The Ukrainian Air Force said it shot down three Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bombers in the south of the country on Friday. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the planes were neutralized by missiles. Follow the latest information.
00:02
December 24, 2023
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December 23, 2023
THE RUSSIAN COMMUNIST PARTY HAS CHOSEN ITS CANDIDATE
The Russian Communist Party, for its part, has named Nikolai Kharitonov, a veteran of political life and candidate back in 2004, as its candidate for the presidential election next March, without, however, disturbing Vladimir Putin and promising his own successor. “(Nikolai) Kharitonov's candidacy was supported in a secret vote by the overwhelming majority of participants in the congress organized near Moscow,” Central Committee Secretary Alexander Yushchenko said, according to the Interfax press agency.
On paper, the Communist Party is one of the parliamentary opposition groups, but in reality it supports the Kremlin's policies. “Our task is to consolidate the people in the election campaign so that there is victory on all fronts,” Nikolai Kharitonov told the press, referring to the conflict in Ukraine. His program is also called “Victory,” he clarified.
23:18
December 23, 2023
A journalist kissed by the Russian presidential protests
Journalist and former local representative Ekaterina Dountsova, who was disqualified from the Russian presidential election, announced that she would appeal this decision to the Supreme Court, which she described as unjustified and undemocratic, according to The Guardian. “This political decision deprives us of the opportunity to have our own representative and express points of view other than the aggressive official discourse,” she said on Telegram.
12:12
December 23, 2023
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT
The Russian election commission on Saturday ruled out the presidential candidacy of journalist and former community representative Ekaterina Dountsova, who advocates for democracy and an end to the offensive in Ukraine. The commission cited “errors in the documents” submitted by Ekaterina Dountsova To her candidacy, Russian television reported.
The President of the Commission, Ella Pamfilova, stated that she had unanimously rejected the candidacy of this 40-year-old woman in the presidential elections next spring, in which Vladimir Putin, in power since 1999, was assured of reappointment for a term of 6 years. “You are a young woman, you have your life ahead of you,” Ms. Pamfilova said, turning to the candidate.
She stated that a total of 29 people had submitted application documents for the presidential candidacy.
10:36
December 23, 2023
PORTRAIT
The Wall Street Journal reveals that the plane crash that killed Yevgeny Prigoyine was caused by a bomb planted under the plane. An attack that would have been ordered and orchestrated by Nikolai Patrushev, a close friend of Vladimir Putin.
06:59
December 23, 2023
RUSSIAN HUNTERS SHOT
The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot down three Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bombers in the south of the country on Friday. President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that this happened in the Kherson region, where fighting is raging.
“This afternoon three Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers were shot down in the southern operational zone,” Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said in Telegram. “Inform every Russian pilot of our response to every Russian murderer – none of them will go unpunished,” Mr. Zelensky added.
In his speech on Friday evening, President Zelensky made it clear that these planes were shot down by missiles and expressed gratitude to “our soldiers who destroyed three Russian Sukhoi planes at once. In the south – in our Kherson region.”
06:58
December 23, 2023
CORRUPTION
A senior Ukrainian Defense Ministry official was arrested on charges of embezzling about 36 million euros to buy artillery shells, authorities said on Friday, as the war-torn country faces an ammunition shortage.
According to the prosecutor's office, this high-ranking official, whose identity has not been disclosed, is accused of organizing “a system of embezzlement of budget funds when awarding public contracts” worth 1.5 billion hryvnia.
These diversions involved the purchase of artillery shells for the armed forces at inflated prices, the agency said in a press release.
06:57
December 23, 2023
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At least 12 people, including rescuers, were injured on Friday in a Ukrainian drone strike on Donetsk, a large city in eastern Ukraine under Russian control, occupation authorities said.
“The dropping of a grenade by a drone in the Kirov district of the regional capital today left 12 people injured,” said Denis Pushilin, head of the occupying force in the Donetsk region and the city of the same name, which has been under Russian control since 2014.
Five rescuers and city service employees were among the injured, he said.
According to Mr. Pushilin, the city was also the subject of Ukrainian artillery fire that damaged a residential building and civilian infrastructure.
The city of Donetsk, which came under the control of pro-Russian separatists led by Moscow in 2014, is regularly bombed by Ukrainian forces.
The Donetsk region is one of five regions partially occupied by Russia that Vladimir Putin claimed to annex in September 2022.
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