Ukraine appeared to soften its denials that the missile parts that killed two Polish farmers could have come from its air defenses. So many missiles were fired both by Russia and Ukraine in western Ukraine during the Russian attack on Ukrainian infrastructure last Tuesday that the parts which hit Poland could have been of either Russian or Ukrainian origin, Ukraine’s air force spokesman Yuriy Ignat said Friday.
Ukraine live briefing: Kyiv braces for emergency blackouts; Ukraine says missile parts could have entered Poland amid chaos
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told reporters Friday that around half of Ukraine’s energy system is down as a result of Russian strikes, and that Kyiv, the capital, would see emergency blackouts over the weekend, according to local media reports. In Ukraine, as winter sets in and the season’s first snow fell in Kyiv, “more than 10 million Ukrainians are without electricity,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a nightly address late Thursday.
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4. From our correspondents
Russians fleeing Ukraine war seek success in Dubai: The cosmopolitan emirate in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates has long positioned itself as a haven for global wealth and finance. Now, the UAE’s decision not to join Western sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine has made Dubai a new hub for fortune-seeking Russians, who see much of the rest of the world closed to them, writes Brian Rohan for The Washington Post.
Many are choosing Dubai for its high living standards, low taxes and easy visa requirements, telling The Post they don’t face “Russophobia” as they do elsewhere.
“I see no reason to defend my homeland when no one attacked it,” said one emigre, Sergei Tulinov, 35, a tattoo artist from Kaliningrad who sold his business and moved to Dubai shortly after Russia announced a partial military mobilization in September. According to the property brokerage Betterhomes, Russians were the largest single group of nonresident buyers from July to September this year.
Helier Cheung, Amar Nadhir and Francesca Ebel contributed to this report.
Source: WP
