The Nobel Peace Prize Winners Denounce Putin's War
Ukraine strikes Russian HQs in the temporary occupied areas
Day 291 (11 December)
The joint winners of the Nobel Peace Prize (from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus) were given their awards today, in in their speeches, all denounced the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.
In Melitopol and Zaporizhzhia, residents are being forced to have Russian passports, otherwise they cannot travel or cash money. This is an indication of Russia forcing the annexation and shows that they have no wish to exit and leave the temporarily occupied regions.
The EU has permitted the €18 billion aid package to Ukraine despite Hungary’s attempt to block it with its veto, to try and force the EU to release funds that they need.
The Ukrainian Prime Minister, Denys Shmyhal has stated that all of Ukraine’s thermal and hydroelectric power stations have been damaged by Russian missiles. The Ukrainians have been patching up the damage, but with a new supply of drones from Iran, it looks as if a fresh wave of attacks with target the repairs.
Macron and Zelenskyy have spoken ahead of a NATO summit and and international aid conference in Paris on 13 December 2022. Some believe that Macron still believes that this can end peacefully via negotiations, but Zelenskyy’s peace plan includes Russia leaving all the occupied areas including Crimea and the Donbas, and Putin has refused to even consider this, so negotiations are unlikely.
Russia appears to be fortifying Mariupol in light of the recent attacks in Melitopol, where the Ukrainians took out the Russian headquarters there, and they also took out the Wagner office in Luhansk.
Bulgaria joins the cause with their first military aid package to Ukraine. It’s never too late to join the side of democracy and to offer what you can.