Russian news agency reports that the tasks set by Putin will be fulfilled and senior military official says “there definitely will be a victory” as Moscow ends ceasefire
Senior Russian military official says ‘there definitely will be a victory’ as Moscow carries on fighting in pursuit of tasks set by President PutinUkrainian service members during a military exercise session in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine on December 27 near the border with Belarus, amid Russia's attack on their country.
A 50-year-old man died in the northeastern region of Kharkiv due to Russia’s shelling overnight, Oleh Synehubov, the governor of the region, said on the Telegram messaging app. The news came minutes after midnight in Moscow. One person was killed in another attack overnight on Soledar in the eastern Donetsk region, local officials said.Metropolitan Epiphanius conducts an Orthodox Christmas service at Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, Ukraine, January 7 2023.
“The tasks set by the president [Putin] for the special military operation will still be fulfilled,” the Russian state TASS agency quoted Putin’s first deputy chief of staff, Sergei Kiriyenko, as saying.The war has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions of Ukrainians. Blasts were heard in the city of Zaporizhzhia, the administrative centre of the Zaporizhzhia region, a local official said, without giving any immediate report on damage or casualties.
With night temperatures dipping to minus 15-17°C, fighting activity would soon increase as hard frosts made it easier to move heavy equipment, Haidai added.
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