► For Donald Trump, the “priority” is to resolve the Ukrainian conflict
US President-elect Donald Trump said his priority would be to “resolve the Ukraine problem with Russia”among the multiple crises underway in the world, in an interview with the French magazine Paris Match published Wednesday December 10.
“The priority is to resolve the Ukraine problem with Russia. These two countries are suffering incredible human losses. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers are killed »Donald Trump told the weekly on Saturday during his visit to Paris for the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral.
“The Middle East is also a big priority, but I think it is a less difficult situation to manage than Ukraine and Russia”he clarified.
Donald Trump, who will take office on January 20, has long asserted that once in power, he would end “24 hours” to the conflict which has lasted for almost three years, raising concerns in Ukraine, which fears being pushed into making significant territorial concessions to Russia in exchange for peace.
► Russian companies damaged by Ukrainian drones and missiles
Two industrial companies were damaged overnight by Ukrainian drones and missiles in the Russian regions of Rostov and Bryansk, bordering Ukraine, Russian authorities said.
“Last night, the town of Taganrog, in the Rostov region, suffered a missile attack. An industrial company was damaged »indicated the governor of the region.
“A boiler room was damaged on Tsiolkovsky Street. Currently, there is no heating in 27 buildings”specified for her part the mayor of Taganrog. Fourteen Ukrainian drones were also intercepted and destroyed over the Bryansk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a press release.
► The death toll from the strike on Zaporizhzhia rises to 7 dead
A Russian strike carried out on Tuesday on Zaporizhia, in southern Ukraine, left seven dead and 22 injured, according to a new report provided by the authorities, while rescuers are still trying to find survivors under the rubble.
The strike, which destroyed a private clinic and an office building, is the latest in a series of attacks that have intensified in southern Ukraine, reinforcing fears of a new Russian offensive in the region.
According to preliminary data, 20 residential buildings and three non-residential buildings were damaged, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said on Telegram.
Zaporizhia is one of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow has claimed to annex in 2022, without fully controlling it.
