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At least three Russian soldiers have died this Monday in an attack with a Ukrainian drone against the Engels airfield, located in the territory of the Russian region of Saratov, about 500 kilometers east of Ukraine, as reported by Moscow.
The Kremlin's anti-aircraft defenses shot down the device around 3:30 in the morning and the fall of the remains of the device caused the death of the three soldiers, according to the statement released by the Russian Defense Ministry.
This is not the first time that Moscow accuses kyiv of attacking its territory: on December 5, the Kremlin certified two attacks on separate military bases in which three soldiers died.
Ukraine plans to ask this Monday for the removal of Russia as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba has announced.
"We have a simple question: Does Russia have the right to remain a permanent member of the UN Security Council?" Kuleba said Sunday night in a national television address.
“We have a convincing and reasoned answer: no, it doesn't,” she said.
Meanwhile, the Government of Belarus has indicated that the Iskander missile system and the S-400 air defense systems deployed by Moscow in the country are now ready to go into operation.
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Belarus says Russia-deployed Iskander missile system is ready to go
The Government of Belarus has indicated that the Iskander missile system and the S-400 air defense systems deployed by Russia in Belarus are now ready to go into operation.
The head of the Ideology Directorate of the Belarusian Ministry of Defense has indicated that the units assigned to the operations of these systems have completed their training in Russia and Belarus and has stressed that the systems "are prepared to carry out their tasks", according to a message from the Ministry of Defense on his Telegram account.
The announcement came just a week after Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Minsk to meet his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, who said after the meeting that Moscow and Minsk are ready to talk with Europe.
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Three Ukrainian refugees in serious condition after escaping over the bush to Romania
Three Ukrainian refugees are in critical condition in Romania after escaping their country on foot through the Maramures mountains and getting lost for hours at an altitude of 1,800 meters and in sub-zero temperatures, Romanian emergency services reported Monday.
Those hospitalized show signs of hypothermia and injuries, collects the news portal
Hotnews
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Romanian emergencies learned of the three men's presence on December 24, but were unable to locate them until Sunday night.
Many Ukrainian men have attempted to escape to Romania clandestinely in recent months.
One died of cold on December 8 in the mountains of Maramures, in the north of the country.
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Ukraine will ask on Monday to exclude Russia from the UN Security Council
Ukraine plans to request this Monday the removal of Russia as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba has announced.
“Tomorrow we will officially express our position.
We have a simple question: Does Russia have the right to remain a permanent member of the UN Security Council?" Kuleba said Sunday night in a national television address.
“We have a convincing and reasoned answer: no, it doesn't,” she said.
Kuleba indicated that the presence of Russia as a permanent member, with veto power, of the Security Council, is already being discussed in diplomatic circles.
The other permanent members are the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and China.
Several countries have sought to reform the body, some even criticizing its lack of representativeness for not having permanent seats for countries in Africa and Latin America.
US President Joe Biden urged in September to expand the Security Council to make it "more inclusive."
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Russia lacks means and trained personnel to monitor minefields, according to the United Kingdom
Russian forces lack the means of surveillance and trained personnel to effectively monitor the new minefields, according to the latest report from the UK Ministry of Defense, issued on Monday.
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At least three dead in a drone attack on a Russian airfield
At least three Russian soldiers have died this Monday in an attack with a Ukrainian drone against the Engels airfield, located in the territory of the Russian region of Saratov, about 500 kilometers east of Ukraine, as reported by the Russian Defense Ministry. .
“On December 26 at around 01:35 Moscow time (3:35, Spanish peninsular time), anti-aircraft defense means of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian drone at a low altitude as it approached the Engels military airfield in the Saratov region”, Defense has pointed out in a statement released by Russian agencies.
According to the report, three soldiers from the technical staff of the aerodrome have died as a result of the falling fragments of the drone.
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Russia is primed with constant bombardments against Kherson
The seams in the asphalt are fresh, the attack has scattered pieces of cement and dirt on the sidewalk and the highway.
Next to the burst pavement, in the heart of the city of Kherson, savagely attacked these days by Russian forces, a colorful advertisement attached to a street lamp advertises trips to Prague, Spain, Georgia or Italy.
The cardboard is still shiny and so out of place that two men smoking next to it, next to a fresh blackish stain on the road, can't help but glance at it.
This Saturday, a Russian bombardment at that same point added to two others in the nearby streets killed a dozen people and injured 60, the vast majority of them civilians, according to the Ukrainian authorities.
Danylo Stepaniuk, one of the smokers, says that one of the dead was a young man who had just returned to the city to evacuate his mother from a city where living conditions are becoming more difficult.
The attack caught the boy in the car and left his body charred, Stepaniuk says.
By
María R. Sahuquillo
(Special Envoy)
In this photo, by
Dimitar Dilkoff (AFP)
, a man tries to help a woman injured in Saturday's shelling in the Ukrainian city of Kherson.
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Hello. We resume the live narration of this new day of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, which this Monday turns 306.
On Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his traditional daily televised address that "this year, Russia has lost everything it could" in its invasion of the country.
“We have to be aware that our enemy will try to make this difficult and dark time for us,” he recalled.
"He is trying to make up his losses with the cunning of his propagandists after the missile attacks on our country, against our energy sector."
The Ukrainian Prime Minister, Denis Shmihal, estimated that his country has received commitments from its international partners amounting to 1.5 billion dollars (more or less the same amount in euros) to guarantee the supply of energy in the country after the Russian bombardments against its basic infrastructures.
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West of wanting to "divide" his country, while the Kremlin's goal is "to unite the Russian people."
In an interview on the national public broadcaster, Putin reiterated that he is ready to negotiate to find a solution to the conflict in Ukraine, although he continues to blame kyiv and its Western allies for blocking the dialogue.
The head of the Kherson regional military administration, Yaroslav Yanushevich, has reported that at least 16 people have been killed in the southern Ukrainian province in the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that Ukrainian troops are keeping the Bakhmut front, a city located in the Donetsk region (east), under control despite constant fire from Russia.
According to the figures provided by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, more than 50 Russian soldiers have died and some 80 have been wounded in the context of the clashes over Bakhmut, which has become one of the most dangerous points in recent days. hot in the conflict in Ukraine.
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