• UN Security Council meeting. The USA: “We are on Ukraine’s side, we will not abandon them.” China: “We are for peace”
• Russian missile attack on Ukraine: at least 30 dead and 160 injured
• EU: “Ready to provide new assistance to Kiev in 2024.” UK: “We will immediately deliver 200 anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine”
• The US announces a new $250 million military aid package for Ukraine this year.
• Putin to Xi: “Moscow will fight for five years.”
5:59 a.m. – Moscow, one dead in Kiev's attack on Belgorod
The Ukrainian attack on a residential building resulted in the death of one person in Belgorod and a total of 32 drones intercepted, particularly in the Moscow region. The Russian authorities announced this on the night from Friday to Saturday. In Belgorod, a city on the border with Ukraine, the attack killed one man and injured four other people, according to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, who said the city's water supply system was also damaged. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, air defense systems destroyed 13 missiles over the region. He also announced that a total of 32 Ukrainian drones were neutralized in the Bryansk, Kursk and Orel regions north of the Ukrainian border, as well as in Moscow. Belgorod is 80 km north of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, which Ukrainian authorities said was badly hit by Russian forces on Friday morning. According to Kiev, at least 30 people were killed and more than 160 injured in a nationwide series of attacks in Ukraine on Friday.
12:02 a.m. – Russia in Kiev, we expect worse news in the near future
Kiev's military plans have failed, leaving the Ukrainian regime and its Western patrons to face “the worst news” in the near future. This was stated by Russia's permanent representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya at the Security Council meeting. “The military plans of the Kiev regime have completely failed. So expect the worst news for you and your Ukrainian proxies in the near future, regardless of whether the new military and financial aid packages for Zelensky and his gang are approved in Washington or not in Brussels,” Ria Novosti quotes his words. “This will only delay, not prevent, the torment of his regime,” he added. Nebenzya also emphasized that Ukraine no longer has and will no longer have the resources to turn the conflict in its favor.