In order to reach the borders of Crimea, the Ukrainian defenders need to cover a distance of 84km to Melitopol, which would give full fire control of the land corridor, the opportunity to shell the Crimean Isthmus.
Negotiations with Russia are the final step to peace. At first, nine conditions have to be met, which were presented by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a ten-point road map in his speech to the G19 powers in Bali.
Brest Regional Court has delivered a verdict against two Ukrainians, Mykhailo Stoliarchuk and Dmytro Hudyk, allegedly for ‘spying’ activities in Belarus in favor of Ukraine.
On December 16 at 10:00 a.m., a press conference will be held on the topic: "The ninth package of EU sanctions against Russia and its impact on the economy of the Russian Federation."
On December 16, at 11:30 a.m., a press conference will be held on the topic: "Urgent needs of the agricultural sector and the rural population: presentation of the UN assessment of the impact of the war on agriculture."
Allowing the conflict to be ‘frozen’ with any Ukrainian land in Russian hands would simply embolden Putin. Diplomacy is possible after Russia withdraws its troops to the 1991 borders.
Russian troops launched missile strikes using S-300 systems at the Kholodnohirsky district of Kharkiv, as a result of which a number of warehouses were damaged.
Ukraine needs the support of the European Union for the purchase of 2 billion cubic meters of gas and electricity worth EUR 800,000 to compensate for the damage inflicted by Russian strikes on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
All the propaganda narratives that the Russians have been trying to spread in the Ukrainian media space lately are aimed at forcing the Ukrainian authorities to enter into negotiations with the occupiers.
Russia has about 1.2-1.5 million people in mobilization reserves, while training about 200,000 freshly drafted soldiers, and is highly likely to make another attempt to capture Kyiv.
The Russian invaders suffer so much from the strikes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that they lose hope even on the eastern front, where they have massed up their largest force.
The European Parliament adopted by a majority of votes the resolution on the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor in Ukraine, recognizing the terrible events of the 1930s as the genocide against the Ukrainian people.