Russia-Ukraine war: List of major events, day 1,024 | russia-ukraine war news

The situation as of Saturday, December 14 is as follows:

fighting

• Russia attacked Ukrainian energy facilities in an airstrike that President Volodymyr Zelensky described as one of the largest ever attacks on the grid and as proof that Kiev needs more before any peace with Russia. Why was Western support needed?
• Moscow reportedly fired at least 93 missiles, causing “severe damage” to Ukrainian power plants, the DTEK energy company said.
• Ukrainian drones struck a fuel storage facility in the Oryol region of central Russia, causing a fire and shattering windows, regional governor Andrei Klychkov said.
• Krasnodar Territory Governor Vladimir Kondratyev said Russian air defenses destroyed Ukrainian drones in several areas in the south and east of Ukraine. A drone broke windows of houses in the village, but there were no casualties.
• Governor Alexander Bogomaz said Russian air defenses also destroyed seven drones over Bryansk on Ukraine’s northern border.
• Ukrainian forces attacked two villages in Russia’s Belgorod region, injuring one resident and setting a house on fire, which was quickly extinguished, according to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.

politics and diplomacy

• The Kremlin praised US President-elect Donald Trump for criticizing Ukrainian missile attacks on Russian territory. Nevertheless, it said that discussions about deploying European troops to maintain peace in Ukraine were premature.
• The United States announced a new $500 million package of military aid for Ukraine, as Washington races to strengthen Kiev before Trump takes office.
• Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he discussed with French President Emmanuel Macron the possibility of foreign troops in Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire, but Warsaw was “not planning any such action”.
• Zelensky will attend a meeting in Brussels next week with the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, the EU and NATO, Reuters news agency reported, citing sources familiar with the plan.
• The US will impose financial sanctions in the coming days against Serbia’s oil company NIS, which is majority-owned by Russia’s Gazprom Neft and Gazprom, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced.

• Ukraine, a global producer and exporter of grains and oilseeds, is ready to supply food to Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Ukraine’s Agriculture Minister Vitaly Koval said. Russian and Syrian sources had said that Russian wheat supplies to Syria had been suspended due to uncertainty about the new government and delays in payments.

• EU foreign ministers will impose sanctions on Russian intelligence agents on Monday over “hybrid” attacks against the bloc, diplomats said. The EU and NATO have accused Moscow of being behind a number of incidents aimed at destabilizing the West.
• A Ukrainian court sentenced a woman to 14 years in prison for working with Russian intelligence to write a fake report justifying Moscow’s invasion.
• Kiev also arrested several people, accusing them of being Russian spies and undermining Ukrainian security.