Even winter with a very violent storm storms against Kiev. A storm, the strongest ever recorded in the last 16 years, has prompted several areas of Crimea to declare a state of emergency. Around two million people remained without electricity in southern Russia and parts of Ukraine.
According to the British 007, “the losses of the Russian armed forces in the last six weeks were the highest since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine.”
Today NATO foreign ministers will meet in Brussels and agree on recommendations for Ukraine’s priority reforms necessary for Kiev’s future membership in the Atlantic Alliance.
The war in Ukraine, what is there to know?
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Live news from the Ukraine-Russia conflict
08:48
Weather deterioration in Ukraine: Ten people died in a snowstorm
Weather conditions in Ukraine are deteriorating. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said ten people were killed in a snowstorm.
Icy winds and thunderstorms have been raging since Sunday, leading to power outages and road blockages, especially in the south. “Due to deteriorating weather conditions, ten people have died in the Odessa, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv and Kiev regions,” Klymenko wrote on the Telegram app. “23 people were injured, including two children,” he added. A total of 411 settlements in 11 regions lost power and more than 1,500 vehicles had to be rescued, Klymenko said.
08:46
Despite the storm, the Russians put the warship Makarov into active service in the Black Sea
Despite a strong storm, Russia sent the warship Admiral Makarov into active combat duty in the Black Sea yesterday, the Southern Defense Forces reported via Telegram, quoted by the Kyiv Independent. The ship is capable of carrying up to eight Kalibr cruise missiles and attacking ground targets.
(afp) 08:44
Russian bomb on the Ukrainian village of Kivsharivka in the Kupyan district
The Ukrainian village of Kivsharivka in the Kupyan district was attacked with a Russian guided bomb yesterday evening. Damage to residential buildings was reported, but there were no injuries. During the day, Russian bombing continued on settlements in Chuguyiv and Kupyan districts. In particular, Staritsa and Tyche from Chuguyiv district, Synkivka, Ivanivka, Kislivka, Kotlyarivka, Tabaivka, Krokhmalne and Stroivka from Kupyan district were subjected to enemy attacks, Kyiv reported. In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled three attacks in the Sinkivka and Petropavlivka areas.
03:59
Moscow: “110 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated in Donetsk area”
According to Moscow, the Russian Battle Group South defeated two Ukrainian brigades near the settlements of Kleshcheyevka and Kurdyumovka in the Donetsk area, eliminating up to 110 enemy soldiers. “The Southern Tactical Group, operating in cooperation with aviation and artillery, hit the personnel and equipment of the 24th and 93rd Ukrainian mechanized brigades: in total, the enemy lost up to 110 soldiers and infantry fighting vehicles,” explains Russian military spokesman Vadim Astafiyev Tass Agency.