At least 10 people were killed in Kherson and more than 50 injured in Russian attacks, according to the Ukrainian regional governor.The head of the Kherson region, Yaroslav Yanushevych, said on Telegram that after Kherson Oblast was shelled “54 times” on Thursday.In the city, Yanushevych said: “The Russians targeted private and apartment buildings, a shipyard, a building on the school grounds, and gas pipes. The enemy also shelled the following settlements in the district: Zelenivka, Chornobayivka, and Stepanivka.”
“Unfortunately, we have victims among the civilian population. The Russians killed 10 residents of the Kherson region, and another 54 people were injured of varying degrees of severity,” he added.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told Western allies that Russia is using winter as a weapon after recent attacks on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure have left much of the country without heat or water.
But the EU fears that the drop in temperature and the lack of heating will force many to leave their homes and migrate to Europe for safety.
More Ukrainians are being displaced by a wave of Russian bombardments, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies reports.
“We expect an increase of population movement in the next few months,” said Violaine des Rosiers, the humanitarian group’s operations manager in the Ukrainian capital. “We are already seeing in Kyiv, the city is emptying.”
The UN’s refugee organisation said it is not seeing an increase in the number of refugees crossing the border out of Ukraine. It said 4.7 million refugees have left Ukraine for neighbouring countries so far.
President Vladimir Putin has met with mothers of Russian soldiers fighting on the front line and warned them that the media, including the internet, is full of “fakes”.He promised he would not forget the incomparable suffering of mothers who had lost sons in the nearly 10-month-old conflict.
Russia-focused oil and gas producer Petroneft Resources is considering options, including a full or partial sale of the company’s assets following difficult operating conditions due to the Ukraine conflict.
It said that the drilling of up to five development wells at Petroneft’s Cheremshanskoye field in Russia had been delayed for the foreseeable future because of the inability to secure financing.The company, listed both in London’s junior market and in Dublin, also said the firm’s accountant, BDO, intends to resign in the wake of Western sanctions against Russia.
European government representatives will resume talks over the level of a price cap on Russian oil on Friday evening, a diplomat told the Reuters news agency.
The diplomat, who declined to be identified, said it was not clear at present how many positions have converged.
On Thursday, European Union governments remained split over the level at which to cap Russian oil prices to curb Moscow’s ability to pay for its war in Ukraine without causing a global oil supply shock.
