Did you miss the latest events on the war in Ukraine? 20 minutes takes stock for you every evening at 7:30 p.m. Between the strong declarations, the advances on the front and the results of the battles, here are the main points of the day.
The fact of the day
Fighting rages along the Dnieper River. “In the Kherson sector, on the right bank of the Dnieper (controlled by the Ukrainians) and during an attempted landing on an island, the adversary lost more than 460 soldiers killed or wounded, two tanks and 17 vehicles” , indicated the Russian Ministry of Defense, which assures to inflict heavy losses on the Ukrainians.
On this left bank occupied by the Russians, Ukraine has succeeded in installing bridgeheads. The army reported “heavy fighting” in the area but claims success. This is the first success claimed by Ukraine in its counter-offensive since the recapture of the village of Robotyné in August, in the southern region of Zaporizhia.
Sentence of the day
More than 17,600 consumers remain without electricity” in the Kharkiv region alone
This is the observation made on Friday by the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy. Like last winter, thousands of Ukrainians are without electricity in areas of the south and east of the country close to the front line following Russian strikes on energy infrastructure.
In the South, bombings have plunged more than 28,000 consumers into darkness in the city of Kherson, shelled by the Russian army almost daily, and around 3,000 others in its region.
The number of the day
200,000. Like the number of tonnes of wheat promised by Russia to certain African countries before the New Year. The first countries to benefit from this free delivery of cereals are Burkina Faso and Somalia, which will receive 25,000 tonnes of wheat, according to the Minister of Russian Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev.
Today’s trend
The idyll continues between Moscow and Pyongyang. A Russian official called on Friday for a “strengthening on all levels” of relations between Moscow and Pyongyang, after a two-day visit to North Korea, in full rapprochement between the two countries.
“Our state of mind is to strengthen ties with North Korea on all levels. The goals set by Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin will be achieved,” said Russian Minister of Natural Resources Alexander Kozlov during his visit to North Korea.