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"We all understand that now, in wartime, when there are many challenges, it is utterly irresponsible to engage in topics related to an election in such a frivolous manner," he said. In peacetime, Ukraine would had held parliamentary elections in October and the first round of presidential vote in early spring 2024. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said at the weekend the president was weighing the pros and cons of a wartime poll. Zelenskiy himself had previously said he would be prepared to hold the vote if Ukraine secured the assistance it needed - and if election were deemed necessary. Zelenskiy had earlier said the attack in southern Zaporizhzhia region was "a tragedy that could have been avoided".

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Lindsey Graham, Dmytro Kuleba, Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Chris Reese, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: U.S, Republican, Ukrainian, Thomson Locations: KYIV, Kyiv, Ukraine, Russian, Ukrainian, Zaporizhzhia, Lincoln

☆ Ukraine replaces special forces commander, removed officer wonders why
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address that Colonel Serhiy Lupanchuk would now head the forces and described him as "an experienced officer, combat officer and the right man in command". The president said Lupanchuk's predecessor, Maj-Gen. Viktor Horenko, who led the forces from July 2022, "will continue to perform special tasks" within the Defence Ministry's Intelligence Directorate. The special forces are believed to be behind the most sophisticated operations Ukraine's military has conducted in areas under Russian control, in particular Crimea, annexed by Moscow in 2014, eight years before Moscow's full land invasion. The special forces are also responsible for military information and psychological operations, as well as the organization of resistance in occupied territories. Zelenskiy this week praised Ukraine's military for diminishing Moscow's military strength in the Black Sea through increased air and sea drone attacks on Russian military targets.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Serhiy Lupanchuk, Viktor Horenko, Horenko, General Valery Zaluzhnyi, Zaluzhniy, Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Rod Nickel Organizations: Defence Ministry's Intelligence, Pravda, Fleet, Economist, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Crimea, Sevastopol, Black

☆ Russian Drones Hit Civilian Target in Ukraine's Kharkiv, Officials Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

(Reuters) - Russian drones hit civilian targets and triggered a fire early on Friday in and near Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, and officials said they were clarifying whether there were any casualties. Kharkiv regional governor Oleh Synehubov, writing on Telegram, said the attacks targeted civilian infrastructure in the city, in Ukraine's northeast, and also struck a locality in the region. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said the fire was being brought under control. (Reporting by Ron Popeski and Oleksandr Kozhukhar; Editing by Sandra Maler)

Persons: Oleh Synehubov, Ihor Terekhov, Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Sandra Maler Organizations: Reuters, Kharkiv Locations: Russian, Kharkiv, Ukraine's

☆ Russia Disregards Losses, Presses on in Ukraine's Avdiivka
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

(Reuters) - Russian forces are disregarding heavy losses and pressing on with a drive to capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday. Over the past two weeks, Russia has concentrated on Avdiivka in Donetsk, a town known in peacetime for its big coking plant and now seen as a bulwark of Ukrainian resistance. Heavy fighting is continuing, though activity has subsided somewhat. He also dismissed reports that Russian troops had secured control of one of the large slag heaps dominating the town's industrial landscape. Russian accounts of the latest fighting made no mention of Avdiivka, but said Russian troops had repelled 15 Ukrainian attacks near Kupiansk, farther north.

Persons: Oleksandr Shtupun, Shtupun, Vitaliy Barabash, Barabash, Valeriy, Espreso, Avdiivka, Prozapas, Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Tom Hogue Organizations: Reuters, Authorities Locations: Ukrainian, Avdiivka, Russia, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kupiansk, Ukraine, Kharkiv

☆ Russia disregards losses, presses on in Ukraine's Avdiivka
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A police officer stands in front of a damaged building, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Yevhen Titov/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 25 (Reuters) - Russian forces are disregarding heavy losses and pressing on with a drive to capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday. Over the past two weeks, Russia has concentrated on Avdiivka in Donetsk, a town known in peacetime for its big coking plant and now seen as a bulwark of Ukrainian resistance. He also dismissed reports that Russian troops had secured control of one of the large slag heaps dominating the town's industrial landscape. Russian accounts of the latest fighting made no mention of Avdiivka, but said Russian troops had repelled 15 Ukrainian attacks near Kupiansk, farther north.

