KYIV — Ukrainian forces shot down 13 drones on Wednesday, officials said, as Russia launched its first major drone attack on the capital Kyiv in weeks and the…
There are no peace talks under way to end the conflict, which has killed thousands, displaced millions and turned cities to ruins. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Russia this week to start withdrawing by Christmas as the first step towards a peace deal.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Some of the windows of nearby residential buildings had been smashed. Bits of the roof were strewn in the snow along with other debris. Shocked residents, wrapped up against the cold, inspected the damage.The white tail of a drone could be seen in the wreckage. It had M529 Geran-2 written on it and a handwritten message “For Ryazan!!!,” an apparent reference to what Moscow says was a Ukrainian attack on an airstrip deep inside Russia this month.
U.S. officials told Reuters an announcement on a decision on providing the system could come as soon as Thursday. In the past 24 hours, it said, in the regions of Kharkiv, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia “the enemy launched 1 air and 11 missile strikes, 3 of them on civilian infrastructure… launched more than 60 attacks from multiple rocket launchers.”
Military analysts say a winter deadlock could set in, even as fierce fighting continues, especially in the Donetsk region, where Russian forces are pushing to capture the town of Bakhmut. Millions of civilians enduring Europe’s biggest conflict since World War Two have had to contend with cuts to power, heat and water as sub-zero temperatures take hold.
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