Ukrainian servicemen speak at a position near the front line town of Maryinka. Follow live for the latest updates in the Russia-Ukraine war. The time is just after 6pm in Kyiv and we are now closing the blog. Here is a summary of events. Russian occupation authorities vastly and deliberately undercounted the dead in the flooding after the explosion that destroyed the Kakhovka Dam an investigation by the Associated Press (AP) has found. Russia said 59 people drowned in the territory it controls, but the AP investigation claims the number is at least in the hundreds in the town of Oleshky alone. The United States has announced a fresh package of arms to Ukraine , worth up to $250m. The package comes amid growing Republican opposition to continued financial support for Kyiv. The state department has said the US Congress should “act swiftly” to renew the flow of aid to Ukraine . Volodymyr Zelenskiy has thanked the United States for the fresh military aid package. In a post on X, Zelenskiy wrote: “We must continue to respond to ongoing Russian aggression in the most forceful and resolute manner possible.” Russian forces struck Vovchansk in Kharkiv oblast on the morning of 28 December, killing a 66-year-old woman and wounding another resident, reported Oleh Syniehubov, the regional governor. Russian navy’s Ropucha-class landing ship tank (LST) Novocherkassk was completely destroyed on 25 December 2023 following a Ukrainian strike while alongside at the port of Feodosia, on the south coast of Russian-occupied Crimea, the latest summary from the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said. Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, has warned that no one worldwide could be certain of escaping unscathed from western machinations in 2024, Reuters reported. In an interview released by the official Tass news agency, Lavrov added that the […]
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