This blog is now closed. Thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war for Wednesday, December 28:
This blog is now closed. Thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war for Wednesday, December 28:
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says “only a few civilians” are left in Bakhmut, compared with 70,000 last year, after the eastern city became the battleground for the conflict.
- Nearly 18,000 civilians have been killed in Ukraine since Russia’s February invasion, a United Nations body has confirmed.
- Moscow did not consult with OPEC+ on its response to a price cap on Russian oil, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says, adding it was Russia’s sovereign right to respond to “illegal measures”.
- Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister, Emine Dzheppar, says a maternity hospital in Kherson is among the targets attacked by Russia in an intensified bombing of the city.