This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Tuesday, December 27:
This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Tuesday, December 27:
- Russia has announced it will ban oil sales to countries and companies that abide by a price cap imposed this month by the West.
- Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov claims the United States is the “main beneficiary” of the war in Ukraine and, along with NATO, aims to destroy Russia.
- Lavrov has issued an ultimatum to Ukraine to accept Moscow’s proposals, including surrendering territory Russia controls, or its army would decide “the issue”.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says power shortages are persisting, with nearly nine million people without electricity.
- Zelenskyy states the situation at the front line in the Donbas region is “difficult and painful” and requires all of the country’s “strength and concentration”.
- Ukraine’s foreign minister says his nation wants a summit within two months to end the war, but he does not anticipate Russia taking part.
