Did you miss the latest events on the war in Ukraine? 20 Minutes takes stock for you every evening. Between the strong declarations, the advances on the front and the results of the fighting, here is the essential of Saturday December 21, the 1,032nd day of the war.
News of the day
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that he had seen CIA Director William Burns in Ukraine, although this type of meeting is rarely revealed since the invasion launched by Russia. “Bill Burns made his last visit to Ukraine as CIA director,” Volodymyr Zelensky said in a message posted on Telegram, adding that the two men had “many meetings during this war,” most of which were not have not been disclosed.
Today's statement
« “Even in the shelter, bricks fell on my head. It's just horrible when people start coming running from the street.” »
Viktoria, a doctor who lives in kyiv, testifies after a Russian bombing. She rushed to the bomb shelter of her building after the army alerted her. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russian forces fired five Iskander ballistic missiles at kyiv, all of which were shot down, and 65 explosive drones, of which 40 were shot down.
According to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, missile “debris” fell on three districts of kyiv, particularly affecting the center where the roof of a luxury office building was partially destroyed and causing heating cuts which lasted several hours . One person was killed and 13 injured, according to the latest report from local authorities. Six diplomatic missions located in the same building were damaged. In response, Ukraine bombed the Russian region of Kursk, killing five people according to Russian authorities.
The number of the day
19. Like the number of years in prison that a Russian received, accused of having transmitted information to the FBI. This man born in 1993 was found guilty of several charges, including “high treason”, the Russian security services (FSB) said in a statement. The investigation “confirmed that he had established a confidential cooperative relationship with representatives of the United States intelligence services,” according to the same source.
Today's trend
The Chinese cargo ship suspected of being involved in the rupture of two cables in the Baltic Sea and which had been anchored off the coast of Denmark since November 19, left on Saturday, according to the Swedish coast guard and ship tracking sites. “It reported that it was heading towards Egypt and Port Said,” said Hanna Buhler, duty officer with the Swedish coast guard, adding that they would continue to monitor the ship. Ship tracking site Vesselfinder showed that the Yi Peng 3 was heading north from the Kattegat Strait. On Thursday, Swedish, German and Finnish authorities were invited to come on board for an investigation led by China.
Our file on the war in Ukraine
On the front, the Russian army claimed Saturday the capture of a Ukrainian village near the town of Kurakhové, an area of eastern Ukraine in which its soldiers have been advancing in recent months. The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that its troops had “liberated” Kostiantynopolské, some eight kilometers southwest of the industrial city of Kurakhové, which Moscow's army appears close to seizing.
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