Russia hits Zaporozhye and Krivoy Rog: many dead; The Ukrainian Armed Forces received a new Peklo drone missile. Athletistic highlights yesterday’s key events.
On Friday evening, the Russian Federation carried out an air strike in one of the districts of Zaporozhye. 10 people died, eight of them burned in their cars. 24 people were injured, including three children – a four-month-old baby, 4 and 11 years old. An auto repair complex was destroyed, shops, high-rise buildings and other infrastructure were damaged. A day of mourning was declared in Zaporozhye on Saturday.
The Russians also fired missiles at Krivoy Rog. Seventeen people were injured and two died. The civil administration building was hit. A rescue operation is underway.
The Defense Forces acquired the latest Peklo drone missile, which has a speed of 700 km/h and a flight range of more than 700 km. “The Peklo drone-missile, our, Ukrainian weapon, which has proven its use in battle Today we passed the first batch to our Defense Forces Now the task is to increase production and use,” said President Vladimir Zelensky.
Romania’s Constitutional Court annulled the results of the first round of presidential elections, in which pro-Russian candidate Kelin Georgescu unexpectedly won the most votes – 23%. The reason for the cancellation of the results is the intervention of the Russian Federation and cyber attacks. The court made the decision after declassified reports on the role of TikTok during the election campaign were posted on the website of the President of Romania on Wednesday, December 4. Now the country must call new elections.
During the meeting, the foreign ministers of NATO countries managed to identify air defense systems that can be transferred to Ukraine as soon as possible. The representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Georgy Tikhy, said this at a press conference. “I can say that as a result of the ministerial negotiations at the headquarters of NATO, it is possible to identify (some) such systems, missiles and other equipment that can be transferred to Ukraine in a short time to implement these measures ,” he said.
On December 6, Sweden and Denmark announced the placing of a large order for the purchase of infantry fighting vehicles, of which 40 vehicles are intended for Ukraine. We are talking about the Swedish infantry fighting vehicles CV 90 model MKIIIC from the manufacturer Hägglunds for a total cost of 25 billion Swedish kronor – more than 2.1 billion euros. The IFVs ordered by Denmark will reportedly go out of production between 2027 and 2030 and form the basis of the mechanized brigade that Denmark is preparing as part of NATO’s joint defense.
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin arrived in Minsk to participate in a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State on December 6. The participants of the meeting planned to consider the progress of the implementation of the main directions of implementation of the provisions of the agreement on the creation of the Union State for 2024-2026 and the prepared security concept of the Union State.
Hungarian intelligence services may have illegally spied on EU officials when they visited the country. This was stated in a journalistic investigation by the Belgian publication De Tijd and the Hungarian Direkt36. The activities of the Hungarian intelligence services span the period from 2015 to 2017, when employees of the European Anti-Fraud Office were investigating the activities of companies associated with Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said Beijing is insisting on negotiations to resolve the “crisis in Ukraine.” “We are convinced that the only possible way to resolve the ‘crisis’ is through dialogue and negotiation, so the international community must help create the conditions for the continuation of direct negotiations between the two parties to the conflict, Lin said.
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Source: korrespondent
I am David Wyatt, a professional writer and journalist for Buna Times. I specialize in the world section of news coverage, where I bring to light stories and issues that affect us globally. As a graduate of Journalism, I have always had the passion to spread knowledge through writing.