Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 306

Because the Russia-Ukraine conflict enters its 306th day, we check out the primary developments.

Volodymyr, aged 61, and Nataliia Bolias, 51, stroll previous an industrial constructing hit by a missile raid throughout intense shelling on Christmas Day on the entrance line in Bakhmut, Ukraine [Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters]

Right here is the scenario because it stands on Monday, December 26.

Combating

• Russian forces bombarded dozens of cities in Ukraine on Christmas Day as President Vladimir Putin stated he was open to negotiations, a stance Washington has dismissed as posturing due to continued Russian assaults.
• Russia on Sunday launched greater than 10 rocket assaults on the Kupiansk district within the Kharkiv area, shelled greater than 25 cities alongside the Kupiansk-Lyman entrance line, and in Zaporizhzhia hit practically 20 cities, Ukraine’s prime navy command stated. The Reuters information company was not capable of independently confirm the experiences.
• Ukrainians will create their very own Christmas miracle by displaying they continue to be unbowed regardless of Russian assaults which have plunged tens of millions into darkness, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in a defiant message.
• Russian-supplied Iskander tactical missile programs, able to carrying nuclear warheads, and S-400 air defence programs have been deployed to Belarus, a senior Belarusian defence ministry official stated on Sunday.
• A prime Ukrainian presidential aide known as for the “liquidation” of Iranian factories making drones and missiles, in addition to the arrest of their suppliers, as Kyiv accused Tehran of planning to produce extra weapons to Russia.
• Blasts had been heard at Russia’s Engels air base, a whole bunch of kilometres from the Ukrainian entrance line, Ukrainian and Russian media reported early on Monday. The air base was hit on December 5 in what Russia stated was a Ukrainian drone assault.

Financial system

• Moscow is able to resume fuel provides to Europe by the Yamal-Europe pipeline, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak informed state TASS information company. However it's unclear whether or not European nations related by the pipeline — corresponding to Germany and Poland — will agree to purchase Russian fuel once more.
• Novak additionally informed TASS that Russia will be capable to produce at the very least 490-500 million tonnes of oil in 2023. Whereas Russia’s oil exports to Europe and the West have been disrupted, China and India have emerged as main patrons in 2022.