Persons: Yevhen, Oleksandr Shtupun, Shtupun, Vitaliy Barabash, Barabash, Valeriy, Espreso, Avdiivka, Prozapas, Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Tom Hogue Organizations: REUTERS, Authorities, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukrainian, Russia, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kupiansk, Kharkiv

☆ Russian forces apply pressure on Ukraine's Avdiivka, Kupiansk
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] A view shows a heavily damaged residential building, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine October 17, 2023. The General Staff of Ukraine's armed forces said its troops had repelled about 10 Russian attacks on Avdiivka. It was briefly captured in 2014 by Russian-backed separatists who overran large stretches of territory in the east, and Ukrainian forces have erected solid fortifications in the intervening nine years. Local officials also said Russian forces had again shelled areas in the southern Kherson region that are under Kyiv's control. It said Russian forces had repelled three attacks outside Kupiansk and a further 10 near Bakhmut.

Persons: Yevhen, Vitaly Barabash, Barabash, Avdiivka, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Bakhmut, Syrskyi, Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Tom Hogue Organizations: REUTERS, General, U.S, Radio Liberty, Local, Russian, Monday, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Kupiansk, Avdiivka's, Russian, Ukrainian, Russia, Kherson, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kyiv, Moscow, Bakhmut

☆ Russian forces intensify pressure on Ukraine's Avdiivka, Kherson
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko Acquire Licensing RightsOct 22 (Reuters) - Russian forces aiming to contain a four-month-old Ukrainian counteroffensive maintained unrelenting pressure on Sunday on the shattered town of Avdiivka in the east and intensified shelling in the southern area of Kherson. The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces, in its evening report, said Ukrainian forces repelled nearly 20 Russian attacks around Avdiivka, its buildings now largely reduced to shells. Russian military accounts made no mention of Avdiivka, but described successful operations against Ukrainian positions to the east in Bakhmut, seized by Moscow in May after months of fighting. Russian forces routinely shell Kherson and villages on the western bank of the Dnipro from positions on the eastern bank, where they retreated late last year. The U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War has reported in the past week that Ukrainian forces have crossed the Dnipro to take up new positions of their own and pursue Russian forces.

Persons: Alexander Ermochenko, Avdiivka, Andriy Yusov, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Oleksandr Prokudin, Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Diane Craft Organizations: REUTERS, General, of Ukraine's Armed Forces, Ukraine Defence Ministry's Intelligence, Ukraine, Reuters, Russian, Thomson Locations: Avdiivka, Russia, Ukraine, Donetsk, Russian, Kherson, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Donbas, Luhansk, Maryinka, Bakhmut, Moscow, Dnipro, U.S

Commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet Vice-Admiral Viktor Sokolov salutes during a send-off ceremony for reservists drafted during partial mobilisation, in Sevastopol, Crimea September 27, 2022. "After the strike on the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, 34 officers died, including the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. In a statement after the attack, the Russian defence ministry said one serviceman was missing, revising an earlier statement that the man had been killed. Kyiv has said that destroying the Russian Black Sea fleet would significantly speed up the end of the war. Earlier this month, Russia's defence ministry said that Ukraine attacked a Black Sea naval shipyard with 10 cruise missiles.

Persons: Viktor Sokolov, Alexey Pavlishak, Mikhail Razvozhayev, Olena Harmash, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Lidia Kelly, Timothy Heritage, Alex Richardson, Jamie Freed Organizations: Sea Fleet, REUTERS, Rights, Fleet, Russian Defence Ministry, Reuters, Black, Forces, Thomson Locations: Russian, Sevastopol, Crimea, Moscow, Russia, Ukraine, Crimean

☆ Ukraine Court Orders Ex-Government Minister Detained on Suspicion of Treason
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

(Reuters) - A Ukrainian court on Friday ordered a former government minister detained for 60 days with no option of bail on suspicion of espousing pro-Russian sentiments and committing treason. A video of a Kyiv court ordering Shufrych's detention circulated on numerous Ukrainian news sites. The investigators said Shufrych had been carrying out instructions by Russian and pro-Russian officials to promote pro-Moscow policies inside Ukraine. He held talks with separatists in eastern Ukraine in 2014 and urged Ukraine's authorities to consider making a deal with Moscow over the creation of pro-Russian territories there. Authorities said a search of Shufrych's home on Friday found documents on creating separatist entities in eastern Ukraine as well as Russian medals and other regalia.

