MP Dubinsky beaten in remand prison, new video of shooting of Ukrainian captives: highlights for December 2

Execution of prisoners

A new video of the Russian occupiers shooting Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered appeared online. According to DeepState, this happened near Stepove, Donetsk region, when the occupiers entered the positions of the 45th separate rifle battalion.

Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets told hromadske that he would appeal to international organizations about this. He also hopes that the intelligence will be able to physically identify the perpetrators.

Dubinsky's beating

MP Oleksandr Dubinsky, who is currently in custody in a pre-trial detention center, said that he was beaten there. An ambulance arrived at the scene. Doctors diagnosed multiple bruises and a suspected rib fracture.

The police received a report from Dubinsky's lawyer about the MP's beating. An investigative team arrived at the scene.

The vicissitudes of Poroshenko's trip abroad

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said that it had received information about the preparation of provocations in the international arena by Russian special services against Ukraine. In this context, the agency noted that Petro Poroshenko was supposed to meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, and that Russia would use this against Ukraine.

Meanwhile, the European Solidarity party said that the authorities did not allow MPs Iryna Herashchenko, Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, and Maria Ionova to enter the United States. They had scheduled meetings with American officials.

Klitschko speaks out about Zelenskyy

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in an interview with the German newspaper Spiegel that he believes Ukraine is moving toward authoritarianism and may cease to be different from Russia, where "everything depends on the whim of one person." According to Klitschko, the President's Office considers mayors to be "atavism."

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to the mayor, is now "paying for his mistakes." At the same time, he added that the president now has an important function, and "we must support him until the end of the war." But, according to Klitschko, at the end of this war, "every politician will pay for their successes or failures."

At the same time, the Swiss newspaper 20 Minuten asked Klitschko if he had ambitions to run for president in the next election. He replied that it was unwise to think about it now: "At the same time, there is already a trench war going on among our politicians in a country that is already unstable in its existence. This is just stupidity. Therefore, it would be foolish to talk about my political ambitions now."

Ukraine's potential rivals for Euro 2024 have been revealed

UEFA has drawn the group stage of the 2024 European Football Championship. Ukraine will play Belgium, Slovakia, and Romania if it manages to win a place at the Euros through the Nations League playoffs.

Meanwhile, the Cabinet of Ministers has instructed the Ministry of Sports, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and security agencies to develop a procedure for admitting spectators to stadium stands in compliance with security conditions.

New blackout at Zaporizhzhya NPP

Overnight, a complete blackout occurred at Zaporizhzhya NPP. As a result, the nuclear station switched to powering its own needs from diesel generators. This is the eighth blackout that has occurred at the occupied nuclear power plant and could have led to a nuclear disaster.

The IAEA responded to the blackout: the organization called on all parties "not to take any actions that could endanger the power plant."

New assistance from Germany

Germany has provided Ukraine with a new military aid package. It includes, among other things, drone detection systems, rifles, and laser rangefinders.

At the same time, a training course for another 70 members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to work with the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system was completed in Berlin. This is the second group of Ukrainian soldiers trained in Germany to work with this air defense system.