Macron announces that he will have “direct contact” with Putin “in the coming days”
French President Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday that he would have “direct contact” with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin “in the coming days” over civilian nuclear power and the Zaporizhia power plant, which Moscow and Kyiv accuse each other of. have bombed
On the Russian side, “for the moment, there is no agreement on a telephone interview with the French president. Frankly, there has not been any concrete proposal on this issue,” the Kremlin’s spokesman, Dmitry, told the press. Peskov.
Ukrainian operator Energoatom announced that three nuclear power plants in the country had been “disconnected” from the power grid on Wednesday after Russian attacks on energy infrastructure.
Massive power and water cuts in Ukraine after Russian attacks
Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure have led to massive power and water cuts, particularly in the capital, Kyiv. They took aim at strategic infrastructure as winter temperatures settled in Ukraine.
Following these attacks, three nuclear power plants were “disconnected” from the electrical grid, without any consequences at this stage in the level of radiation. The supply of the one from Zaporizhia, occupied by the Russians, was stopped.
The mayor of the capital of Kyiv also announced that the infrastructure had been affected in the capital and that the water supply had been “suspended throughout Kyiv” because of the shelling.
Zelensky denounces before the UN a “crime against humanity” after the Russian attacks on infrastructure in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced this Wednesday before the United Nations Security Council a “crime against humanity” perpetrated according to him by Russia that attacked the Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
“With temperatures below zero, several million people without a power supply, without heating and without water, it is obviously a crime against humanity,” the head of state lashed out during his brief statement before the Security Council through a link from video during an emergency meeting. he himself had asked.
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