Persons: Nestor Shufrych, Shufrych, Viktor Yanukovych, Viktor Medvedchuk, Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Grant McCool Organizations: Reuters, Public Suspilne Television, Emergency Services, Investigators, Authorities Locations: Moscow, Ukraine, Crimea, Russia

☆ Russia to resume offensive in east Ukraine after regrouping, Kyiv says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Commander of the Ground Forces colonel general Oleksandr Syrskyi reports to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at a position near the front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine June 26, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Russia is regrouping in the Moscow-controlled eastern part of Ukraine in order to resume an offensive, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of the Ukrainian military's ground forces, said on Friday. Syrskyi said that the main goal of these measures was to "increase the level of combat potential and resume active offensive operations". Syrskyi did not provide details of the Russian regrouping but said the forces continued heavy artillery and mortar shelling and air assaults. Reporting by Oleksandr Kozhukhar in Kyiv; Editing by Cynthia OstermanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Oleksandr Syrskyi, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Lyman, Syrskyi, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Ground Forces, Presidential Press Service, REUTERS, Rights, Russian Federation, Regional, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Donetsk region, Russia, Moscow, Ukrainian, Kyiv

☆ Ukraine says it has no hope of using F-16 fighter jets this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A F-16 fighter jet takes off during a media day of NATO's "Air Defender 23" military exercise at Spangdahlem U.S. Air Base near the German-Belgian border in Spangdahlem, Germany June 14, 2023. REUTERS/Jana Rodenbusch/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Ukraine will not be able to operate U.S.-built F-16 fighter jets this coming autumn and winter, air force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat told Ukrainian television late on Wednesday. "It's already obvious we won't be able to defend Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets during this autumn and winter," Ihnat told a joint telethon broadcast by Ukrainian channels. "We had big hopes for this plane, that it will become part of air defence, able to protect us from Russia's missiles and drones terrorism," Ihnat said. Reporting by Oleksandr Kozhukhar in Kyiv, writing by Maria Tsvetkova in New York, editing by Sandra MalerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Jana Rodenbusch, Yuriy Ihnat, Ihnat, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Joe Biden, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Maria Tsvetkova, Sandra Maler Organizations: Air, U.S . Air Base, REUTERS, Rights, U.S, Ukrainian, NATO, Thomson Locations: German, Belgian, Spangdahlem, Germany, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russia, Moscow, Kyiv, New York

☆ Zelenskiy says Ukrainian strength dominates, top officers report progress
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Russian accounts said Moscow's forces had repelled Ukrainian attacks near Bakhmut, farther north where fierce fighting has also flared and on the southern front. In his nightly video address, Zelenskiy said Ukrainian forces faced fierce Russian resistance in all frontline sectors. Very fierce attacks," Zelenskiy said, referring to Bakhmut and other centres in the east. Russia's Defence Ministry said its forces had thwarted eight Ukrainian attempts to advance near Bakhmut and nearby areas. Two Ukrainian attacks were countered near Lyman and Svatove farther north and attempted advances in the south were also stopped.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukrainian Special Operations Forces Viktor Khorenko, Zelenskiy, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Syrskyi, Serhiy Cherevatyi, Cherevatyi, Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Leslie Adler, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Ukrainian Special Operations Forces, Presidential Press Service, REUTERS, Senior, Ukrainian, Russia's Defence Ministry, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Donetsk region, Russian, Bakhmut, Azov, Crimean, Moscow, Izmail, Lyman

☆ Zelenskiy says he understands Ukraine will be in NATO
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Oleksandr Kozhukhar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, July 10 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on the eve of the NATO summit that Ukraine will be part of the alliance and expects from the meeting an "algorithm" for Kyiv to officially join it. "We are still working on the wording, that is, on the specific words of such confirmation, but we already understand the fact that Ukraine will be in the alliance," Zelenskiy said late on Monday in his nightly video address. Zelenskiy said the Vilnius summit must confirm Ukraine is already 'de facto' a member of NATO as it has its weapons and shares values with the alliance. "Even if different positions are voiced, it is still clear that Ukraine deserves to be in the alliance," Zelenskiy said. "Not now - there is a war, but we need a clear signal.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Joe Biden, Oleksander Kozhukhar, Ron Popeski, Lidia Kelly, Mark Porter, Stephen Coates Organizations: NATO, Kyiv, U.S, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Vilnius, Lithuania, Canada, Japan, Lincoln

☆ UN aid chief to Russia: Don't 'chuck away' Black Sea grain deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

"The world has seen the value of the Black Sea Initiative ... this isn't something you chuck away," the U.N.'s Martin Griffiths told reporters. Zelenskiy said the Black Sea deal was important to help the world fight hunger. Russia has described the Black Sea deal and the agreement to facilitate its own exports as a single package. The Black Sea deal allows for ammonia exports - a key ingredient in nitrate fertilizer - but none has shipped. As the expiration date looms, the Black Sea grain deal is grinding to a halt.

