11/02/2022
Ukraine war in the live ticker
+++ 05:59 due to destroyed infrastructure: 1000 heating points planned in Kyiv +++
According to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, the authorities in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv are considering various scenarios for supplying the population with supplies because of the Russian attacks on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure. “The worst thing would be if there was no electricity, no water and no district heating at all,” Klitschko writes on Telegram. “In this case, we are preparing over 1,000 heating points in our city.” Sites will be equipped with generators and stocked with essentials like water.
+++ 22:12 Turkey confident: Grain agreement remains +++
Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar is confident that the UN-brokered grain deal between Russia and Ukraine will stand. There is progress on the issue, he says. Russia suspended the agreement over the weekend after attacks on the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol.
+++ 21:40 EU Commission agrees to help restore the Ukrainian energy grid +++
After a visit to Kyiv, EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson promised Ukraine help to restore the ailing energy grid: “In its war against Ukraine, Russia turned the energy sector into a battlefield. And in this battlefield, the EU is fighting alongside Ukraine.” , says the Estonian politician according to a statement by the EU Commission. The top priority is to protect millions of families in Ukraine from the cold and darkness. According to the Brussels authority, the Commission and the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy, among others, will launch a campaign in the coming days to mobilize further support from the private sector. The EU, the EU states and private companies have already supplied emergency energy equipment worth several million euros. “In view of the escalating attacks by Russia”, however, support must be increased. The EU is providing 13 million euros for the repair of laboratories at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
+++ 20:45 Boris Johnson: Putin would be crazy if he used nuclear weapons in Ukraine +++
in one Interview with Sky News Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he doesn’t think Vladimir Putin will use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine. “I don’t think he’s going to do that, he would be crazy,” Johnson said. This would mean “Russia’s immediate exit from the Club of Civilized Nations”.
You can read earlier developments surrounding the Ukraine war here.