12/03/2022 19:50:55
Zelenskyy: “The decision on the Russian oil price cap is not serious”
“Unfortunately, the decision made on the price cap for Russian oil is not serious.” This was stated in his usual evening speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, reports Ukrainska Pravda. “Russia has already caused colossal damage to all countries in the world by deliberately destabilizing the energy market, and the world dares not really disarm it from an energy point of view,” he added. It’s a weak position and it’s only a matter of time before stronger tools have to be deployed anyway.”
2022-12-03 18:43:01
Lukashenko sees Shoigu: “Our armies are united”
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said in a meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who flew to Minsk without warning, that the Belarusian and Russian armies are “preparing as one”. This was written by the Ukrainian agency UNIAN and the Russian agency Interfax. “I think the Belarusian Defense Minister has already told you about the situation in Belarus, about training and operational coordination between the Belarusian and Russian units present in Belarus. I must say that we took the issue seriously,” Lukashenko said, according to his press service, specifying that in Belarus both Russian and Belarusian officers train the military of both countries. “I’m not going to scare anyone here. But if they want us to live peacefully in our region, both Russia and Belarus are ready for it. If they want to fight against any Ukrainian, Pole or mercenary or whatever, well, that’s their business, it’s their right,” Lukashenko said. Right now, for example, I and our security agencies don’t see them ready for direct talks and agreements.”
2022-12-03 17:32:58
Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman was arrested in London
Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has arrested and released on bail Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman on charges of money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the Home Office and conspiracy to commit perjury. The 58-year-old Ukrainian-born billionaire, co-founder of LetterOne, a Luxembourg-based international investment firm, Alfa Group and Alfa-Bank, one of Russia’s largest private banks, was arrested on Thursday with his multimillion-pound fortune at his London residence . Among Russian oligarchs, he was the first to express his opposition to the war against Ukraine.
2022-12-03 15:43:00
BBC: Moscow is building a major military base in Mariupol
Russia is solidifying its military presence in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, which has been captured in recent months, by building a large military base. This is shown by the satellite photos published by the earth observation company Maxar and released by the BBC. The photos show a new U-shaped complex near the city center. On the roof is the red, white and blue Star of the Russian Army, with letters reflecting the inscription: “From the Russian Army to the people of Mariupol”. Moscow troops besieged Mariupol for almost three months earlier this year, leaving the city largely in ruins. Ukrainian officials last month estimated about 25,000 civilians were killed in the attacks, while the United Nations confirmed the deaths of 1,348 civilians but said the true death toll was “likely higher than thousands”. Ukrainian officials estimate that up to 90% of the city’s infrastructure is in ruins as a result of Russian bombing, and new satellite imagery suggests Moscow has begun demolishing many of the residential buildings left uninhabitable and beyond repair. The Ukrainian city is of strategic importance to Moscow as part of its “land bridge” linking Russia to annexed Crimea.
2022-12-03 13:06:34
Kyiv: The cancer center in Kherson is bombed by Russians
The Russian army bombed the southern Kherson region 28 times in 24 hours, hitting the oncology clinic, said the head of the regional military administration Yaroslav Yanushevich, quoted by Ukrinform. «The Russian invaders attacked the Kherson region 28 times. Peaceful settlements again came under enemy fire. They bombed the cancer center, the city’s apartment buildings and civilian infrastructure,” Yanushevich said.
2022-12-03 11:38:15
British Secret Service: Russians want to surround Bakhmut
Currently, the Russian military is planning to encircle the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast, while investing a large part of the total military effort and firepower along an approximately 15-kilometer stretch of the front line. This is what the intelligence service of the British Ministry of Defense writes on Twitter in the daily update on the situation in Ukraine. Russia has made little progress in recent days on the southern axis, where it is attempting to consolidate limited bridgeheads west of the marshland around the Bakhmutka River. Russia has prioritized Bakhmut as its main offensive since early August 2022. The capture of the city would have limited operational value, although it would potentially allow Moscow troops to threaten the larger urban areas of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. However, the campaign was disproportionately expensive compared to these possible successes – the report analyzes – there is a realistic possibility that the capture of Bakhmut has become primarily a symbolic and political goal for Russia.
2022-12-03 10:57:44
Kyiv: Attacks on the rise, more evacuations in Kherson starting today
From today until December 5, residents of Kherson, who are still on the left bank of the Dnipro River, will be evacuated due to the intensification of attacks by the Russian army, the regional administration, quoted by Ukrainska Pravda, said. “The evacuation is necessary due to the possible intensification of hostilities in the area,” the government said. The officials did not say whether there was an agreement with the Russian occupiers about the evacuation.
12/03/2022 10:15:49
Kyiv: Russian economy is being destroyed by oil price caps
The Russian economy “will be destroyed” by the forthcoming introduction of an oil price cap of $60 per barrel, under the agreement signed by the EU, the G7 countries and Australia, the Ukrainian presidency has declared. “We are still reaching our goal, Russia’s economy will be destroyed, it will pay for and be responsible for all its crimes,” said Andrey Yermak, Ukraine’s presidential chief of staff, stating that “however, we should have lowered[the price cap]. at $30 to destroy it faster».
2022-12-03 09:02:41
007 Gb: The Russians want to surround Bakhmut, this is a symbolic goal
The Russian army is currently planning to encircle the city Bachmut, in Donetsk Oblast, and continues to invest a large part of the total military effort and firepower along an approximately 15-kilometer stretch of the front line. This is what the intelligence service of the British Ministry of Defense writes on Twitter in the daily update on the situation in Ukraine.
Russia has made little progress in recent days on the southern axis, where it is attempting to consolidate limited bridgeheads west of the marshland around the Bakhmutka River. Russia has prioritized Bakhmut as its main offensive since early August 2022. The capture of the city would have limited operational value, although it would potentially allow Moscow troops to threaten the larger urban areas of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. However, the campaign was disproportionately expensive compared to these possible successes – the report analyzes – there is a realistic possibility that the capture of Bakhmut has become primarily a symbolic and political goal for Russia.
2022-12-03 08:28:42
Kyiv: Russians wait for frost at -10 degrees to launch attack
Russians are waiting for the temperature in Ukraine to drop to minus ten degrees to deal the biggest blow to the country, said the head of the presidential office Mykhailo Podolyak, Ukrainian media reported. “It seems to me that now Russia’s tactics have changed somewhat: they are waiting for the frost to increase, for the temperature to drop to minus ten degrees, and only then they want to inflict the most sensitive blow on Ukraine. They want to freeze us,” Podolyak said
2022-12-03 07:53:41
The area around Zaporizhia was bombed all night
The Nikopol district in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region in the area of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was bombed by the Russian army all night: gas pipelines and electricity networks were damaged. “The Russians shelled the Nikopol district all night, but the center of the district was hit the hardest. More than 30 enemy shells fell on Nikopol (in front of the nuclear power plant), but fortunately no people were injured. Two dozen houses, farm buildings, power grids and gas lines and 50 were damaged,” said regional military chief Valentin Reznichenko.