Ukraine news – Mubasher: Kyiv targets February peace summit, says foreign minister

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Ukraine’s foreign minister said the government aims to hold a peace summit by the end of February.

Dmytro Kuleba also said that Ukraine will do everything it can to win the war next year.

“Every war ends in a diplomatic way,” he told the Associated Press on Boxing Day. “Every war ends as a result of actions taken on the battlefield and at the negotiating table.”

Mr. Kuleba added that Ukraine hopes to hold the summit at the United Nations with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as mediator.

“He has established himself as an effective mediator, a competent negotiator and, most importantly, a man of principle and integrity,” he said. “So I welcome his active participation.”

Asked if Russia would be invited to the summit, the Ukrainian minister said Moscow should first face trial for war crimes in an international court.

“They can only be invited to this step in this way,” he said.

A summit will be held at the end of February, a year after Russia invaded Ukraine.

Key PointsShow Latest Update 1672078822 Ukraine ‘Planning Peace Summit’ by end of February, says FM

Ukraine’s foreign minister said his government aims to hold a peace summit by the end of February, preferably at the United Nations with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as mediator.

Dmytro Kuleba told the Associated Press he was “quite satisfied” with the results of President Zelensky’s visit to the US last week — and said the US government plans to have a Patriot missile battery operational in the country in less than six months. Usually, training takes up to a year.

Kuleba also said that Ukraine will do everything it can to win the war in 2023 – adding that diplomacy always plays an important role.

“Every war ends in a diplomatic way,” he said.

“Every war ends as a result of actions taken on the battlefield and at the negotiating table.”

A summit will be held at the end of February, about a year after the Russian invasion.

Aisha Remy Dec 26, 2022 18:20

167207728211 dead as a result of the Russian bombing of Kherson

Eleven people were killed and 64 injured after Russian forces bombed the city of Kherson on Christmas Eve.

Yaroslav Yanushevich, head of the Kherson regional military administration, wrote this on Telegram: “On December 24, Russia launched a terrorist attack on central Kherson.

64 Kherson residents were injured, 18 of them are now in serious condition. Unfortunately, the daredevils killed 11 people.

Aisha Raimi Dec 26, 2022 17:54

1672071720 The Ukrainian army claims to have “liquidated” another 550 Russian servicemen

The Ukrainian military claims to have “liquidated” 500 Russian soldiers in its daily war update – bringing the total number to 102,600.

Other estimates are somewhat lower, but suggest that Russia’s losses are felt most heavily among officer classes – with one estimate based on confirmed sources naming the deceased, by BBC Russia and Russian outlets Medizuna, implying nearly 1,500 Russian officers killed.

An assessment of the situation in about 600 cemeteries by the directors indicated that the number of Russian casualties was around the figure of 100,000 given recently by US General Mark Milley in New York.

Andy Gregory Dec 26, 2022 16:22

1672070100 The governor says there is no threat to residents near the Russian base

Roman Busargin, the governor of Saratov, expressed his condolences to the families of the two men and said there was “absolutely no threat to the population” in the city of Engels, near the air base where three Russian servicemen were said to have been killed by a downed drone.

He insisted that the talk about the state of emergency and the evacuation of the city were “blatant lies”.

Andy Gregory Dec 26, 2022 15:55

1672068480 Zelensky announces a “peace formula” with India’s Modi

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he announced a “peace formula” during a phone call with India’s Narendra Modi.

He did not give any details, but added: “Now I count on India’s participation in its implementation.”

Andy Gregory Dec 26, 2022 15:28

Russia claims to have suffered “heavy losses” in Luhansk

Ukraine has claimed that Vladimir Putin’s forces have “suffered heavy losses” in Luhansk and is redeploying paratroopers from Kherson to help with “overstretched” medical facilities.

On Sunday, Russian forces attacked the city of Kramatorsk, where Ukrainian forces are stationed. Three missiles hit an industrial facility and damaged residential buildings, but no casualties were reported, according to a battlefield report from the Ukrainian presidency.

In Donetsk, fierce battles continue around the city of Bakhmut, which Russian forces have been trying to control for weeks to consolidate their hold on eastern Ukraine.

Serhiy Heidi, governor of Ukraine’s Luhansk region, told Ukrainian television on Monday that Russian forces in the neighboring Luhansk region “suffered heavy losses and medical facilities are overwhelmed with wounded soldiers.” Mr. Hayday said that the Russian military is redeploying paratroopers from the Kherson region to the region.

Andy Gregory Dec 26, 2022 14:57

Russian bombing has stopped at night near Nikopol for the first time in months

At least four civilians have been injured in Russian bombing of five regions in southeastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, according to the deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko.

However, across the country, the intensity of the bombing was significantly lower overnight.

For the first time in weeks, Russian forces did not bomb the Dnipropetrovsk region, according to its governor, Valentin Reznichenko.

“This is the third quiet night in 5.5 months since the Russians began bombing” the areas around Nikopol, Mr. Reznichenko wrote. Nikopol lies across the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant, which is under the control of Russian forces.

Ukrainian-controlled areas in the neighboring Kherson region have been bombed 33 times in the past 24 hours, according to Ukraine’s Kherson governor Yaroslav Yanushevich. There were no injuries.

Andy Gregory Dec 26, 2022 14:13

Russia’s Navalny accuses authorities of using prison to break his health

Imprisoned Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has said he suffers back pain aggravated from long periods in solitary confinement, which he said is part of a deliberate strategy by authorities to undermine his health.

“See how the system works when you are not allowed to hit someone, but your leadership ordered you to hurt them badly,” said Navalny, 46, who is able to post on social media via his lawyers and allies.

“For example, I have a problem with my spine. It is obvious what one must do to make the problem worse: keep me as still as possible.

“If you lock a person in a punishment cell, where he can either stand or sit on an iron chair for 16 hours a day, after a month in such conditions, even a healthy person will undoubtedly suffer from back pain. I have spent the last three months like this. Naturally My back hurts a lot.”

Navalny said he spent six weeks asking to see a doctor, but when one finally came, she examined him for only five minutes and refused to tell him her diagnosis or what she was prescribing.

(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Andy Gregory Dec 26, 2022 13:41

1672059778 FSB claims to have “liquidated” the Ukrainian sabotage group of four trying to enter Russia

Russia’s Federal Security Service claimed that a Ukrainian “sabotage group” of four was “liquidated” while trying to enter Russia’s Bryansk region on Sunday.

“As a result of the clash on December 25, 2022, four saboteurs who tried to penetrate the territory of the Bryansk region of Ukraine were destroyed,” the state-owned RIA news agency quoted a FSB statement as saying.

The FSB alleged that the alleged saboteurs were armed with foreign-made rifles and four improvised explosive devices.

There was no immediate comment from Ukraine on the incident.

Andy Gregory Dec 26 2022 13:02

A Ukrainian official points out that Russia is ‘deeply mistaken’ if it believes the war will not lead to attacks on Russian soil

A Ukrainian military official declined to claim responsibility for the attack on a Russian air base today – but said the incident was a result of Russia’s war.

Speaking to radio stations on Monday, Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ikhnat did not directly acknowledge his country’s involvement in the incident, but said, “These are the consequences of Russian aggression.”

He added, “If the Russians think that the war will not affect them in depth, then they are deeply mistaken.”

Andy Gregory Dec 26, 2022 11:15

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