more than 93,000 russian soldiers have been killed since the beginning of the invasion to the Ukrainian territory by the troops of Vladimir Putin on February 24, according to a Facebook post from the General Staff of the armed forces.
This Thursday a series of attacks have been generated that caused the loss of two Russian tanks, two armored vehicles combat and two artillery systems.
At least two drones, which have been used to attack Ukrainian infrastructure and residential areas of the country, were also shot down by the forces of kyiv.
60% of subscribers in the city of Kherson receiving heat supply from the local thermal power station already have heating, the Ukrainian gas supply company reported today Naftogaz.
The municipal services continue with the tasks of repairing the networks to also supply heating to the rest of the homes, says the company statement, quoted by “Ukrainska Pravda”.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Naftogaz, Oleksiy Chernyshovstressed that “despite the bombardments and constant power cuts, specialists are making titanic efforts to restore warmth to Kherson”, liberated on November 11 from Russian occupation.
“All of them risk their lives and health on a daily basis because, as is well known, energy infrastructure facilities are in the enemy’s special crosshairs,” he stressed.
He added that taking into account “the magnitude of the destruction of the networks and the general situation of the city” it is a “heroic work”, for which he thanked all the specialists and operators “who are now restoring life to the liberated city.
He stressed that due to the “significant destruction” of the networks in most of the city’s neighborhoods, it is “extremely difficult” to restore supply to all homes at once, “but the city’s public service companies are working to supply heating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week”, he reiterated.
For her part, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljarichas announced this Thursday a new round of visits to Ukrainian prisoners of war in the hands of Russia by members of the international organization to confirm their state of health and inform their families about it.
The delegates have been able to verify “the conditions in which they are being held and the treatment received by the detainees, as well as transmit their much-awaited news to their families,” according to an ICRC statement coinciding with the start of a four-day visit to Ukraine. of the president of the ICRC.
“My expectation is that these visits allow more regular access to all prisoners of war,” he has made known. spoljaric.
“To the relatives: I want you to know that your loved ones are our main priority and that we will not rest until we can visit all the prisoners of war”, added the president of the ICRC.
As it has done on other occasions, the ICRC recalls that all prisoners of war have the right to receive regular visits from delegates of the organization in accordance with the Third Geneva Convention.
“These latest visits represent important progress, but the ICRC must be given unrestricted access to meet with all prisoners of war in private and on repeated occasions, wherever they are detained,” the committee requests.
Spoljaric, he explained on his Twitter account, will spend the first day of his visit meeting with residents of Mykolaiv and Kherson and to meet the teams working in the east of the country, close to the front lines of hostilities.
(With information from EFE and Europa Press)
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