New Russian strikes against Ukraine. Ukrainian Air Force denounces strikes “massive” of Russian missiles on Thursday 29 December on several cities of the country, including the capital kyiv. “The enemy attacks Ukraine on several fronts, with cruise missiles fired from planes and ships”, the Air Force announced on social media. Follow our live.
Moscow displays its confidence. The head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov, said on Wednesday “convinced” that Russia would achieve its goals in Ukraine by dint of “patience” and “stubbornness”in particular the recognition of four Ukrainian regions whose annexation Moscow claims.
The Minister of the Armed Forces evokes a new “agenda” of French military support. Visiting kyiv on Wednesday, Sébastien Lecornu said he wanted to work to meet Ukrainian military needs “for the weeks to come”. “Presidents Zelensky and Macron have asked (…) to make them proposals for the month of January to redefine an agenda” on French military support, he said during a press conference with his Ukrainian counterpart, Oleksiï Reznikov.
Russia will ban the sale of its oil to countries that use the price cap. This measure will apply from February 1. This ceiling price had been set at the beginning of December at 60 dollars per barrel by the EU, the G7 and Australia, and aims to deprive Moscow of significant revenues to finance its military intervention in Ukraine.