A “drone attack” took place “in the Kursk airfield area”, Russian region bordering Ukraine, said its governor on Telegram, Tuesday, December 6. Because of a “drone attack in the Kursk airfield area, an oil storage tank caught fire. There are no casualties“, said Roman Starovoyt. On Monday, Moscow accused kyiv of hitting two of its air bases with drones. Follow our live.
New salvo of Russian missiles falls in Ukraine. Ukraine was working on Tuesday to repair its energy facilities, damaged by a new salvo of Russian missiles on Monday, and to resupply Ukrainians deprived of electricity and water. Emergency repairs are underway, Ukrainian electricity operator Ukrenergo said, but power cuts will have to be enforced across Ukraine.
A cap on the price of Russian oil went into effect on Monday. The new Russian strikes on Ukraine came on the day of the entry into force of the mechanism to cap the sale price of Russian oil, decided by the West, who are thus trying to dry up Moscow’s manna to finance its military effort. . On Monday, the Kremlin responded by saying that this new sanction would not “no impact” on its offensive in Ukraine.