Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,380

What’s the situation as of Friday, December 5th?

Fighting

• A large chemical plant in the Stavropol region of southern Russia was destroyed by Ukraine’s military’s military’s claims. The Nevinnomyssk Azot plant, according to the military’s general staff, was damaged overnight and contained explosives-making equipment.
• Following Russian attacks on Kherson’s capital city and Odesa, Ukraine’s largest seaport, tens of thousands of people were left without power and heating in the southern region of Ukraine.
• A heat and power plant in Kherson, according to state oil and gas company Naftogaz, has been “almost completely destroyed.” According to Naftogaz CEO Sergii Koretskyi, “This is a purely civilian facility that provides heat to residents.” “Terrorism stems from this targeted bombing.” 40, 500 customers were left without heat by regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin, according to regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin.
• According to state news agency TASS, the Ministry of Defense of Russia claimed that its forces attacked Ukrainian infrastructure and transportation facilities.
• According to Oleksandr Syrskii, the head of Kyiv’s top military, Ukrainian troops have been stationed in Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine’s northern region. A special focus, according to Smyrskii, was placed on coordinating additional logistical routes, providing prompt medical evacuation, and preventing Russian drones and artillery.
• Dobropillia, a village in southern Ukraine, is close to a front line that Moscow’s forces have recently advanced, but the Ukrainian military has denied that Russian troops are in charge of it.

The Kherson CHP plant has been severely damaged by yet another targeted attack by Russian forces; it is almost completely destroyed following yesterday’s attack. There were injuries to several workers. The only thing this is is that it serves as a residential heat source. Terrorists target bombings of this kind. The image is… twitter.com/jcFHzG4cpN

A peace agreement

Ukraine’s Donbass region will be under Russian pressure unless Ukrainian forces withdraw, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has publicly rejected Kyiv’s claim. Prior to his two-day state visit to New Delhi to meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Putin said, “Either we liberate these territories by force of arms or Ukrainian troops leave these territories.”
• According to state news agency RIA Novosti, Putin also claimed that his meeting with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner had been “very helpful” and had been based on the ideas that had been discussed with President Donald Trump in Alaska.
• At the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, which is seeking a position for itself in a post-war Ukraine, foreign minister Andrii Sybiha stated that Ukraine wants “real peace, not appeasement” with Russia.
• “We are still able to identify those who betrayed upcoming generations in Munich.” According to him, this should never be repeated, referring to the 1938 agreement between Nazi Germany and Britain, France, and Italy, which allowed Hitler to annex the Sudetenland of what was then Czechoslovakia.
• According to US First Lady Melania Trump, six boys and one girl have been brought back from Russia to their families, totaling seven. I applaud Russia and Ukraine’s leadership and persistent diplomacy in the fight for the reunification of children and families. They have built a tangible collaborative environment that serves as an encouragement for optimism, she said in a statement.

financial assistance

On Friday, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever stated that he wants to talk about a plan by the European Union to use Russian-frozen assets to support Ukraine in the face of Russian invasion. The majority of the assets are owned by Belgium, which has raised a number of legal questions and is still unconvinced of the plan.
• De Wever expressed his hope for a fruitful discussion and that a solution will be found that we can present to Europe over the coming weeks.
• Chancellor Merz stated that his goal is to speak with De Wever as soon as possible to persuade him to drop his opposition in order for the parties to move forward.
• Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Maria Zakharova once more stated that Moscow was already working on a “package of countermeasures,” and that any “illegal action” by the EU in relation to its frozen assets would “the harshest reaction” would result from.

Sanctions

Due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during his ongoing state visit to India, President Putin has argued that US pressure is mounting on India to refrain from purchasing Russian fuel. Putin’s first visit to India in four years aims to expand business connections beyond energy and defense equipment and boost sales of Russian oil, missiles, and fighter jets.
• According to a post on the website of the US Department of Treasury, the US has issued a general license allowing certain transactions to be done with Lukoil retail service locations outside of Russia.
• Following the passage of a law that authorized the government to impose sanctions on Russian fishing companies in its waters, Russia is considering taking retaliatory measures against the Faroe Islands, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.
• A law allowing the foreign minister to dock in Faroese waters or dock in one of the country’s largest fishing companies, Norebo and Murman Seafood, was passed on Wednesday, according to the Faroese public broadcaster.

Europe

Turkiye called the acting charges d’affaires of Russia and Ukraine to express their concerns over a number of Russian-linked vessel attacks in its exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea. “The Russia-Ukraine war has recently escalated very significantly, with reciprocal attacks coming in. And lastly, some attacks occurred in our exclusive economic zone, which included the Black Sea,” Deputy Foreign Minister Berris Ekinci told the commission into foreign affairs.
• A public inquiry into the death of an innocent woman in the United Kingdom has come to the conclusion that President Putin must have ordered the Novichok nerve agent attack on Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in 2018. After Novichok was applied to the front door handle of his nearby home, Kripal and his daughter Yulia were discovered slumped unconscious on a public bench in Salisbury, southern England, in March 2018. According to the inquiry, mother-of-three Dawn Sturgess passed away from exposure to the poison four months after her partner discovered a fake perfume bottle used by Russian spies to smuggle the military-grade nerve agent into the nation.
• The Russian military intelligence agency GRU, which Skripal was once employed by, was sanctioned by the UK government in response to the ruling.
• In response to Russian drone attacks in September, Germany sent five Eurofighter jets and about 150 military personnel to Malbork, Poland, according to the German air force.
• As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made his first state visit to Ireland on Monday, an Irish navy ship discovered five drones that were operating close to Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s aircraft, The Irish Times reported on Thursday. A major security alert was issued as a result of the sighting, according to the outlet, amid concerns that it was being used to straddle the flight path.