Volodymyr Zelenskiy calls on UN Security Council to act after most recent attacks; EU leaders fail to agree on top price of Russian oil
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy suggested the United Nations Security Council act against Russia over airstrikes on civilian infrastructure that have plunged Ukrainian cities into darkness and bloodlessness as winter approaches. Nuclear plant closures and water and power cuts in many places.
Neighboring Moldova said it experienced major force cuts caused by the missile barrage and its pro-EU president, Maia Sandu, accused Russia of leaving his country “in the dark. “
European Union governments failed to reach agreement on Wednesday on the point at which to limit the costs of Russian oil transported by sea as part of the G7 timetable and will resume talks, European diplomats said. Earlier on Thursday, EU representatives met in Brussels. The move is a component of sanctions designed to diminish Moscow’s profits from its oil exports so that it has less cash to finance the invasion of Ukraine.
U. N. political affairs leader Rosemary DiCarlo told the U. N. Security Council on Wednesday that the exchange of 35 Russian and 36 Ukrainian prisoners is a positive progression amid “grim news” of Russian moves in Ukraine. DiCarlo encouraged the parties to seek the release of prisoners and respect foreign humanitarian law. with regard to prisoners of war, Reuters reports.
A Russian court on Wednesday extended by six months the detention of opposition leader Ilya Yashin, who faces 10 years in prison for denouncing President Vladimir Putin’s aggression against Ukraine. repression of dissent in Russia, with activists of the highest opposition in prison or in exile. He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
The Kremlin said Wednesday it believed in the “good fortune” of its offensive in Ukraine. “There is no doubt about the long-term and good fortune of the special operation,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on a stopover in Armenia, employing the Moscow official. term to describe Russia’s assault, France Press Agency reports.
European cities have been asked to send spare turbines to Ukraine to help the country weather the winter in the face of Russia’s attacks on electricity infrastructure. Ukraine’s power grid bombed when European Parliament President Roberta Metsola called for turbines in Ukraine.