Tonight at least 6 dead and over 20 injured in Russian attacks on Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia, with anti-aircraft alert triggered in almost all of Ukraine.
Russian forces attacked Ukraine between last night and last night with two X-59/69 guided missiles and 74 drones of various types, including Iranian-made Shahed kamikaze aircraft: the Air Force announced this on Telegram of Kiev, adding that the country’s air defenses shot down the two missiles and 39 drones.
Furthermore, 30 enemy drones are reported missing in different regions of Ukraine and another three have left Ukrainian airspace in the direction of Belarus and occupied Ukrainian territory. The destroyed drones were intercepted in the Kiev, Zhytomyr, Poltava, Sumy, Cherkasy, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Dnipro and Mykolaiv regions.
The political scenario
The US State Department is working to remove the “arrogant” Volodymyr Zelensky: the Russian foreign intelligence service (SVR) said in a statement seen by Tass. “According to information obtained by SVR, the US State Department continues to work on scenarios of replacing the current leadership in Ukraine, if necessary. Among other ‘legitimate’ ways of removing the “extremely arrogant” Zelensky, Washington is considering holding presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine amid continued hostilities with Russia next year,” it said.
First phone call between Trump and Putin last Thursday to talk about Ukraine, the Washington Post reveals: the US president-elect advised the tsar not to escalate the war and expressed interest in further conversations to discuss “a rapid resolution” of the conflict. “Positive signs”, commented the Kremlin.