KYIV (HRNW) – Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday (Nov 8) night said his forces would not yield “a single centimetre” in fighting for control of eastern Donetsk region after earlier insisting that restoration of Ukrainian territory and compensation from Russia were conditions under which peace talks could take place.
In a video address, Zelensky also said that around 4 million people were without power in 14 regions plus the capital Kyiv, but on a stabilisation rather than an emergency basis.
Russian missile and drone attacks have targeted Ukraine s energy infrastructure in the past few weeks as winter approaches when mean temperatures typically drop to several degrees below zero Celsius and lows of -20 Celsius.
The focal points of the conflict in the industrial region of Donetsk are around the towns of Bakhmut, Soledar and Avdiivka, the theatre of the heaviest fighting in the country.
“The activity of the occupiers remains at an extremely high level – dozens of attacks every day,” Zelensky said.