Ukraine rejects talks, promises not to give up 'a single centimetre' to Russia in east

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Some 4 million people in Ukraine are without power in 14 regions, including the capital Kyiv. Read more at straitstimes.com.

KYIV - Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday 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.

“The activity of the occupiers remains at an extremely high level - dozens of attacks every day,” Mr Zelensky said. “They are suffering extraordinarily high losses. But the order remains the same - to advance on the administrative boundary of Donetsk region. We will not yield a single centimetre of our land.”in late September, seven months after invading its neighbour. Moscow has said it will not negotiate over territory it claims.

Since Russia announced the annexations, Mr Zelensky has said that Kyiv would never negotiate as long as Mr Vladimir Putin was Russian president.Ukrainian forces have been on the offensive in recent months, while Russia is regrouping to defend areas of Ukraine it still occupies, having called up hundreds of thousands of reservists over the past month.

“On 7th November, a convoy of trucks passed over the dam of the Kakhova hydroelectric station loaded with home appliances and building materials,” the statement said.In an area near the city of Beryslav, Russian forces “blew up a power line and took equipment from a solar power station”. This involved installing concrete barriers known as “dragon’s teeth” to stop tanks, including near Mariupol in the south to help safeguard Russia’s “land bridge” to occupied Crimea even if Moscow loses other territory.

 

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