ukraine s president zelensky says the country has managed to restore power to almost six million people, after massive russian strikes against the electricity generating system. ukrainian officials said russia fired more than 70 missiles on friday, in one of its heaviest barrages since the invasion began in february. the attacks forced emergency blackouts, nationwide. the world cup comes to a conclusion today, as the holders, france, take on argentina. both countries have won the tournament twice in the past, but france could become the first country to win consecutive world cups since brazil in 1962. 0ur paris correspondent lucy williamson has been chatting to fans in the french capital. for french footballers, team loyalty is a way to win matches. for french fans, it s a way of life. for guillaume, practising his game near paris this week, not even argentina can shake his faith in the national side. nothing, no fear, because i know that they are the best team
after officers were called to his home in kettering on thursday morning. he ll appear before northampton magistrates tomorrow, charged with murdering 35 year old anju asok and her young children who were found at the same property. ukraine s president zelensky says the country has managed to restore power to almost six million people after massive russian strikes against the electricity generating system. ukrainian officials said russia fired more than 70 missiles on friday, in one of its heaviest barrages since the invasion began in february. the attacks forced emergency blackouts nationwide. ukraine has become the first country to pick its entry for next year s eurovision song contest. the nationalfinal was held in a metro station which had been converted into a bomb shelter in kyiv. the winners are called tvorchi and they re hoping their song, heart of steel, will repeat last s
so we ve travelled about 140 miles to make sure that we just come and pay our respects. we need to let the family know that we re all behind them every step. of the way. it s a week from christmas, and we re doing this. - it shouldn t be - happening, should it? the local football club cancelling all their matches so the whole team could come to pay their respects. tributes of flowers and balloons continuing to grow. a huge turnout, despite such bitterly cold conditions, an insight into the incredible impact that this has had on the whole community. natasha turney, bbc news, solihull. ukraine s president zelensky says the country has managed to restore power to almost six million people, after massive russian strikes against the electricity generating system. ukrainian officials said russia fired more than 70 missiles on friday, forcing emergency blackouts nationwide. hugo bachega joins us now from kyiv. hugo, what s the situation
and have we heard anything from moscow following the strikes yesterday? i think this has been the strategy for weeks, now. and the authorities in russia say that these targets of power stations, heating stations, are legitimate targets. they have been attacking those for facilities for weeks now. yesterday, the authorities here said russia had fired 76 missiles and most of them, 60 of them, were intercepted by the country s air defence. but more than a dozen hit targets across the country and we saw emergency blackouts being introduced. and i think what we re hearing from president zelensky, from top officials, is that these attacks are unlikely to stop. president zelensky, last night, said, russia still had missiles to carry out heavy strikes targeting the country s electricity infrastructure. i think the authorities are saying that this is how russia is responding to military setbacks
supplies that left millions without light, heat or water. russia fired more than 70 missiles at ukraine on friday in one of its biggest attacks since the start of the war, knocking out power in the second biggest city kharkiv, and forcing the government to bring in emergency blackouts nationwide. speaking a short while ago, ukrainian president zelenskiy said that the country had managed to restore power to almost 6 million people in the last 2a hours. translation: russia spares no resources for translation: russia spares no resources for the translation: russia spares no resources for the war translation: russia spares no resources for the war a . ainst translation: russia spares no resources for the war a . ainst our resources for the war against our people, it is specifically against all ukrainians. i am grateful to every nation and our partners who understand that such a large scale investment in terrorjust imagine more than 4000 missiles, that must be covered by an even greater s