The Russo-Ukrainian War: List of major events, day 1041 | News of the Russian-Ukrainian war

Here are the main developments on the 1,041st day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Here is the situation on Tuesday, December 31:

Fighting

• A Ukrainian drone attack in the Smolensk region of western Russia, bordering Ukraine, caused a fuel leak and a fire at an oil depot. The local governor said that Russian air defense systems “repelled an attack by Ukrainian drones” in the Yartsevo region.
• The Russian Defense Ministry reported that 68 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight and 10 were destroyed over the Smolensk region.
• Russia and Ukraine have swap More than 300 prisoners of war (Prisoners of war) on a stock exchange mediated by the United Arab Emirates. The Russian Defense Ministry said it had exchanged 150 Ukrainian prisoners of war, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 189 Ukrainians had returned to their homeland.

policy:

• US President Joe Biden announced that his administration will provide nearly $2.5 billion in military aid to Ukraine in the latest move to support the war-torn country ahead of the election of President-elect Donald Trump. opening In January.
• The United States also announced an additional $3.4 billion in economic aid to help the Ukrainian government and support its infrastructure, with Biden stating that he had ordered his government to provide “as much assistance to Ukraine as quickly as possible.”
• The new Syrian leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and other officials met with the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, and Syria expressed its hope to establish “strategic partnerships” between the two countries.
• Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to promote “world peace” in a New Year’s message to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, saying that “China and Russia have constantly moved forward side by side on the right path of non-alignment, non-confrontation and tolerance.” It does not target any third party.”
• In a letter On the occasion of the New Year, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un extended his greetings to his “dear friend and comrade” Putin, the Russian people and the Russian military.
• Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria has cut off gas supplies to state enterprises before a deal to transport Russian gas through Ukraine expires at the end of the year – a day after Russian energy giant Gazprom announced it would suspend gas exports to Moldova on January 1 due to unpaid debts.