Russia-Ukraine war: List of major events, day 1,027 | russia-ukraine war news
Here are the key developments from the 1,027th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
This is the situation as of Tuesday, December 17:
fighting
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a post on Twitter that “initial reports suggest that Russia is trying to hide the loss of North Korean personnel.” Ukraine’s military intelligence said on Monday that its troops had killed at least At least 30 North Korean soldiers were killed or wounded.
- Pentagon spokesman Major General Pat Ryder told reporters that the United States assessment showed that “North Korean troops have engaged in combat at Kursk” and that the US has “indications that they have suffered casualties , both killed and injured”.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov referred questions about North Korean casualties to the Russian Defense Ministry, which had no immediate comment, the Associated Press news agency reported.
- Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov claimed that Russian forces had captured about 4,500 square kilometers (1,737 square miles) of Ukrainian territory this year and were now capturing about 30 square kilometers (11.5 square miles) every day. Have been.
human condition
- The UN humanitarian agency, OCHA, reports that about 12,000 residents who live in the Ukrainian towns of Pokrovsk, Kurakhov and Chasiv Yar – located just a few kilometers from the front line – are without drinking water in freezing conditions after the snowstorm. And facing shortage of gas. Local utility operators suspended services.
politics and diplomacy
- Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, told the UN Security Council that a plan by Kash Patel, US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, to audit US funding to Kiev, “is a blow to the Ukrainian leadership.” Creates trouble”.
- The EU Foreign Affairs Council adopted its 15th sanctions package against Russia, with the new round of sanctions targeting North Korean officials and, for the first time, Chinese companies making drones for Moscow.
- EU sanctions also targeted 52 ships that are part of a vast “shadow fleet” that Moscow is allegedly using to transport oil, gas and stolen Ukrainian grain.
- Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the head of Zelensky’s office, said sanctions against Russia’s oil fleet were “useful” but “too late”, after two Russian oil tankers spilled thousands of tons of fuel oil in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. Damaged in rough seas.
- Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal said in a post on Telegram that Ukraine’s agreement to allow Russian gas to be delivered through its country to European customers “will not be extended” when it expires on January 1, 2025.
- A former FBI informant pleaded guilty to lying about an alleged bribery scheme involving US President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and Ukrainian energy company Burisma.
