Russia-Ukraine War: List of important events, day 1,024 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Here is the situation for Saturday, December 14:

Fighting

• Russia hit Ukraine’s power plants in an airstrike that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as one of the biggest yet on the ailing grid and proof of why Kyiv needs more Western support before any peace with Russia.
• Moscow reportedly fired at least 93 missiles that “destroyed” Ukraine’s power plants, energy company DTEK said.
• Ukrainian warplanes attacked a fuel storage facility in central Russia’s Oryol, setting fires and shattering windows in homes, regional governor Andrei Klychkov said.
• Russian air defenses have destroyed Ukrainian drones in several areas of southern and eastern Ukraine, said the governor of Krasnodar region, Vladimir Kondratyev. Another missile smashed windows in rural houses, but no one was injured.
• Russian aircraft also destroyed seven drones over Bryansk – on the northern border with Ukraine – Governor Alexander Bogomaz said.
• Ukrainian troops attacked two villages in Russia’s Belgorod region, injuring one resident and starting a house fire that was almost immediately extinguished, according to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.

Politics and diplomacy

• The Kremlin has praised US President-elect Donald Trump for condemning Ukraine’s missile attacks on Russian territory. However, it said that talks on sending European troops to keep the peace in Ukraine were premature.
• The US has announced a new $500m military aid package for Ukraine, as Washington rushes to bolster Kyiv before Trump takes office.
• Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he had discussed with French President Emmanuel Macron the possibility of foreign troops in Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire, but said Warsaw was “not planning any such actions”.
• Zelenskyy will attend a meeting with the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, the European Union and NATO in Brussels next week to discuss his country’s support, Reuters news agency reported, citing sources familiar with the plan.
• The US in the coming days will introduce financial sanctions against the Serbian oil company, NIS, which is a subsidiary of the Russian company Gazprom Neft and Gazprom, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced.

• Ukraine, a producer and producer of grain and oilseeds in the world, is ready to supply food to Syria following the fall of Bashar al-Assad, said the Minister of Agriculture of Ukraine Vitaliy Koval. Russian and Syrian sources said the supply of Russian wheat to Syria has been suspended due to uncertainty about the new government and payment delays.

• EU foreign ministers will impose sanctions on Russian intelligence over a “hybrid” attack against the bloc on Monday, officials said. The EU and NATO have accused Moscow of being behind a series of incidents aimed at destabilizing the West.
• A Ukrainian court has sentenced a woman to 14 years in prison for working with the Russian intelligence service to write false reports justifying the attack on Moscow.
• Kyiv has also arrested several people it accuses of being Russian spies and undermining Ukraine’s security.