Russia, which continues its military invasion of Ukraine, has repeatedly attacked infrastructure facilities such as power plants, resulting in serious power shortages in various places.
Regarding the series of attacks, Russian President Vladimir Putin justified that ``we took an unavoidable response to the provocations of Ukraine,'' and there are concerns about further attacks.
In Ukraine, since October, the Russian military has repeatedly launched missile attacks targeting energy-related infrastructure facilities such as power plants, and there is a serious power shortage in various places, including the capital Kyiv.
The state-run power company said there was a 27% shortfall in power demand as of November 30, with power outages occurring intermittently in some districts of Kyiv, and an auto repair shop in the city's industrial area, which had one outage. There are power outages of at least 4 hours a day.
Under these circumstances, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Scholz on the 2nd.
According to the German Chancellery, the meeting lasted an hour, and Chancellor Scholz condemned the attack on civilian infrastructure facilities by Russian forces and urged an immediate diplomatic solution, including the withdrawal of Russian troops. about it.
On the other hand, according to the Russian presidential office, Putin said, "Because the Ukrainian side is carrying out provocative attacks on the bridge leading to Crimea and Russia's civilian infrastructure, we have taken unavoidable measures." is seen as justified.
The Ukrainian government is on high alert as it believes the Russian military is preparing a new missile attack targeting infrastructure facilities, and further attacks are feared.