As the war in Ukraine enters its tenth month, the situation is improving in Kherson. In fact, 85% of homes should have electricity, announced the governor of the oblast Yaroslav Yanouchevych. In a second step, the water should also be replenished again. Finally, peace seems to be getting further and further away for Irina Chtcherbakova, co-founder of the Russian human rights NGO Memorial. “I am absolutely convinced that there is no diplomatic solution with the Putin regime, as long as it is still there,” she said.
What you must remember :
- Power has reportedly been restored to 8 out of 10 homes in Kherson.
- Winner of the Christmas Peace Prize 2022, the Russian Irina Chtcherbakova has ruled out a diplomatic solution for Ukraine and Russia
In Estonia, the army is growing under the Russian threat
What if Estonia was Vladimir Putin’s next goal? In any case, this is what the Baltic state, a member of NATO, is preparing for, while the war in Ukraine is raging. Every month, new volunteers, civilians or former military, join the Estonian Defense League.
An armed force of 3,000 men who would fight a possible Russian attack. It is with them that 185 French soldiers and 90 British soldiers trained this weekend, just 2h30 by road from the Russian border. Temperature ? It is close to -10 degrees. And they played a special role, since they immersed themselves in the skin of the invaders to challenge the Estonian resistance.
Electricity gradually restored in Kherson
Households in Kherson would be largely replenished with electricity, reports Kherson Oblast Governor Yaroslav Yanushevich. In all, he advances the return of electricity to 85% of homes, or nearly 113,000 consumers. On Saturday, a report described the critical situation regarding Russian bombing damage: “The Russians bombed Kherson (and) damaged the power grids.”
No, there is “no diplomatic solution” to the war in Ukraine
There is currently “no diplomatic solution” to the war in Ukraine, said Sunday Irina Chtcherbakova, who co-founded the Russian human rights NGO Memorial, dissolved by the authorities and winner of the prize. Nobel Peace Prize 2022. “I am absolutely convinced that there is no diplomatic solution with the Putin regime, as long as it is still there”, declared in Hamburg Irina Chtcherbakova, who left Russia after invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces and currently resides in Germany.
“The solution that presents itself now is a military solution”, even if diplomacy can later play a role in resolving the conflict, estimated Irina Chtcherbakova, who received the Marion Doenhoff prize in Hamburg for her years of activism in Russia. in the service of the cause of human rights. “But these decisions, this diplomacy can only be taken when Ukraine feels that it has won the war and can put an end to it,” she said. According to the Russian activist, premature calls for peace are “childish”. “Nothing will ever be the same again,” she said.
Ukraine: hundreds of localities still without electricity
More than 500 Ukrainian localities were still without electricity on Sunday, following Russian strikes in recent weeks which have largely damaged the national electricity grid, said a representative of the Ministry of the Interior.
“The enemy continues to attack the critical infrastructure of the country. Currently, 507 localities in eight regions of our country are cut off from the power supply,” Yevgeniy Yenin, first deputy interior minister, told Ukrainian television. . In detail, “the Kharkiv region is the most affected, where 112 villages are isolated; in the Donetsk and Kherson regions: more than 90; the Mykolaiv region: 82; the Zaporizhia region: 76; the Lugansk: 43,” he said.