Right here is the scenario on Tuesday, December 24:
Preventing
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned in a publish on X that “based on preliminary knowledge, the variety of North Korean troopers killed and wounded within the Kursk area has already exceeded 3,000”. Zelenskyy’s remarks got here quickly after South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Workers (JCS) mentioned South Korean estimates put the quantity at about 1,100.
- Russia’s Ministry of Defence mentioned in a publish on Telegram that its air defence programs destroyed 9 Ukrainian drones over the Rostov Area and two over the Sea of Azov.
- Ukraine’s army intelligence company, often called GUR, mentioned in a publish on Telegram {that a} warehouse in Russia’s Alabuga particular financial zone “was destroyed” together with elements for the “Shahed” drone “price $16 million” in a “mysterious harmful fireplace”.
Diplomacy and Politics
- Sweden rejected China’s declare that it has cooperated in an open investigation into the severing of two Baltic Sea undersea cables in Swedish waters in November. European officers have mentioned they think the sabotage is linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a declare the Kremlin described as “laughable”.
- Legislators in Romania, which borders Ukraine, voted narrowly in favour of a brand new pro-European coalition authorities, after the nation’s Constitutional Court docket annulled the presidential race amid claims of Russian interference.
- Zelenskyy accused Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico of eager to “assist” Putin after Fico visited Moscow in an obvious bid to proceed importing Russian fuel, with a contract for fuel transit via Ukraine set to run out on December 31.
- Italy’s cupboard on Monday handed a regulation decree that enables it to proceed supplying army assist to Ukraine till the tip of 2025, a authorities assertion mentioned.
- Volunteers cleansing up a serious oil spill alongside Russia’s Black Beach mentioned they’re overwhelmed and appealed to Putin for assist, greater than every week after two ageing Russian tankers had been broken in stormy climate on their approach to ship gasoline to the Russian Navy.
