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What the news showed on 6 December 2019
Summary
A look back at two reports from the days before 6 December 2019: a deadly fire in Odesa and a new Russia–China gas pipeline.
What was in the news in Ukraine and its region on 6 December 2019? Two reports from the preceding days framed the moment: a deadly fire in Odesa and the opening of a major gas link between Russia and China.
On 4 December 2019, a fire in Odesa left 12 people dead and 32 injured, and 8 more were reported missing. The figures were those given at the time, and they marked the scale of the tragedy in the Black Sea port city.
Two days earlier, on 2 December 2019, Russia and China inaugurated their joint Power of Siberia gas pipeline. The launch of the pipeline was reported as a joint undertaking of the two countries.
The two events were unrelated, but both were part of the news picture in the days leading up to 6 December 2019. One was a local disaster and the other an energy project linking two large neighbours of the region.
