What happened in the last few hours

On the 267th day of the war launched by Russia against Ukraine, here are the key data at 8:00 p.m. this Thursday, November 17:

The Kremlin assures that Kyiv “does not want to negotiate” and that the war must continue. Russia excludes that it is possible to negotiate with Kyiv at least in the short term. Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, joked about the Ukrainian president’s proposal to end the conflict and assured that the military campaign “is continuing and that its objectives must be achieved”. “One thing is clear, the Ukrainian side does not want to negotiate,” the Kremlin representative told reporters.

Borrell: “Until Russia withdraws, peace will not be possible.” The leader of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, admitted on Thursday that peace in Ukraine will not be possible until Russia withdraws its troops, but that Moscow has shown no sign of wanting to leave. “I fear that Russia is not ready to step down and until it does, peace will not be possible,” Borrell said. “It is Russia that must make peace possible, the aggressor must withdraw if he wants a lasting peace,” he added.

Kyiv says the scale of torture reported in Kherson is higher than in other regions. The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Ukrainian Parliament, Dimitro Lubinets, denounced this Thursday the torture recorded in the city of Kherson, liberated by Ukrainian troops last week. “I have never seen such a scale and I have personally visited all the torture centers in different regions of Ukraine. The scale is just terrible,” he said.

Seven dead in attack on residential building in Zaporizhia. Seven people died in last night’s attack on a residential building in Vilnyansk, on the outskirts of the provincial capital of Zaporizhia, as reported by the deputy chief of staff of the Ukrainian presidency, Kirilo Timoshenko, via his account Telegram. .

Ukraine suffers a massive power outage across the country due to Russian bombing. The effect of Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure is already massive across Ukraine. In a city like Odessa, the electricity supply has been virtually interrupted for three days and only the use of generators provides light for a few hours of the day. To the interruption of the electricity supply are now added the limitations of mobile telephony. Coverage is regularly lost and internet connection with data has stopped working.

Electricity, shelter and medicine, EU aid priorities for Ukraine. The European Union (EU) The distribution of electric generators and help to repair local energy networks, winter shelters and medical aid have been marked as priorities in its humanitarian aid to Ukraine, at a time when the cold and the attacks begin to worsen. The Russians are focused on destroying civilian infrastructure. The strategy is part of the aid the EU has been preparing for some time to meet Ukraine’s needs during the winter, the European Commission reported on Thursday.

Russia and the United States will discuss nuclear disarmament in two weeks at a meeting in Cairo. Russia and the United States will discuss nuclear disarmament in Cairo from November 29 to December 6 within the framework of the bilateral commission on the new START or START III treaty, as Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei said on Thursday. Ryabkov. “We still have contacts with the Americans, including within the framework of the so-called bilateral commission on the START treaty. A meeting will be held in Cairo from November 29 to December 6,” he said on RTVi television channel.

In the photo by Sergei Chuzavkov, for Europa Press, a bus stop in a district of Kyiv in virtual darkness.