Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,049
On Jan. 6, Russian forces introduced artillery, mortars and drones into the lands of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, killing two civilians and wounding 11 others, the government said.
Russian troops executed 3 Ukrainian prisoners of war near the eastern front line on January 3, the commissioner of the Ukrainian parliament announced. The soldiers who had surrendered in the battle, were linked, taken to Russian positions in the small town of Neskuchne, and shot in the back of the head. Lubinets, along with human rights groups, condemned the law, accusing Russia of systematic abuse of Ukrainian prisoners of war.
DNIPROPETROVSK region. On January 5, the Russian artillery arrived in the commercial city of Nikople in the southeast of the country, killing a 43 -year -old man.
Although Ukraine will stop the transit of the Russian Herbal fuel through its territory, Russia may probably mitigate the negative. Losses projected in just 0. 2–– 0. 3% of GDP, according to Bloomberg. Europe continues to buy record amounts of Russian LNG, while exports of Russian pipes to China are successful in a record of 31 billion cubic meters (BCM) in 2024 and are expected to succeed in 38 AC when the power of the pipe De Siberia is successful in the complete capacity in 2025. State of Russia Russia. – The giant of the power, Gazprom, can also give life to sales through the Turkstream pipe and redirect the fuel to Central Asia. Russia aims to triple LNG exports to one hundred million tons through 2035, although sanctions can endanger plans.
More than 1,000 North Korean troops have been killed or wounded fighting in Russia’s Kursk region, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Jan. 6. As both Russian and Ukraine step up offensives ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House, fierce fighting continued in Russia’s Kursk region for the second day, where Ukraine’s forces have gained and held ground, potentially positioning for leverage in future peace talks.
Meanwhile, Kremlin reported significant advances in East Ukraine, affirming the capture of Kurakhove, a small city with a population before the war of approximately 20,000, strengthening Moscow’s thrust towards Pokrovsk’s strategic logistics in the east The east, or region, Donetsk. kyiv officials have identified the battles in progress in Kurakhove, but have stopped confirming their fall.
A recent survey of the kyiv International Sociology Institute shows a replacement in public feelings, 38% of Ukrainians now contemplate appropriate territorial concessions to succeed in peace with Russia, opposite to 32% in October. While regional diversifications show slight increases in territorial concessions, most Ukrainians still reject such commitments. However, the percentage of other people strongly opposed any 51% territorial commitment, compared to 58% in autumn.
Ukraine’s agricultural exports rose $24. 5 billion in 2024, accounting for nearly 60% of overall exports in the country and marking the performance of the moment, after the record of 2021, $27. 7 billion. The country has exported 78. 3 million metric tons of agricultural products, directed through sunflower oil, corn, and wheat. Overall, Ukraine exports higher up to 15% in the annual slide to $41. 6 billion, the maritime industry of 87. 2 opposes 54. 8 million tons in 2023, reinforcing Ukraine’s position as a global agricultural export power.
Russia has abolished one-off bills on criminals recruited to fight Ukraine, signaling a gathering of monetary pressures amid the existing war, according to Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service. On Jan. 1, the bonuses were eliminated, which several from $1,700 to $3,500 in 2024, leave incarcerated recruits and their families without the monetary benefits they get benefits from other combatants. By November 2024, Russia had mobilized 140,000 to 180,000 criminals in its war opposing Ukraine, a giant component of its criminal population, which has fallen since 2014, due to the war’s conscription.
In a wide three -hour interview with the Lex Fridman Podcast on January 5, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed critical issues, adding the possible end of the war, the NATO membership and security promises. Zelenskyy under pressure that the initial peace conversations would be with the president -elect of the United States, Donald Trump, followed through Russian conversations, hoping to ensure strong security promises for Ukraine, prospectively through the membership of the NATO. He proposed to use $ 300 billion in frozen Russian assets to buy American weapons, emphasizing that Ukraine does not want documents, but a monetary participation in his defense. Zelenskyy also indicated that the elections in Ukraine can only be held after the end of the war or if legislative adjustments are made. He also said that North Korea had lost 3,800 troops fighting for Russia and reiterated the desire for Ukraine to negotiate from a position of force of the army with the Russian president Vladimir Putin, whom he described as deaf of diplomatic efforts.
By Danylo Nosov, Karina L. Tahiliani
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