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What happened in the region by 8 December 2019?
Summary
A look back at two reports from the first days of December 2019: a deadly fire in Odesa and a new Russia–China gas pipeline.
What was the regional picture on 8 December 2019? Two reports from the days just before that date stand out: a deadly fire in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa and the inauguration of a major gas link between Russia and China.
Fire in Odesa
As reported on 4 December 2019, a fire in Odesa left 12 people dead and 32 injured. A further eight people were reported missing.
Russia and China open a pipeline
On 2 December 2019, Russia and China inaugurated their joint Power of Siberia gas pipeline.
The two reports were unrelated, and they covered very different subjects. The first was a local emergency with a heavy human toll. The second was an energy project between two neighbouring states. Both formed part of the news reaching readers of the region by 8 December 2019.
