The Kyiv Independent

2022-12-26 23:05:44 Governor: Over 60% of infrastructure in Bakhmut damaged or destroyed

“Russia is constantly shelling Bakhmut’s infrastructure. The enemy is keeping on scorched earth tactics,” said Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko.

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2022-12-26 22:34:05 Ukraine aims for peace summit with UN involvement by end of February

In an interview with the Associated Press news agency, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that Russia could only be invited to such a summit if the country faced a war crimes tribunal first. Open / Comment

2022-12-26 22:06:05 Ukraine accuses Russia of delaying inspections of ships under grain deal

According to Ukraine's Infrastructure Ministry, 99 vessels are currently waiting for inspection in the Bosphorus Strait, with 72 of them headed west to be loaded at ports and 27 already carrying Ukrainian agricultural products.

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2022-12-26 21:10:19 Lithuania invites Zelensky to receive Freedom Award.

Lithuania has invited President Volodymyr Zelensky to receive the country's Freedom Award at a ceremony in the country's parliament on Jan. 13, the Day of the Defenders of Lithuania's Freedom. Open / Comment

2022-12-26 20:53:43 General Staff: Ukraine hits multiple Russian personnel concentration areas.

Ukraine's rocket and artillery forces have hit four control points and six areas of concentration of Russian troops in the past 24 hours, according to the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces. Open / Comment

2022-12-26 20:38:49 Security Service uncovers scheme for men of draft age to flee Ukraine.

According to the Security Service of Ukraine, under the scheme, two suspects in Chernihiv Oblast registered men as volunteers to help them illegally cross the Ukrainian border into the European Union. Open / Comment

2022-12-26 20:10:36 Ukrainian military: Russia attacks village in Sumy Oblast.

Russian troops struck the village of Sydorivka next to the Russian-Ukrainian border in Sumy Oblast with mortars on Dec. 26, according to Ukraine's Northern Operational Command. Open / Comment

2022-12-26 18:54:40 Ukraine seeks to have Russia expelled from UN.

Ukraine has called on United Nations member states to deprive Russia of its status as a permanent member of the UN Security Council and to expel it from the UN, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Dec. 26. Open / Comment

2022-12-26 17:39:13 Warehouse on fire, explosions reported in Russia’s Novosibirsk.

A large fire has broken out at a warehouse in the Russian city of Novosibirsk, and the sounds of explosions have been heard, Russian local media and Telegram channels reported on Dec. 26, citing eyewitnesses. Open / Comment

2022-12-26 16:33:29 Bellingcat journalist who exposed Kremlin's crimes wanted by Russia.

Russia's Interior Ministry has placed Bulgarian investigative journalist Christo Grozev on its wanted list, Mediazona, a Russian media outlet, reported on Dec. 26, citing the ministry’s database. Open / Comment