“Our commitment to assist Ukraine remains unbreakable,” the Lithuanian ministry of national defence said on X/Twitter. The strain on aviation could be a harbinger of far-reaching economic and security problems as the weapons of electronic warfare proliferate. Airplanes can typically fly safely without satellite signals and large commercial aircraft have at least six alternative navigation systems, pilots said.
In case you wish to explore Kiev, it is not the best location because distance from the central city areas. Kiev is a grandiose city you will hardly find similar scales in central Europe. What makes it very special is the hills and for a viewing point you do not need to look for rooftops of restaurants or business centers - Kyiv can be viewed from a thousand angles from a height just by walking around it. It's especially interesting to know the historical context and to see a map of the city in the 11th century. Visit Kiev now..or wait until the nonsense ends and the hordes descend upon it, which will happen when commercial air service resumes..



“Those convicted, including for serious crimes, are atoning with blood for their crime on the battlefield,” Peskov told reporters. “They are atoning with blood in storm brigades, under bullets and under shells,” he added. The Kremlin has been accused of illegally transferring thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia, and the international criminal court is seeking the arrest of the president, Vladimir Putin, over alleged deportations. Further south in the region of Kherson, the regional governor said five people were wounded and one killed in Russian shelling of the village of Novoraysk. Avdiivka, an industrial hub in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, has long been a symbol of Ukrainian resistance after it was briefly captured by pro-Russian forces in 2014.
Mr. Biden in his speech also stressed that American troops would not be engaging with Russian troops in Ukraine, but that they were being sent to defend NATO allies in the region should Putin continue a military advance beyond Ukraine's borders. The attack on Freedom Square - the nucleus of public life in the city - was seen by many Ukrainians as brazen evidence that the Russian invasion wasn't just about hitting military targets but also about breaking their spirit. Kharkiv region Governor Oleh Synyehubov said Tuesday at least 17 other civilians were wounded in the attack. Five civilians are dead in eastern Ukraine after Russia attacked Kharkiv, an official said. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced Tuesday that Moscow is beginning the next stage of its invasion of Ukraine as reports are emerging that the Russian military is conducting a full-scale offensive in the country’s east. "15,800 square miles of Ukraine—half the country’s territory—require demining," United States Agency for International Development administrator Samantha Power said on Twitter.

A Kyivstar spokeswoman said the company hoped to restore all service by end of Wednesday but the network integrity company Kentik Inc. said only a fraction had been restored by the afternoon. In other developments, a “hacktivist” group called SoIntsepek claimed responsibility for a major cyberattack Tuesday against Ukrainian internet and cell phone provider Kyivstar, which serves more than 24 million mobile customers across the country. Elsewhere in Ukraine, 10 Russian drones were shot down, most of them in the Odesa region, the Ukrainian air force said. Russia has been stockpiling its air-launched cruise missiles from its heavy bomber fleet, according to a recent assessment by the U.K. The Ministry of Development of Communities, Territories, and Infrastructure of Ukraine said on December 22 the deputy ministers of infrastructure of Poland and Ukraine met in Kyiv and agreed on joint positions for unblocking the border.
Then, proceed to Ukrainian passport control and then Ukrainian customs and you're through. It used to be a nightmare, with apocryphal tales of 5-6+ hours at the border, but the Ukrainians have made great advances in efficiency with a 1-2 hour border crossing now possible. Destitute and desparate people with few possessions – often from war torn countries like Syria, Yemen and Somalia – have become political footballs in a clash between Finland and Estonia against Russia at the borders of the western alliance. Finland’s prime minister Petteri Orpo said the country will shut three border crossings – leaving just one open in its 1,340km border with Russia – after Helsinki accused the Kremlin of pushing hundreds of asylum seekers to the border in recent weeks.
Those that needed repair but will eventually pass is probably another 30 percent. And the last 50 percent was garbage that requires a lot of work.”57 Thus, cannibalism is imposed on them as a natural way of providing spare parts. Notably, the list indicated that Ukraine, which before the war was almost completely dependent on Soviet-era and Russian-made weapons, wants to fully adopt more NATO-standard Ремонт вихлопних систем weapons in its arsenal. Specifically, Kyiv wants to “transition to Western-origin layered air-defense” systems, Western armored personnel carriers and ammunition for those vehicles, and also transition to Western tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. The mass strikes are the first time since the start of the war that Russian forces have targeted the energy infrastructure so broadly, officials say.

By Friday in Fiji, U.S. authorities said Fijian authorities at the request of the U.S. have served a search warrant on the $325 million yacht, freezing it and preventing it from leaving the country. The foreign minister this week alleged that Adolf Hitler was Jewish and suggested this claim supported the belief that Jews can express antisemitism. Amnesty International says it has documented war crimes by Russian forces around Ukraine's capital city. "Russia is aware of the threat posed by irresponsible behavior in this area," he also said. "Scenarios for Russia’s possible use of nuclear weapons are clearly spelled out in Russian doctrine. They are not applicable to tasks in the special military operation in Ukraine."
The Ministry of Defence noted that water scarcity has been a growing issue for Russian-occupied Donetsk since Russia's invasion of Ukraine as forces battle over a contested canal. A British official told Reuters no final decision had been made to send missiles with these capabilities to Ukraine. Britain's Ministry of Defence administers the fund and asked companies to get in touch if they could provide missiles with a range of up to 300 km that can carry a payload of between 20 and 490 kg .

Popov was sacked this week after voicing criticisms of Russian MoD leadership in a leaked video. Attrition rates slowed as commanders adapted in the ensuing weeks, but the story noted losses have decreased because the counteroffensive itself has not progressed rapidly. Some of Ukraine's counter-battery fire has relied upon western-supplied long-range precision artillery, most notably the GMLRS. The GPS-guided Excalibur artillery round, of which thousands have been donated to Ukraine, are also prized weapons for quickly taking out pinpointed enemy batteries with high certainty. One of them is the Cybertruck model, which recently appeared on the streets of Manhattan.
Even with 18,000 guns handed out to citizens in an effort to hold the city, one commander told CBS News that they don't have enough guns to go around. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a dire warning Friday, telling his country that "this night will be harder than the day." But CBS News' Haley Ott reports that Ukrainians are rushing to back up their country's military forces, hoping to prevent any future on Russia's terms.
Russian forces have carried out a series of attacks on civilians, with dozens killed in aerial assaults on targets across Ukraine this week. At least 30 people were killed on Sept. 30 in a missile strike on a convoy of vehicles leaving Zaporizhzhia. Russia says it does not target civilians and has accused Ukraine of hitting civilian targets in areas that it controls. The U.S. has already trained about 3,100 Ukrainian troops on how to use and maintain certain weapons and other equipment, including howitzers, armored vehicles and the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, known as HIMARS.