Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced an act of Russian “terror” on Saturday, on the eve of Christmas. “In the morning, on Saturday, on Christmas Eve, in the city center. These are not military installations. This is not a war by the set rules. It’s terror, it’s killing to intimidate and (take) pleasure”, he reacted on social networks.
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From a show in an air-raid shelter to… Eurovision: here is the duo who will represent Ukraine in the next contest (VIDEO)
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The song as well as the band’s performance on stage contained references to the ongoing war in the country for several months. Dancers wore gas masks while nuclear alarm signals were visible in the background.
Singer Jeffery Kenny and keyboardist Andrew Hutsuliak thanked Ukrainians for their support. “We didn’t expect to win, but we want to thank everyone who has supported us, who listens to our music and who fights on the front lines.”
The Kalush Orchestra won the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in May with the song “Stefania”. It was therefore up to Ukraine to host the next edition of the competition but due to the Russian invasion, the event will finally be organized in Liverpool in the United Kingdom.
Ukraine has been participating in the Eurovision Song Contest since 2003 and has already won three times. This makes it one of the top performing countries in the contest.
Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC received nearly 400 applications this year, of which 10 were selected for Saturday’s live show.
War in Ukraine: more than 60 appeals filed by Russian oligarchs and companies with the CJEU
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According to documents published on the Court’s website, oligarchs Grigori Berezkin and Gennady Timchenko are seeking compensation for “immaterial damage” suffered as a result of European sanctions.
Mr. Berezkin invokes “serious damage to his reputation”, while there is “no material link between him and Russian policy in Ukraine”. He further claims that he does not support the Russian government and seeks symbolic damages of one euro.
Residing in Switzerland, Mr. Timchenko is claiming one million euros. He accuses the European Union of an “error in judgement” regarding its association with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The European Union reacted Friday to the escalation of violence on the Ukrainian front with new sanctions targeting the Russian economy and the military-industrial complex of Vladimir Putin’s regime. Russian media broadcast licenses will also be suspended once more. This is the ninth round of sanctions imposed on Russia.
The sanctions list now has 1,500 names, following the addition of 190 people or entities on Friday. These include senior army officers, magistrates, oligarchs, politicians and local administrators.
War in Ukraine: “On Friday, President Putin spent the whole day at the headquarters of the forces involved in the special military operation”
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The Russian Head of State notably “held a meeting” there with the participation of the Minister of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, and the Chief of the Russian General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, and “had separate meetings with the commanders” of the various branches of the army involved in the operation, according to the same source.
“I would like to hear your proposals on our actions in the short and medium term,” said Mr. Putin, during the meeting, extracts from which were broadcast on Saturday by Russian public television.
The announcement comes as Ukraine was targeted on Friday by new Russian missile strikes that caused power cuts across the country, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Faced with a series of military setbacks this fall, Russia, which launched an offensive in Ukraine at the end of February, has opted since October for a tactic of massive strikes targeting Ukraine’s electricity networks and transformers.