president putin chaired a meeting of his security council. this is unusual as security council meetings are normally held on fridays. so that s the situation in russia. inside ukraine, emergency energy shutdowns are happening across the country to stabilise its power grid. the grid s been repeatedly attacked by russian missiles. strikes on monday were russia s eighth substantial missile attack in eight weeks. this was the response from president zelensky. every russian missile shot down is concrete proof that terror can be defeated. but, unfortunately, we still cannot give complete security to our sky there were several hits. unfortunately, there are victims. as of this time, there are four people killed in russian strikes today. my condolences to their family and friends. ukraine s energy minister said critical infrastructure including power generation facilities were hit. he said amongst the worst affected areas included kyiv and odesa in the south.
russian media is reporting more drone attacks on fuel storage facilities inside russia. russia says three airfields have been targeted in three different regions two are deep inside its territory. while another attack took place at a factory in fourth region bordering ukraine. one of these attacks happened in kursk. the governor said the drone attack set an oil storage tank alight. while russia hasn t said who is behind this attack its blamed ukraine for the attacks in ryazan and sarato. here s its spokesperson. as a result of the fall and explosion of the wreckage ofjet drones at russian airfields, two aircraft was slightly damaged. three russian servicemen, who were at the airfields, were fatally wounded the airfields in ryazan and saratov are significant to russia. this is a satellite image of ryazan s airbase. it s just a few hours drive from moscow. while this is the attack at saratov s airfield home to russia s strategic bomber fleet that moscow has used to attack ukraine. withi
the going is harder and the living is harder, operations are harder, but there has been discontinuation of military operations despite the weather closing in. we are expecting something of a freeze because of the difficulty of doing things, but it is clear at this point the most will keep fighting along the lines of contact therein. ukraine or russia or both, will they develop larger offensive during this period? we imagine both sides have reserves that are being trained up on both sides will be looking at what they could best to along the front line during the winter. to could best to along the front line during the winter. could best to along the front line during the winter. to the ukrainians have the military during the winter. to the ukrainians have the military hardware - during the winter. to the ukrainians have the military hardware and - during the winter. to the ukrainians have the military hardware and the l have the military hardware and the ammunition they need to keep
heating. without power. as the temperature continues to drop in this country. remember, this is a country where the temperatures can fall to 15 or 20 in the winter fall to 15 or 20 in the winter months. most the fighting on the ground has been focused on the east in the donbas region. president zelensky visited the front line in donetsk. he described the fighting in the area as difficult with russian forces pushing to capture the city of bakhmut. a little earlier i spoke to a former british army officer. now an executive with the sibylline. across the front and executive with the sibylline. across the front and we executive with the sibylline. across the front and we know executive with the sibylline. across the front and we know it executive with the sibylline. across the front and we know it is - executive with the sibylline. across the front and we know it is winter. | the front and we know it is winter. we know it is harder. there has been discontinuation of military
drone attacks on fuel storage facilities inside russia. russia says three airfields have been targeted in three different regions two are deep inside its territory. another attack took place at a factory in fourth region bordering ukraine. one of these attacks happened in kursk. the governor said the drone attack set an oil storage tank alight. there were no casualties. while russia hasn t said who is behind this attack, it s blamed ukraine for the attacks in ryazan and sarato. here s its spokesperson. translation: as a result of the ex - losion translation: as a result of the explosion of translation: as a result of the explosion of the translation: as a result of the explosion of the drones, - translation: as a result of the explosion of the drones, two - explosion of the drones, two aircraft were slightly damaged. three russian servicemen were fatally wounded. three russian servicemen were fatally wounded. the airfields in ryazan and saratov are significant to russia. ryazan s