The Kremlin said the non-implementation of the Minsk agreements was a “precursor” to the military operation in Ukraine. John Kirby, the strategic communications coordinator for the White House National Security Council, assured him that an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine was not in the interests of the United States. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised that Ankara will provide humanitarian aid to Kiev to overcome the “hard winter”. In Odessa, water shortages began, almost a third of the boiler rooms do not work, most of the residents are still without electricity. socialbites.ca tells about the events.