DIRECT. War in Ukraine: electricity restored in Kherson, pro-Russian forces assure

The Russian news agency Ria reports that Turkey has started paying for Russian gas deliveries in rubles. Remember that Russia and Turkey recently agreed that 25% of Russian deliveries should be paid in rubles.

Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, wonders about the topics of discussion that would put on the table those who ask for negotiations with Russia. “A question a peacekeepers : what do you mean with negotiations ? The terms of the Russian ultimatum are known: we come with tanks, we admit defeat and loss of territories. This is unacceptable. So what to talk about? Unless you hide the term give up behind that of colonization. “

Ukrainian authorities announce that they have killed more than 700 Russians in 24 hours, 710 to be precise. In total, 77,170 soldiers have died since the start of the war. The Ukrainian administration also claims that its army destroyed 2,786 tanks, 278 aircraft, 260 helicopters, 5654 armored vehicles, 1,791 pieces of artillery or 1,476 drones.

Pro-Russian authorities in the annexed region of Donetsk announce that Ukraine has just carried out bombings on the cities of Donetsk and Horlivka. Three bullets would have targeted the first, 16 the second.

Lesia Vasylenko, a parliamentarian of the Ukrainian opposition, present in Paris on Tuesday, told franceinfo that the Russians “continue to make life in Ukraine unlivable” by using energy “as a weapon of war”. “It is a strategy that the Russians pursue to destroy everything that gives us the strength to be Ukrainians and to continue fighting for our freedom, our independence. “

Pro-Russian authorities announce the restoration of electricity in Kherson, a city in southeastern Ukraine. The deputy head of the regional administration explains, on Telegram, that “preparations for the heating season are continuing”.

Russia is said to have shot down a drone that targeted Sevastopol in the annexed Crimea region in 2014, according to Russian news agency Tass.

Traffic is disrupted in the Kharkiv metro. This city in the north-east of the country is one of the areas most affected by energy supply difficulties.

Provided the new bombings do not further damage Ukraine’s electricity system, the situation could improve significantly by the end of the week. A Ukrainian National Assembly official in charge of energy matters also points out that the duration of power outages tends to decrease. This Tuesday morning, however, organized cuts remain in progress in Kiev, for example.

The president of the Russian central bank speaks reassuringly despite the economic sanctions affecting his country. Elvira Nabiullina believes that the Russian banking system has “withstood the shocks well”. She adds that it “maintains a loan potential, a safety margin”.

Russia has launched missiles into the annexed region of Zaporizhya. One of them exploded near a farm, according to the regional governor.

Russian secret services, the FSB, say they have arrested nine people from the SBU, their Ukrainian equivalent, in the annexed region of Kherson. They would aim to reach high pro-Russian officials in this region.

In its daily update, the British Defense Ministry specifically explains that Russia is strengthening its defense of Mariupol. In particular, anti-tank structures are being built around this city in southeastern Ukraine. Mariupol is strategic in the continuity between the Russian territory and the Crimea region annexed in 2014.

The Russian Defense Ministry says soldiers sent to the front as part of the so-called partial mobilization can receive compensation in addition to pay, reports the Russian news agency Ria.

The Ukrainian army let me know which on Monday hit 17 areas where there were Russian troops and military escorts. The shootings took place in the annexed regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.

In his daily night video, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, gives, among other things, an update on the military situation. On the Telegram messaging, the Head of State explains that, “on the front, our forces are in active defense”. But he adds that this is accompanied by a “gradual retreat of the enemy in some regions of the east and south”.

North Korea’s defense ministry calls US allegations that its country is supplying artillery ammunition to Russia “unfounded”, state agency KCNA reports. “Once again we want to clarify that there has never been a arms contracts with Russia and that we do not foresee any in the future, “a senior ministry official said in a statement. More details in our article.

“US support for Ukraine will be unfailing and unwavering” whatever the outcome of the day’s legislative elections, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday.

US President Joe Biden “is determined to work with both parties,” Democrat and Republican, in this direction, he added, while Conservatives hope to take control of at least one of the two houses of Congress, the US parliament.

Welcome to this live broadcast of the 258th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Follow with us the events of the day regarding the conflict and its repercussions.