Donald Trump openly stands against its use by Kiev of the American missiles to bomb Russian territory, sending a clear warning to Volodymyr Zelensky and making it clear that it could revoke the authorization granted by the outgoing administration of Joe Biden once settled in White Housein just over a month. “I strongly disapprove of pitching missiles hundreds of miles into Russia», said the tycoon, the day after the last bombing with six carriers Atacms reported by Fly.
Russia’s response
The Kremlin warned that the Russia will definitely respond“in the times and in the manner deemed appropriate”, to the new raidwhich targeted a military airport in Taganrogin the region of Rostov. But Zelensky he doesn’t seem worried and says he wants to insist: «That he Himars hit enemy targets», urged the Ukrainian president during a visit to 277th Rocket Artillery Brigadeciting the system also used to launch the Atacmswhich have a maximum range of 300 kilometers.
Trump against the escalation of the conflict
In an interview with the magazine Timewho nominated him Person of the Year, Trump called the decision “a very big mistake”. Biden to allow Kiev the use of missiles. «Why are we doing this? – he asked – We are just causing aescalation in this war and we are making it worse. This should not have been allowed.” The president-elect he called the ongoing massacre “madness”. Ukrainian and Russian soldierswith “unsustainable” losses. And he reiterated that he wanted «reach an agreement» for the end of hostilities, ensuring that he does not want to “abandon” Kiev.
The Kremlin supports Orban
For his part, the spokesperson of the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskovhe said that the Russia “fully supports” the efforts of Viktor Orban to favor one peaceful solution of the conflict, after yesterday the Hungarian Prime Minister had telephoned President Vladimir Putin. The spokesperson also espoused the version of Orbandenied by Kievaccording to which his proposal of one exchange of prisoners on a large scale and one Christmas truce was rejected by Zelensky. The Russian domestic intelligence service FsbPeskov stated, had already “presented the Russian proposals for the exchange of prisoners at the Hungarian embassy in Moscow.”
Situation on the ground
As for developments on the ground, the Moscow Ministry of Defense reported that Russian forces captured another village in the last 24 hourseastern Ukrainethat of Zarya in the region of Donetskand liberated another settlement, Novoivanovkain the Russian region of Kurskwhere ainvasion of Kiev forces.
While the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrovfaithful ally of Kremlinannounced that four of its soldiers were slightly injured following theUkrainian drone explosion above a barracks of a special police regiment a Grozny.
One person died in the Ukrainian region of Kherson following an attack Russian dronessaid the governor, Oleksandr Prokudin.
Mysterious death in Moscow
Ukrainian media finally report that a Fly a designer of missiles, Mikhail Shatskyengaged in the modernization of carriers X-59. The header RBC Ukraine and the agency Ukrinform they write that the news was confirmed by Kiev defense sourcesaccording to which theoperation would have been accomplished by Ukrainian secret services. There is no confirmation of the news from the side Russian.