Energy supply is becoming more and more the focus of military operations in Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is hoping for help from the EU to restore the energy grid, which has been badly damaged by Russian attacks, before the start of winter. “We will do everything we can to provide people with electricity and heat this winter,” he promised in his daily video speech in the evening. With regard to the grain agreement suspended by Russia, the United Nations have announced that shipping traffic in the Black Sea will be suspended for the time being.
The reports from the 252nd day of the war in the stern live blog:
