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According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia on Wednesday fired about 70 cruise missiles at Ukraine, 51 of which were shot down, and sent five suicide drones.
They targeted strategic infrastructure as winter temperatures set in.
"With temperatures below zero, several million people without energy supply, without heating and without water, this is obviously a crime against humanity", castigated Volodymyr Zelensky during a brief statement. , during an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council that he himself had called for.
The French ambassador to the UN, Nicolas Rivière, described the Russian strikes as a "manifest violation of international humanitarian law" and reaffirmed France's support for Ukraine during this Security Council.
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that the Kremlin had no doubts about the "success" of its offensive in Ukraine, despite the setbacks of recent months on the ground.
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6:42 a.m .: Three “disconnected” nuclear power plants
Following Wednesday's strikes, three nuclear power plants were "disconnected" from the electricity grid, without causing any consequences on the level of radiation at this stage.
The supply of that of Zaporozhye, occupied by the Russians, was stopped.
6:30 a.m .: kyiv castigates “cowardly war of terror against civilians”
On Wednesday, Russian forces once again targeted strategic infrastructure as winter temperatures set in.
“Unable to win in a fair fight with the Ukrainian army, Russia is waging a cowardly war of terror against civilians,” denounced the head of Ukrainian diplomacy Dmytro Kouleba.
“Russian terror will fail.
Ukraine will win”.
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As winter approaches, the situation is particularly difficult for civilians.
Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure on Wednesday led to massive power and water cuts, especially in the capital kyiv.
Before the UN, Volodymyr Zelensky called this Moscow strategy a "crime against humanity"
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