“Yesterday’s attacks by Russia in Ukraine cut off electricity and water supplies to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians. A third of the country’s facilities were destroyed last week, with the effect – accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy – of causing massive power outages across Ukraine”. “There is no more room for negotiations with the Putin regime,” he added .
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Meanwhile, the Ukrainian government recommends that citizens use electricity “consciously” between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. The more consumption is reduced, the more stable the entire energy system works. “Anyone who follows these simple rush-hour rules helps the whole country,” the Ukrainian president said in his message to the population.
Zelenskyy also announced that a meeting on the country’s energy situation is scheduled for today, assuring that the government is “working on all possible scenarios”.
China: “Supports diplomatic efforts”
China’s Foreign Ministry said it was necessary to show “calm and restraint” and support all diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in Ukraine. In response to a reporter’s question about the recent drone strike in Kyiv, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin called the war a “crisis in Ukraine” and China’s position on it “consistent and clear.” Under the current circumstances, all interested parties should show calm and restraint, encourage and support all diplomatic efforts that contribute to a peaceful solution to the crisis in Ukraine, in order to achieve a common defusing of the situation.
Von der Leyen: “Russian attacks on civilians are war crimes”
Russia’s “targeted” attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine are acts of “pure terror” and “war crimes” under international law. So the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in the plenary session in Strasbourg. “Yesterday – he says – we saw again how Russia carried out targeted attacks on civilian infrastructure, and this marks a new chapter in an already very cruel war. The international order is very clear: these are war crimes, targeted attacks on civil infrastructures., with the clear aim of depriving men, women and children of water, electricity and heating as winter approaches. These are acts of terrorism and we must call them by their names: this is the time to stay on course. We will support Ukraine for as long as necessary and protect Europeans.”
Intelligence Gb: “Removed 4 of the 5 Russian Direct Task Force Generals”
Meanwhile, 4 of the 5 generals with direct operational command of elements related to the February 2022 Russian invasion have been removed from their posts. British intelligence underlines this in the latest report by the London Ministry of Defense on the situation in Ukraine. “The replacements for these generals have done little to improve performance on the battlefield. The lack of continuity at the command level is probably more disturbing than in a Western army because, according to Russian doctrine, the development of plans is largely left to the commander personally and not to a broader staff engaged in a collective effort”.
And the key elements of Russia’s military leadership are becoming less and less functional, according to British intelligence. “Eight months after the invasion, it is said, key elements of the Russian military leadership appear to be becoming less and less functional. At the tactical level, there is almost certainly a growing shortage of NCOs capable of organizing and directing the newly mobilized reservists.” .
The report therefore refers to eyewitnesses according to which the “killing of 11 Russian soldiers near Belgorod by a recruited comrade on October 15, 2022 occurred after an officer made insulting remarks against recruits belonging to ethnic minorities”. “It is likely, the report says, that the low level of leadership is driving morale and lack of unit cohesion in many parts of the Russian armed forces.”