Wira Davis
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and also the city of Krivyi Rih in the center of Ukraine and here in Kiev in the capital.
So another night of intense Russian attacks using drones, missiles, even cruise missiles reportedly.
But particularly, says the Ukrainian government, Russia seems to be targeting Ukraine's critical infrastructure, things like power stations, port facilities, gas distribution points.
And all of this, of course, is the aim is to weaken not just Ukrainian resolve, but actually weaken the power supply, energy supplies, electricity supplies across the country.
And this is coupled with a very, very severe winter here in Ukraine.
Here in Kiev, temperatures today are well below minus 10 degrees centigrade.
So, you know, with power outages, shortages of some basics and with the cold, it makes things very difficult for the residents of the city.
Well, the front in the winter doesn't tend to change much on the ground because of the severe conditions on the ground, but both sides are attacking each other.
It must be said that Ukraine also seems to be targeting key Russian infrastructure in Russian cities close to the border, particularly oil depots and other points where Russian weaponry or energy facilities may be kept.
here in Kyiv is that many parts of the city, particularly on the left flank of the river Dnipro, which runs through the city, thousands of homes are left without energy, without electricity.
Critical infrastructure like hospitals and schools have to be provided with diesel generators, and sometimes there aren't even enough of those to go around.
So, you know, the battle is being fought mainly in the air at the minute, but the impact on the ground in cities like Kyiv is quite distressing for many people.
What we saw today, both on the Israeli side and here in occupied Palestinian territories, were joyful scenes as families were reunited with their loved ones. At one stage, it looked like it might not happen because of Israeli government anger about the way the hostages were handed over in Gaza.
They had threatened to delay, even postpone, the release of these 110 prisoners, but it eventually happened. It did happen here in the early evening and then it was slightly delayed for more, I suppose, acceptable reasons when thousands of people who had come to meet these prisoners flooded the streets of Ramallah and stopped the buses reaching their destination.
But when they did, many of the prisoners, about 60 of them, were released into Ramallah, came off and were given a hero's welcome. Among them was one man who'd been arrested more than 20 years ago He'd never even been able to hug or kiss his youngest daughter because her mother was pregnant with her when he was arrested.
And these are the kind of family reunions that made it a very joyous occasion. Less joyous, if you are an Israeli looking on, might be the sight of somebody like Zachariah Zubedi, who was a former commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, convicted by Israel for his role in the deaths of many, many Israelis. He was freed today.
into the custody of his family in Jenin, and he was carried aloft by his supporters here in Ramallah.
Too early to say because I think it's been slightly overshadowed by these releases today.
But UNRWA have been saying, you know, for many weeks now, ever since this Israeli threat, in fact, this new Israeli law had materialized, that it was going to severely affect their ability to offer all of the aid they do to Palestinian refugees, all of the schooling, all of the health facilities they run, not just in Gaza, but also, remember, in the occupied East Jerusalem.
Israel can't really enforce that ban in the occupied Palestinian West Bank because Israel isn't the legal authority here. But in places like East Jerusalem and, of course, in Gaza, where there's a huge humanitarian need, the formal closing of underwater operations will lead, I think, to a worsening of the humanitarian situation.
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