Recognition of Holodomor as genocide by European Parliament, strike at Kherson city center: today's highlights

Shelling of Nikopol Raion of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Russian occupation troops shelled Nikopol Raion of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the afternoon of December 15. This was reported by the head of Nikopol District State Administration Yevhen Yevtushenko.

According to him, the town of Marhanets and Chervonohryhorivska community suffered the most. Russian troops fired from the area around Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Yevtushenko said.

Three people aged 16 to 38 were injured as a result of the shelling. One man born in 1957 died.

Zaluzhnyi does not rule out possible attempt of Russians to attack Kyiv

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi admits the possibility of another attempt by the Russian occupation troops to capture the capital of Ukraine. He said this in an interview with The Economist.

“We estimate that they (Russians — ed.) have a reserve of 1.2-1.5 million people. The Russians are preparing about 200 thousand fresh troops. I have no doubt that they will have another go at Kyiv,” he said.

According to Zaluzhnyi, Russian mobilization has worked. He called it untrue that the problems with equipping the mobilized are so serious.

European Parliament recognized Holodomor as a genocide of the Ukrainian people

The European Parliament adopted a resolution recognizing the famine in Ukraine in the 1930s as a genocide of the Ukrainian people. It is reported by Ukrinform.

In the adopted document, the European Parliament recognizes that the Holodomor, the artificial famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine, was caused by the deliberate actions of the Soviet regime and was a genocide against the people of Ukraine.

The European Parliament stated that the whitewashing and glorification of the totalitarian Soviet regime and the revival of the cult of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin have led to Russia being a state sponsor of terrorism today.

Occupants struck at the center of Kherson

Russian occupation troops struck at the center of Kherson, 100 meters from the building of Kherson Regional Military Administration. This was reported by Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko.

The regional center of emergency and disaster medicine reported that a 32-year-old paramedic and a 70-year-old man were killed, Suspilne writes. As noted, the Russian shell hit the place where the medical and humanitarian aid distribution point is located.

Furthermoe, according to the center, two people were injured as a result of the shelling. The head of Kherson Regional Military Administration said that Kherson was completely de-energized due to enemy shelling.

An oil refinery caught fire in Siberia

In Angarsk, Irkutsk region of Russia, in eastern Siberia, a fire broke out at night on the territory of an oil refinery. Because of this, two people died and 5 more were injured. This was reported by the governor of the region Igor Kobzev.

The fire broke out at the industrial site of the Angarsk Petrochemical Company, one of the largest enterprises in Russia for the processing and production of petroleum products. The fire covered an area of 2500 square meters.