• 8 a.m.: snow expected in kyiv, electricity supply still disrupted

Heavy snowfall is expected in Kyiv and temperatures are expected to remain freezing day and night, while millions of residents in and around the Ukrainian capital have limited access to electricity and heating.

The national electricity grid operator, Ukrenergo, announced on Saturday that electricity production would only be able to cover three-quarters of consumption needs, and that restrictions and cuts in supply would be necessary across the country. .

Sergei Kovalenko, the operations director of Yasno, the company that supplies electricity to Kyiv, said the situation had improved in the city, but remained "quite complicated".

He explained that residents would benefit from access to electricity for four hours each day.

  • 7:30 a.m.: military operations slowed down by bad weather

Poor weather conditions at the front have slowed the pace of military operations in recent days, according to the latest report from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) in Washington.

The ISW ensures that the armed forces, which have to deal with heavy rains and muddy ground, are slowed down in their progress.

But this situation should not last: the pace of operations could indeed accelerate again in the coming weeks thanks to the drop in temperatures and the freezing of the ground.

However, the ISW says it is unclear "whether either side is currently planning a major offensive or counter-offensive" in Ukraine.

  • 7 a.m.: Ukraine launches grain export program to poor countries in Africa

On the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor, the great famine orchestrated by the Stalinist regime in the 1930s, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky launched the "Grain from Ukraine" program, a plan to export grain to countries the poorest in Africa.

"We plan to send at least 60 ships from Ukrainian ports to countries most at risk of famine and drought," the Ukrainian president said.

Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he had raised $150 million from more than 20 countries and the European Union to export to Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia and even Yemen.

In a video message broadcast during this summit, Emmanuel Macron promised 6 million euros in additional aid for Ukrainian cereal exports, vital for the supply of many countries in Africa and Asia.

The French president also recalled the memory of the "huge tragedy" of the famine of the 1930s.

"From yesterday to today, the Ukrainian nation shows its determination and commands our admiration," said the French president.

"Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine... threatens the world with a food crisis."

  • 6:30 a.m.: Russian shelling kills at least 32 in Kherson since liberation

At least 32 people have been killed in Russian shelling of the Kherson region in southern Ukraine since the withdrawal of pro-Moscow forces two weeks ago, the local police chief said on Saturday.

"Daily Russian shelling is destroying the city and killing peaceful residents. In total, Russia has killed 32 civilians in the Kherson region since the disoccupation," National Police Chief Ihor Klymenko said in a Facebook post.

(With Reuters and AFP)

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