Blinkin says Russia is trying to subdue Ukrainians by ‘freezing them’

Blinkin says Russia is trying to subdue Ukrainians by ‘freezing them’

Kyiv | The United States on Friday accused Russia of wanting to “freeze” the Ukrainian population this winter because it could not win on the battlefield, as Vladimir Putin announced the continued displacement of residents of the southern Kherson region in the face of pressure from the Kyiv army. .

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Ukraine denounced the policy of “deportation” to the east of its territory under Russian control, even to Russia itself, and called the international community to witness.

The latter doubled down on initiatives on the same day to try to force Moscow to halt its offensive, from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who called on Chinese President Xi Jinping to use his “influence” in this sense on the Kremlin, at the G7 meeting in Münster (Germany) that reiterated its unwavering support for Kiev.

Authorities say heating is guaranteed

The G7 foreign ministers notably agreed to create a “coordination mechanism” to help Ukraine “repair and defend” electricity and water supply facilities that have been extensively bombed in recent weeks by the Russians.

It will also relate to the connection of water pumps, heaters, housing containers, toilets, beds, blankets or tents.

Because Russia is trying to compensate for its military defeats in Ukraine by targeting critical infrastructure to subjugate that country by “freezing” its population during the colder months, according to an estimate on the occasion of the G7 meeting, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

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However, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Chmygal wanted to be reassuring: “We are preparing for all scenarios. We are stockpiling power generation equipment in case of emergency,” he explained on Friday.

“Today there is heating in half of the buildings throughout Ukraine. These are schools, kindergartens, hospitals, apartment buildings (…) In Kyiv, 78% of the buildings are currently heated,” said Mr. Shmygal.

There are sufficient reserves in underground gas deposits. 14.5 billion cubic meters of gas were accumulated. Given the expected external deliveries, these quantities will be sufficient to continue the season “where heating is essential, according to the head of government.

We have already received 700 generators from (foreign) donors. Mr. Schmigal said: “Another 900 will be delivered soon by them.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will intensify its actions in Ukraine with the aim of enabling farmers to continue producing despite the conflict.

Fighting in the East

At the same time, the “most violent” battles continued after they “concentrated this week in the Donbass (east), in Bakhmout and Soledar,” as confirmed in the evening by President Volodymyr Zelensky.

But he stressed, “We are holding our positions,” insisting on the heavy losses, according to him, in the ranks of the Russians.

Meanwhile, the Russian occupiers fired three missiles and carried out five air strikes and two multiple rocket launchers, on the regions of Lviv (west), Kharkiv (northeast), Dnipropetrovsk (central) and Zaporizhia (south). Staff of the Ukrainian forces.

Faced with this situation, the West continues to provide comprehensive military aid to Ukraine: the United States will finance the modernization of T-72 tanks and HAWK surface-to-air missiles as part of about $400 million.

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“We recognize the critical need for anti-aircraft defense at this critical time when Russian and Russian forces rain Iranian missiles and drones on Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure,” Kyiv adviser Jake Sullivan said on the subject Friday. National Security US President Joe Biden.

“More than 5000” displaced daily

On the Red Square on the occasion of National Unity Day, the Russian President did not deviate from his usual speech.

“By constantly supplying arms to Ukraine, sending mercenaries there,” the Westerners “prefer their own geopolitical goals that have nothing to do with the interests of the Ukrainian people”; This is also aimed at “weakening, disintegrating and destroying Russia,” Putin said.

And about the ongoing evacuation of residents from southern Ukraine, he said that “those who are currently living in Kherson” should be “away from the most dangerous combat zones”.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry responded that “the Russian occupation administration has started mass forced displacement of the population of this region,” stressing that “similar displacement operations are also taking place in other provinces.

Last week, the Russians announced that 70,000 residents of Kherson and its region were transferred to the left bank of the Dnieper, where Moscow better controls the situation.

But the Russian Defense Ministry announced Friday that these population movements are continuing at a rate of “more than 5,000” people per day.

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