Ukrainian offensive in Crimea leaves one victim
In annexed Crimea, the regional governor, Sergei Aksionov, said this Tuesday morning that one person was killed and two others were injured in the Ukrainian attack which targeted the port of Feodosia on Tuesday.
“Unfortunately, one person was killed and two others were injured in an enemy attack in Feodosia,” Sergei Aksionov wrote on Telegram, specifying that six buildings had also been damaged and their residents evacuated.
kyiv says it destroyed a Russian ship in the Black Sea
The Ukrainian air force claims to have destroyed a vessel from the Russian fleet in the Black Sea suspected of carrying Iranian drones used by Moscow in the conflict with kyiv. “The large landing ship Novocherkassk” was “destroyed” by the pilots of the Air Force, the Air Force said on Telegram messaging. “People say he was carrying Shaheds,” Iranian explosive drones massively used by Russia against Ukraine, this source added.
The army did not specify the location of the strike but the commander of the air force, Mykola Oleshchuk, relayed a video showing an explosion and a spray of flames at the Russian naval base of Feodosia, located on the Black Sea in occupied Crimea.
The head of the “Republic of Crimea”, Sergei Aksionov, confirmed that an attack occurred in Feodosia. “An enemy attack was carried out in the Feodossia sector. The port sector is cordoned off,” the Russian official said on Telegram, assuring that “the detonation has ended” and that “the fire is contained.” Sergei Aksionov did not specify the nature of the damage but stressed that “the inhabitants of several houses” had to be “evacuated”.
Paris denounces the new conditions of detention of Russian opponent Navalny
France denounced Monday evening the transfer of Russian opponent Alexeï Navalny to a penal colony located in the Russian Arctic, seeing it as a new violation of human rights.
“The secret kept for almost ten days by Russia on the situation of Alexei Navalny and his transfer to a particularly isolated place of detention, to cut him off even further from his loved ones while his state of health has seriously deteriorated since his incarceration, constitute unacceptable new developments and patent violations of human rights,” reacted a spokesperson for the Quai d’Orsay.
“France recalls that Russia is, under international law, entirely responsible for the health of its detainees,” also added the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Paris finally calls for the release of all political prisoners, “immediately and unconditionally, and for an end to all legal persecution against them.”
Christmas celebrations on December 25 in Ukraine
Orthodox Ukrainians celebrated Christmas for the first time on December 25, in tune with Westerners and as a sign of defiance against Russia. This festival traditionally took place on January 7, in accordance with the old Julian calendar.
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