The Russo-Ukrainian War: List of major events, day 1027 | News of the war between Russia and Ukraine

Here are the main developments on the 1,027th day of Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine.

This is the situation on Tuesday, December 17:

Fighting

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a post on the X website that “initial reports indicate that Russia is trying to hide its losses.” North Korean personnelThis is after Ukrainian military intelligence said on Monday that its forces killed or wounded at least 30 North Korean soldiers.
• Pentagon spokesman Major General Pat Ryder told reporters that the US assessment found that “North Korean soldiers participated in the fighting in Kursk” and that the US had “indications that they suffered casualties, including deaths and injuries.”
• The Associated Press news agency reported that Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov referred questions regarding human casualties in North Korea to the Russian Defense Ministry, which did not immediately comment.
• Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov claimed that Russian forces have captured nearly 4,500 square kilometers (1,737 square miles) of Ukrainian territory this year and are now seizing about 30 square kilometers (11.5 square miles) of territory every day.

Humanitarian situation

• The United Nations agency for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that nearly 12,000 residents remaining in the Ukrainian cities of Pokrovsk, Korakhov and Chasiv Yar – located just a few kilometers from the front line – are facing shortages of drinking water and gas under freezing winter conditions after… Local utility operators have suspended services.

Politics and diplomacy

• Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, told the UN Security Council that a plan to audit US funding for Kiev by US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) cash battle, “It portends problems for the Ukrainian leadership.”
• The European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council has adopted the 15th sanctions package against Russia, with the new round of sanctions targeting North Korean officials and, for the first time, Chinese companies that manufacture drones for Moscow.
• The EU sanctions also targeted 52 ships that form part of a massive “shadow fleet” that Moscow is said to be using to transport stolen Ukrainian oil, gas and grain.
• Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to the head of Zelensky’s office, said the sanctions imposed on the Russian oil fleet were “useful” but “too late,” as two Russian oil tankers spilled thousands of tons of fuel oil into the Sea of ​​Azov and the Black Sea after they were sunk. Damaged in rough seas.
• Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal said in a post on the Telegram app that Ukraine’s agreement to allow Russian gas to pass through his country to European customers “will not be extended” when it expires on January 1, 2025.
• Former FBI informant plead guilty to lying about a supposed bribery scheme involving US President Joe Biden, his son Hunter, and the Ukrainian energy company Burisma.