Russia-Ukraine War: List of key events, day 1,013 | Russia-Ukraine war News

These were the key events on the 1,013th day of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Here’s the situation on Tuesday, December 3:

Fighting

• Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 110 drones to attack the country overnight. Of the 110 drones, the Air Force shot down 52, and at least 50 were “lost”, it said.
• Russian air defense systems destroyed 15 Ukrainian drones in several Russian locations overnight, state media reported, citing the country’s Defense Ministry.

Military and diplomatic assistance

• Ukraine needs more air defense systems to protect its key areas from Russian missile attacks, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
• Ukraine will need tens of thousands of unmanned robotic vehicles next year to transport ammunition and supplies to infantry in trenches and evacuate wounded soldiers, Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov told Reuters.
• Norway’s Defense Ministry said it will send F-35 fighter jets and NASAMS (short to medium-range) air defense systems to a transport hub in Poland that coordinates military aid to Ukraine. From the beginning of December, Norway will protect the airspace above Rzeszow airport and will send about 100 soldiers in addition to air defense systems and fighter jets.
• German military aid to be delivered to Ukraine in December includes IRIS-T air defense systems, Leopard 1 tanks and armored helicopters, a Defense Ministry spokesman said, hours after Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the delivery during a surprise visit on Monday to Kyiv.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the wave of European Union protests in Georgia was similar to Ukraine’s Orange Revolution – mass protests in 2004 that ousted the pro-Russian government in Kyiv – and local authorities were trying to stabilize the situation, but Russia. he will not interfere.

• NATO is unlikely to heed Ukraine’s invitation to join the bloc at a meeting on Tuesday, Reuters reported, citing top NATO diplomats. In a letter to his NATO partners ahead of the meeting, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said the invitation would remove one of Russia’s biggest concerns about its hostilities – preventing Ukraine from joining the alliance.
• US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Rustem Umerov, held a meeting where they discussed Russia’s use of new ballistic missiles, preparations for the next meeting of arms donors and Washington’s military aid plans next year.
• The United States will send Ukraine $725m in missiles, ammunition, anti-personnel mines and other weapons, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has confirmed, as outgoing President Joe Biden’s administration seeks to strengthen Kyiv before leaving office in January.
• The British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, said that strengthening support for Ukraine is important to put Kyiv in a strong position for peace talks with Russia, as he has admitted that there may be an end to the talks.
• A group of Bulgarians suspected of being Russian spies targeted a journalist investigating the Bellingcat newspaper and tried to lure him into a “honey trap” using Facebook, prosecutors told a London court. Katrin Ivanova, Vanya Gaberova and Tihomir Ivanchev, as well as Orlin Roussev and Bizer Dzhambazov, are also on guard at the US military base in Germany where Ukrainian soldiers are trained.
• International Court of Justice President Tomoko Akane said the threats facing the agency, including possible US sanctions and Russian sanctions on workers, “threaten its existence”. Russia has issued an arrest warrant for ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan two months after a court in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
• Putin is drawing Asia into the war in Ukraine by using drones from China and North Korea’s military, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said during a visit to Beijing.