Cover image: A Ukrainian tank on a road near Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region, on November 30, 2022. ANATOLII STEPANOV / AFP
- The European Commission proposed on Wednesday to work on the creation of a special court to judge the “Crimes of Russia” in Ukraine and solutions for mobilizing frozen Russian assets to rebuild the country. “This is exactly what we have been offering for a long time”welcomed the chief of staff of the Ukrainian presidency, Andriy Yermak.
- On the ground of military operations, the Russians on Wednesday claimed the capture of three villages near Bakhmout. Moscow forces are keeping up the pressure to try to seize this city in Donetsk Oblast (East) which had 70,000 inhabitants before the war and which is now largely destroyed.
- The recently liberated city of Kherson and surrounding towns continue to be bombed, according to the city’s regional military administration. The Russian forces were particularly targeting the town of Naftohavan for “hit the power lines and the gas distribution station”, she says. The deputy chief of staff of the presidency announced on Wednesday that Kherson was 65% powered.
- According to Volodymyr Zelensky, the areas which are militarily familiar with the “main problems” are the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhia, Kherson, Crimea, and the state border. The Ukrainian president announced Wednesday evening that his country was preparing a “An even more powerful response than now” to « intentions » of the « occupants ».
- In Paris, the National Assembly affirmed on Wednesday its “fullest support” in Kyiv and condemned “the crime of aggression” of Russia towards Ukraine, in a resolution adopted by a large majority.
- Volodymyr Zelensky put the number of subscribers without electricity in Ukraine at six million on Wednesday eveningespecially in kyiv and in several regions of the country.
- Over 20,000 Ukrainian civilians and over 100,000 military personnel have been killed or injured since the start of the invasion of Ukraine in February, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
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