Cover photo: Recently mobilized Russian soldiers take the train at the railway station in Tyumen, Russia, December 2, 2022. AP
- Ukraine said on Friday it had pushed back a nocturnal explosive drone attack carried out through Russia. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, a night salvo of Shahed drones was sent by the Russians. The latter assured that he shot down the sixteen Iranian-made planes that would have been launched.
- On Friday, the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenbergcalled on the member states of the alliance to do so deliver more armor and ammunition to Ukraine. The British Ministry of DefenceBen Wallace, on Friday announced a donation of more than “1,000 Vallon metal detectors” and “one hundred bomb disposal kits” or detonation kits to “help clear minefields” and ensure the security of “recovered lands, civilian homes and infrastructure.” “.
- the russian president, Vladimir Putinand its Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, discussed Friday during a meeting via video conference. Mr Putin said he hopes the Chinese president will come to Russia for a “state visit” in the “spring” of 2023 military cooperation with China, praised Moscow and Beijing’s resistance to Western “pressure”. Reports of exchanges between the two men show a significant difference of opinion about the conflict in Ukraine.
- The last emergency power source of the Zaporizhia power plant was damaged and shut down, announces the IAEA. The extent of the damage is not yet known, but repair work is already underway, the statement said. The plant, whose six reactors are shut down, “draws the electricity it needs to cool the reactors (…) from the only power source (750 kilovolts) that is still in operation”.
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