A top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia could sharply escalate the war in a winter offensive driven by mass infantry, and that Western allies needed to be prepared.
Russian forces are looking for tactical improvements to their positions around Lyman and are focusing on areas near Bakhmut and Avdiivka, Ukraine’s General Staff said in its latest update. Over the past day, Russia launched five rockets at Ukraine and made at least 42 strikes from multiple-launch rocket systems. The entire country remains at risk of airstrikes. Russian forces shelled the centre of Kherson, injuring three, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of presidential staff, said on Telegram.
Presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak said on Twitter that the sports body “shows lack of understanding of the disaster” Russia was dragging the world into, while Ukraine’s foreign ministry urged Fifa to not be afraid.The Ukrainian railway company Ukrzaliznytsya set up a Christmas tree in the hall of a central railway station in Kyiv with lights powered by electricity generated by a bicycle, its CEO said on Twitter.
The sing-off came a day after Kremlin troops bombarded the capital with 40 missiles, of which 37 were shot down by air defences.Kyiv has restored operations at utilities providing heat throughout the city following the latest missile strikes by Russia on Friday, Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote in a Telegram post.
Publicising the attendance at Friday’s meeting of top military brass, including army General Sergei Surovikin, who commands Russia’s forces in Ukraine, was done to depict the defence ministry “as an organised, unified, and effective war-fighting institution”, they added.
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