DIRECT. War in Ukraine: kyiv wants to organize a summit for peace at the UN within two months

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•  Ukraine yesterday demanded Russia's exclusion from the United Nations, claiming that it "illegally occupied the seat of the USSR on the UN Security Council" since 1991. 

• Vladimir Putin welcomed Monday in Saint Petersburg (Russia) the heads of state of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, including Belarus of Alexander Lukashenko. 

• The bombardments are not weakening on Ukrainian soil, where the authorities recorded "19 attacks from rocket salvo systems" on Monday, particularly in the regions of the cities of Bakhmut and Lyman. 

• At the same time, Russia denounces Ukrainian attacks on its territory.

  Three soldiers were fatally hit by debris from a drone shot down by the Russian army near an air base. 

• Sébastien Lecornu, the French Minister for the Armed Forces will travel to Ukraine on Wednesday to show France's continued support. 

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kyiv accuses Moscow of more than 4,500 cyberattacks against Ukraine in 2022

"The aggressor country launches an average of more than ten cyber-attacks a day," Ilya Vitiuk, head of the cyber-security department at the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), said on Monday.

Its services have neutralized more than 4,500 since the start of the year, compared to 1,400 in 2021. 

According to him, Moscow targets in particular the energy sector, logistics, military installations, as well as government databases and information resources.

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Ukraine wants UN peace summit  

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in an interview with the "AP" news agency that his government wants a peace summit by the end of February, within the United Nations. 

Kuleba also said he was "absolutely satisfied" with Volodymyr Zelensky's trip to the United States last week.

He reveals in this interview that a special plan has been drawn up with Washington, so that the Patriot, anti-aircraft defense system, is operational within six months in Ukraine.

Usually the training lasts up to a year.

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9 million Ukrainians still without electricity 

9 million Ukrainians were still without electricity as of December 26.

“But the number and duration of outages are gradually decreasing.

I am grateful to all the people who ensured this result,” said President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The Head of State also affirmed that the frontline situation in the Donbass is “difficult, painful”.

“The occupiers are spending all the resources they have – significant resources – to make at least some progress,” he said in a Dec. 26 speech.

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Welcome to this direct dedicated to the news of the war in Ukraine, more than 300 days after the start of the conflict.