Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 300

Because the Russia-Ukraine conflict enters its three hundredth day, we check out the principle developments.

Right here is the state of affairs because it stands on Tuesday, December 20.

Battle

Talking forward of Safety Providers Day which falls on Tuesday, President Vladimir Putin ordered the strengthening of Russia’s borders as Moscow tries to regain momentum in its conflict towards Ukraine.
Russian “kamikaze” drones hit key vitality infrastructure in and round Kyiv on Monday, which adopted Friday’s missile assaults in one in every of Russia’s greatest assaults towards Ukraine for the reason that begin of the conflict, Ukrainian officers mentioned.
Ukraine’s atomic vitality company accused Russia of sending a “kamikaze” drone over a part of the South Ukraine Nuclear Energy Plant within the Mykolaiv area.
Russia’s defence ministry mentioned its forces had shot down 4 United States-made HARM anti-radiation missiles over the Belgorod area, which borders Ukraine, within the house of 24 hours, the state-run TASS information company reported.

Putin visited Belarus on Monday for the primary time since 2019 after Moscow’s latest battlefield setbacks, growing Ukrainian fears he'll stress his ally to open a brand new invasion entrance.
Putin and his Belarusian counterpart President Alexander Lukashenko extolled the advantages of cooperation, however they hardly talked about the Ukraine conflict at their joint information convention.

The USA accused United Nations Secretary-Common Antonio Guterres of “apparently yielding to Russian threats” and never sending officers to Ukraine to examine drones utilized by Russia that Washington and others say had been provided by Iran.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy requested Western leaders assembly in Latvia to produce a variety of weapons methods, renewing his longstanding name for extra navy assist.
Moldova’s spy chief warned on Monday of a “very excessive” danger of a brand new Russian offensive in the direction of his nation’s east subsequent 12 months and mentioned Moscow nonetheless aimed to safe a land hall by way of Ukraine to the breakaway Moldovan area of Transnistria.
The Canadian authorities has mentioned it should begin a course of to pursue the forfeiture of $26m from Granite Capital Holdings Ltd, an organization owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. That is the primary case of the Canadian authorities utilizing new powers to pursue the seizure of belongings belonging to sanctioned people.

The ability grid operator described the state of affairs as “troublesome” and mentioned the Dnipropetrovsk area and areas within the centre and east of the nation had been the worst affected.
Washington and its allies have to do extra to assist Ukraine maintain the facility on, a senior US diplomat mentioned.