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Kherson blackout and Armenian accusations on 15 December 2022
Summary
A look back at a day of Russian shelling in southern Ukraine and, a day earlier, sharp words in Armenia's parliament about Russia's role in the region.
What did the security picture look like on 15 December 2022? In southern Ukraine, Russian shelling killed two people and left the entire city of Kherson without power, as reported at the time as part of the Southern Ukraine campaign.
The outage affected the whole city, not just individual districts, according to the reports from that day.
Tension in the South Caucasus
A day earlier, on 14 December 2022, members of parliament from Armenia's governing coalition accused Russia of wanting to drag Armenia into a new war with neighbouring Azerbaijan. They also criticised the conduct of Russian peacekeepers.
The criticism came amid a renewed crisis in the region following the Lachin blockade, and as relations between Armenia and Russia worsened.
The two developments were separate, but both showed Russia's role being contested on its borders and beyond: through the shelling of Kherson in Ukraine, and through the accusations voiced in Yerevan's parliament.
