Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday, January 4, that a Serbian oil refinery owned by Russia and under U.S. sanctions will resume operations on January 17 or 18 after receiving a temporary license.
Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has once again placed Denis Kapustin, the founder and commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC), on its wanted list, just days after his staged “liquidation” in Ukraine.
The United Nations General Assembly has rejected Russia’s attempt to block funding for the implementation of Human Rights Council resolutions addressing human rights violations in a number of countries, including in Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories.
Türkiye’s Chief Ombudsman Mehmet Akardja has confirmed that lists of missing Ukrainian prisoners of war, as well as those who are seriously ill or severely wounded, were handed over to Russia. The lists had been provided to him a month earlier.
Since December 29, Russia has been conducting an information operation aimed at sabotaging agreements reached between the Presidents of Ukraine and the United States.
Recent Kremlin statements indicate that Russia’s top leadership is seeking to portray Ukraine’s defenses across the frontline as allegedly “on the verge of collapse” and to present Russia’s seizure of four Ukrainian regions as an ostensibly achievable goal.
Estonia’s Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna is convinced that the focus must be on putting pressure on Russia, as it is the only party not interested in peace.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has emphasized the need to continue applying pressure on Russia in order to facilitate negotiations aimed at ending the war.
Over three years and ten months since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Russian forces have committed 870 crimes against journalists and media in Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has greeted Ukrainians on Christmas Eve, saying that Ukraine is marking Christmas in a difficult time. Yet despite all the suffering brought by Russia, it is not capable of occupying what matters most – Ukraine’s unity.
Ukraine is actively working with the United States on peace efforts. The main priority is ensuring that Russia does not sabotage this diplomacy. If it does, additional pressure on Russia will be necessary.
President Volodymyr Zelensky greeted Ukrainian diplomats on their professional holiday, noting that this year they did not yield a single international platform to Russia on any issue critical to Ukraine.
On the night of December 22, unmanned aerial vehicles operated by the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine struck the Tamanneftegaz Marine Oil Terminal in Russia’s Krasnodar region.
Authorized delegations from South Korea and Russia recently held closed-door talks in Moscow on North Korea’s nuclear program and other pressing regional security issues.