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A6 WORLD NEWS
Monday 19 deceMber 2022
Jewish festival of lights begins in Ukraine as battles rage

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Jews The southern city and its
in Ukraine waging a “war surrounding region have
between darkness and come under frequent at-
light” lit a giant menorah tack since the Russian pull-
on Sunday night to start the back. Regional governor
eight-day Hanukkah holi- Yaroslav Yanushevych said
day as tens of thousands Sunday that Russia had
remained without elec- carried out 54 attacks with
tricity and Russia’s nearly rocket, mortar and tank
10-month war produced fire over the previous day,
new victims. killing three people and
Dozens gathered in Maid- wounding six.
an Independence Square Meanwhile, in Russia, the
in the capital, Kyiv, at sun- governor of the Belgorod
down for the lighting of region, Vyacheslav Glad-
the first candle of what lo- kov, said Sunday that one
cal Jewish leaders say is person was killed and eight
Europe’s tallest menorah. wounded in Ukrainian shell-
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko ing of the region, which lies
joined ambassadors from along Ukraine’s northern
Israel, the United States, Ja- border.
pan, Poland, Canada and In the latest phase of the
France in a ceremony or- war, Moscow’s forces have
ganized by the Federation Ukrainians take photos of a newly built Christmas tree as partial power outages continue in Kyiv, been heavily targeting in-
of Jewish Communities of Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. Associated Press frastructure serving civilians,
Ukraine. They sang bless- such as water and electric-
ings under the flames of the feat now celebrated as the will end,” she said. Sunday electricity restora- ity supply lines, compound-
menorah, which towered Jewish Festival of Lights. The Israeli ambassador to tion work from Russian mis- ing Ukrainians’ suffering as
over the crowd and pass- “We are actually now liv- Ukraine, Michael Brodsky, sile damage was continu- winter approaches.
ing cars in frigid weather. ing through the same situa- said: “I wish for the people ing. It said the volume of Ukrainian President Volody-
Rabbi Mayer Stambler, a tion,” said Stambler, draw- of Ukraine all of that which electricity consumption in- myr Zelenskyy used the final
leader of Ukraine’s Jewish ing a parallel with the cur- Hanukkah symbolizes. I wish creased compared to Sat- of the soccer World Cup to
community, drew parallels rent blackouts in Ukraine there was light on every urday, due to falling tem- decry war.
to the story of Hanukkah, that Russian bombard- Ukrainian house ... and I peratures. “This World Cup proved
an eight-day commemo- ments have caused. “This wish you victory.” On the battlefield, Russian time and again that differ-
ration of the rededication is a war between darkness Volunteers distributed military forces on Sunday ent countries and different
of the Temple in Jerusalem and light.” Among those thousands of menorahs, shelled the center of Kher- nationalities can decide
by the Maccabees after watching was 47-year-old candles, printed materials, son, the major city that Rus- who is the strongest in fair
their victory over the Syr- Viktoria Herman, who said family puzzle games and sian soldiers retreated from play but not in the playing
ians more than 2,000 years the festival of lights brought sweets for the holiday to last month in one of Mos- with fire — on the green
ago. When only enough oil her hope during the De- members of Ukraine’s Jew- cow’s biggest battlefield playing field, not on the red
was available to keep the cember days with the least ish minority population. setbacks in Ukraine. battlefield,” Zelenskyy said
temple candles lit for one sunlight of the year. With the holiday symbolism Three people were wound- in an English video state-
day and night, the oil inex- “There will be light and ev- as a backdrop, Ukraine’s ed in the attacks, said presi- ment released hours before
plicably burned for eight erything will be fine for ev- state-owned power grid dential deputy chief of staff the final in Qatar between
days and eight nights - a eryone. And finally the war operator Ukrenergo said Kyrylo Tymoshenko. Argentina and France.

EU reaches deal on emissions trading,

social climate fund

by measures to curb cli- To ensure a level playing other fossil fuels for consum-
mate change. The two field, the EU will also intro- ers, providing an incentive
sides agreed to push Euro- duce a tax on foreign com- to switch to cleaner alter-
pean industries and ener- panies that want to import natives.
gy companies to cut their products which don’t meet The deal includes an emer-
emissions by speeding up climate-protection stan- gency clause allowing the
the phase-out of free pol- dards European compa- introduction to be post-
lution vouchers. Doing so nies have to comply with. poned by a year if energy
makes each ton of carbon The so-called Carbon Bor- costs are particularly high.
In this Tuesday, March 5, 2019, file photo, an employee in dioxide that’s released into der Adjustment Mechanism Against the backdrop of
protective clothing works with a steel pouring ladle during the atmosphere more ex- was agreed to last week. the current energy crisis
a guided media tour at the steel producer Salzgitter AG in pensive for polluters. Governments and the Eu- that has stoked inflation in
Salzgitter.
Associated Press The EU’s executive Com- ropean Parliament also Europe and beyond, nego-
mission said the measure agreed to extend the tiators agreed to also cre-
By FRANK JORDANS the 27-nation bloc’s green would require European bloc’s emissions trading ate a social climate fund
Associated Press deal, reforming the EU’s industries to reduce their system to cover road trans- that will help vulnerable
BERLIN (AP) — European trading system for green- emissions by 62% by 2030 port and the heating of households and small busi-
Union governments and house gas emissions and from 2005 levels, compared buildings from 2027. This is nesses cope with higher
lawmakers reached a deal creating a new hardship to a target of 43% under likely to raise the price of costs for fuel arising from
Sunday on key elements of fund for those hardest-hit the previous rules. gasoline, natural gas and the new measures. q