, in Berlin, in Prague. He continued to perform in Russia, where he took part in a show to fund the Armata.
08:35 – Moscow, arrested Ukrainian citizen who planned an attack
The Russian security service FSB has detained a citizen of Ukraine who was planning a terrorist attack in the North Caucasus on the orders of the Ukrainian special services, the FSB itself informed TASS. Earlier this month, the FSB foiled an attempt by a supporter of Ukrainian Nazism to carry out a terrorist attack on orders from Ukraine’s special services, the Russian Security Service added.
08:31 – From Gb metal detectors and anti-bomb kits
Britain has sent more than 1,000 metal detectors and 100 bomb deactivation kits to Kyiv to help clear Ukraine’s minefields. The Guardian reports on it. Russia’s use of landmines and attacks on civilian infrastructure underscore the shocking ferocity of Putin’s invasion, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said. This latest aid package from Britain will help Ukraine safely clear land and buildings while reclaiming its rightful turf, he added.
05:42 – Kyiv: Russian drones launched against the city were shot down
Kyiv Oblast Governor Oleksiy Kuleba said the air defense forces shot down all Russian drones targeting infrastructure in the region. This was reported by the Kyiv Independent. Preliminary reports show that none of the drones reached their targets.
05:31 am – Anti-aircraft alert in Kyiv and in the central regions of Ukraine
According to the Russian news agency Tass and the Kyiv Independent, air raid sirens were activated in the capital Kyiv and in three regions of central Ukraine in the early hours of this morning. The alarm went off in Kiev Oblast, as well as in Kirovograd and Cherkassy. Citizens have been asked by the authorities to stay in emergency shelters.
05:29 – Zelenskyy: Most of Ukraine without power after the last raids
Most regions of Ukraine without electricity due to today’s (Thursday, December 29, ed.) Russian raids on the country. This was announced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The particularly difficult situation in the Kyiv region and in the capital itself, in the Lviv region, in Odessa, Kherson and the surrounding area, in Vinnytsia and in Zakarpattia, Zelensky said in the usual evening video message published by his social networks. The President of Ukraine also reported that 54 missiles and 11 attack drones were shot down and thanked the Air Force, the Ukrainian Air Defense Forces, which successfully repelled another Russian attack today.
5:10 am – US considering sending Bradley combat vehicles
The United States is considering sending Bradley combat vehicles to Ukraine. This is reported by the Bloomberg agency, citing some sources, according to which a final decision has not yet been made. Analysts believe the Bradleys’ posting would increase combat capabilities on the ground in Kyiv.
00:16 – Kyiv, 90% of Bakhmut’s residents left the city
Almost 90 percent of the residents of the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, or more than 70,000 people, have left the area, while 8,700 people continue to live under fire, Bakhmut Mayor Oleksii Reva said on Facebook, as reported by Ukrinform. Despite the difficult security situation, the evacuation of the residents of Bakhmut continues. Almost 90% of residents of the Bakhmut community, which has a population of more than 70,000, have already moved to safer regions or temporarily left the territory of Ukraine. About 8,700 Bakhmut residents remain in the community and live under constant fire, the mayor wrote.
00:10 – Ukraine: ready to investigate missile crash in Belarus
Ukraine is ready to launch an investigation into the anti-aircraft missile that fell in Belarus, in which experts from non-Russian countries can participate, the Ministry of Defense announced in Kyiv. “The Ukrainian side reserves the full right to defend and protect its airspace, but is ready to conduct an objective investigation into the incident that occurred on December 29 in response to a massive Russian missile attack over Belarusian airspace,” states the release statement issued by the ministry.
December 30, 2022 (change December 30, 2022 | 09:23)
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