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Here’s what it looked like on Tuesday, December 24:
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- Ukrainian President Zelensky posted on X, “According to preliminary data, the number of dead and injured North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region has exceeded 3,000.” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Zelensky’s remarks came shortly after Korea estimate The number is estimated to be around 1,100.
- The Russian Defense Ministry posted on Telegram that its air defense systems destroyed nine Ukrainian drones over the Rostov region and two Ukrainian drones over the Sea of Azov.
- Ukraine’s military intelligence agency GUR posted on Telegram that a warehouse in Russia’s Alabuga Special Economic Zone was “destroyed” in a “mysterious destructive fire”, along with a “Shahid” drone “worth $16 million.” parts.
Diplomacy and Politics
- Sweden has rejected Chinese claims that it has cooperated with a public inquiry into the ship-cutting incident. Two Baltic Sea submarine cables November in Swedish waters. European officials said they suspected the sabotage was linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a suggestion the Kremlin called “ridiculous.”
- Lawmakers in Romania, which borders Ukraine, narrowly voted in favor of a new pro-European coalition government after the country’s constitutional court annulled the presidential campaign over accusations of Russian interference.
- Zelenskiy accused Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico of wanting to “help” Putin after Fico’s visit to Moscow, apparently to continue imports of Russian gas, while the gas transportation contract through Ukraine is due to expire on December 31.
- The Italian cabinet on Monday passed a decree allowing Italy to continue providing military aid to Ukraine until the end of 2025, a government statement said.
- Volunteers cleaning up a major oil spill off Russia’s Black Sea coast say they are overwhelmed and asking Putin for help more than a week after the incident aboard two aging Russian tankers damaged They were delivering fuel to the Russian Navy in stormy weather.
