Mati Barnhart, knitted news15.12.22 07:56 21 Bekaslo Tishpeg
From the Telegram page of Vladimir Zelensky
The Russians make it clear that they do not intend to allow a ceasefire in honor of Christmas, despite a call for it from Kyiv.
As we know, the war does not seem close to ending, and the parties are not holding any negotiations in order to end the fighting, which is raging in the southern and eastern regions of the country, when both sides are quite entrenched in their position, and have reached the stage of a war of attrition, against the background of the harsh winter.
From the Telegram page of Vladimir Zelensky
Despite this, as mentioned, the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, said this week that Russia should begin to withdraw its forces by Christmas as a step to end the conflict, but the Russians said that Ukraine must accept the loss of territory before it is possible to move forward.
Yesterday (Wednesday) Kyiv was attacked for the first time in weeks by drones. Two government buildings were damaged, but the air defense systems repelled most of the attack.
Zelensky claims that a total of 13 drones were shot down. “Unsettled at the front,” Zelensky said in his address to the nation, describing the deliberate destruction by the Russians through artillery fire.
The American national security adviser, John Kirby, emphasized that “based on what we see in the air and on the ground, it is difficult to see this war ending before the end of the year.
American officials told Reuters that this week the country will decide whether to supply Patriot missiles to Ukraine, a move that will significantly strengthen Kyiv’s air defense.
From the Telegram page of Vladimir Zelensky
The Russians, for their part, say that this type of move brings the US deeper and deeper into the conflict “in the post-Soviet republic”, and warned that for them the Patriot system would be a legitimate target.
Meanwhile, 70 countries and institutions signed this week a donation of one billion euros aimed at preserving water, food, energy, health and transportation for Ukrainian citizens, after the systematic destruction of the infrastructure in recent months by Russia.
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