Ukraine-Russia war, Kiev’s admission of Moscow’s conquests

Ukrainian forces launched a new offensive against Moscow’s troops in the Russian Kursk region. The head of the presidential office, Andriy Yermak, announced it on Telegram: “Kursk region, good news, Russia will get what it deserves.” The objective of the new offensive – after the surprise one launched on August 6th – would appear to be the road towards Kursk, north-east of the small city of Sudzha, which the Ukrainians had conquered in recent months.

Kiev admits: Russia will conquer 3,600 square kilometers in 2024

The Russia conquered nearly 3,600 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory in the past year. This was revealed by the Ukrainian military blog Militarnyi, which cites data from another blog, DeepStateMap, effectively confirming the analysis of recent days by the Institute for War Studies (ISW), according to which Russian forces advanced by almost 4 thousand square kilometres. in 2024. According to Kiev blogs, Ukraine suffered its heaviest territorial losses in November, losing 610 sq km, almost 20 sq km per day.

Zelensky: “Attack with 103 drones in the night, allies enforce sanctions”

During the night, Ukraine was attacked “by 103 Shahed drones, which contained 8,755 foreign-made components – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced in a post on attack, approximately 740 precision aerial bombs and nearly 50 missiles of various types, for a total of over 50,000 sanctioned components from all over the world.” Zelensky stresses that “the pressure of sanctions on supply chains for foreign components remains insufficient”.

“Russia continues to acquire the components and production tools it needs, almost globally, and uses them in the weapons it employs to terrorize Ukraine”, attacks Zelensky, who then urges “to continue to strengthen cooperation with all our partners on sanctions, air defense systems, long-range weapons and support for our soldiers – these priorities will help us protect our cities, our villages and our frontline positions. I am grateful to every partner that helps us.”