What happened in the last few hours

On the 291st day of the war launched by Russia against Ukraine, here are the key data at 8:00 p.m. this Sunday, December 11:

Ukraine denounces that all thermal and hydroelectric power stations in the country have been damaged. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal denounced on Sunday that the successive waves of Russian attacks against the country’s electrical installations have caused damage to all thermal and hydroelectric power stations in Ukraine. Moreover, according to the Ukrinform agency, Shmyhal reported that 40% of the high-voltage network in Ukraine is damaged in various ways.

Two dead and five injured in Russian shelling in Kherson, says kyiv. At least two people died and five others were injured in Russian shelling of Kherson province in southern Ukraine, its governor reported on Sunday. “The enemy again attacked the residential areas of Kherson,” Yaroslav Yanushevich said on his Telegram account. According to him, among the goals achieved are a maternity hospital, a cafe and residential buildings.

Port of Odessa suspends activity after attacks on electricity infrastructure. The port of Odessa suspended its activity on Sunday after the latest attacks on the electricity infrastructure in the region, as announced by the Minister of Agriculture, Mikola Solski. The other two ports included in the agreement for the export of grain, Chornomorsk and Pivdennyi, remain partially operational.

Zelensky appreciates Erdogan’s support for his grain export plan and opens the possibility of expanding it. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by telephone with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the possible extension of the agreements that the two countries concluded in July for the export of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea ports. . Zelenski, via his Twitter account, thanked the Turkish president for his support for his “Grain from Ukraine” plan and opened the door to a “potential extension” of the grain corridor. Hours earlier, Erdogan had discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin the possibility of including other products on the list of exports from Ukrainian ports.

Erdogan discusses with Putin the possibility of exporting other products via the Black Sea grain corridor. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke by telephone with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin about the start of work to export other food products and raw materials across the Black Sea via the Black Sea Corridor created for cereals. The two presidents also discussed bilateral relations between Ankara and Moscow, as well as energy and the fight against terrorism, according to a press release issued by the Turkish presidency on Sunday.

More than 80,000 Ukrainians have fled to the United States since April. More than 80,000 Ukrainians have taken refuge in the United States since April, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service reported on Sunday, most of them having done so through a program in which Ukrainians are allowed to live and work in the country for 18 months. as long as they have a sponsor who guarantees them financial support. US authorities have certified 177,000 people that they have the means to provide such assistance.

In photo by Shannon Shapleton, for Reuters, a woman carries firewood in the town of Liman in Donetsk province, recently taken over by Ukraine and which Moscow is seeking to retake.