Persons: Martin Griffiths, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Tayyip Erdogan, Erdogan, Zelenskiy, Griffiths, Michelle Nichols, Elaine Monaghan, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Doina Chiacu, Grant McCool Organizations: UNITED NATIONS, U.N, United Nations, Black Sea Initiative, United, Zelenskiy, Russian Federation, Russian Agricultural Bank, International Energy Agency, Sezer, Thomson Locations: Russia, Moscow, Odesa, United Nations, Turkey, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Istanbul, Russian, United, United States, European Union, Britain, Togliatti, Washington, Kyiv

☆ Turkey's Erdogan to host Putin, hopes for Black Sea grain deal extension
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Can Sezer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

ISTANBUL, July 8 (Reuters) - Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he was pressing Russia to extend a Black Sea grain deal by at least three months and announced a visit by President Vladimir Putin in August. Erdogan said work was under way on extending the Black Sea grain deal beyond its expiration date of July 17 and for longer periods beyond that. The deal would be one of the most important issues on the agenda for his meeting with Putin in Turkey next month, he said. "Our hope is that it will be extended at least once every three months, not every two months. Russia, angry about aspects of the grain deal's implementation, has threatened not to allow its further extension beyond July 17.

Persons: Tayyip Erdogan, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy's, Erdogan, Putin, Zelenskiy, Petr Fiala, Stringer, Dmitry Peskov, Ezgi Erkoyun, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Orhan Coskun, Elaine Monaghan, Huseyin Hayatsever, Jonathan Spicer, Gareth Jones, Diane Craft Organizations: Ukraine, United Nations, Zelenskiy, REUTERS, NATO, Western, Thomson Locations: ISTANBUL, Russia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Czech, Prague, Crimean Tatars, Istanbul

☆ Ukraine says 'biggest blow' in offensive is yet to come
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Oleksandr Kozhukhar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, June 20 (Reuters) - Ukraine's Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said the "biggest blow" in Kyiv's military campaign is yet to come, but admitted the operation is difficult as Russia throws all it can to stop the offensive. "The ongoing operation has several objectives, and the military is fulfilling these tasks," Maliar said on the Telegram messaging app. And the biggest blow is yet to come." Maliar said that despite Ukraine's forces advancing in multiple directions in the south, Russia's forces push to advance in the east, concentrating its efforts there. "Therefore, it is hot both in the east and in the south right now," Maliar said.

Persons: Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Vladimir Putin, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Lidia Kelly, Ron Popeski, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Ukrainian, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Melbourne

☆ Russians pound frontline positions in Bakhmut, Ukraine military says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

It said Russian forces had failed to advance on two villages to the northwest. Ukraine's military has made no comment on a new counter-offensive to build on advances undertaken last year to recapture Russian-occupied areas in the northeast and the south. In Washington, the top U.S. general in Europe said Ukraine's military would get the weaponry it needed in time. Military analyst Denys Popovych told Ukrainian NV Radio that there was no immediate prospect of turning things around in Bakhmut. "Bakhmut offers an opportunity to destroy Russian troops and prevent them from being engaged elsewhere."

☆ Ukraine vows not to give up on Bakhmut amid constant Russian attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Oleksandr Kozhukhar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

After Russian gains in recent weeks, at the culmination of a winter offensive, Ukrainian troops have been reinforcing positions west of Bakhmut in apparent preparation for a possible retreat. "I told the commander in chief to find the appropriate forces to help our guys in Bakhmut." "If everyone is coordinated, without ambition, screw-ups and tantrums, and carries out this work, then we will block the armed forces of Ukraine. [1/7] A Ukrainian serviceman carries a shell for a 2S5 Giatsint-S self-propelled howitzer before firing towards Russian troops outside the frontline town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine March 5, 2023. Ukraine and the West describe Russia's actions as an unprovoked war of aggression aimed at expanding territory.

☆ Ukraine investigates alleged Russian shooting of prisoner of war
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

- or Glory to Ukraine - before multiple shots are heard coming from an unseen shooter or shooters. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, noting that the video had appeared on Monday, said it showed Russian occupiers brutally killing a soldier. "The murder of a captive is the latest Russian war crime," Yermak wrote in a tweet. Ukrainian and Western authorities say there is evidence for thousands of war crimes committed in Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022. "Before his death, (the man) reminded all of us of the meaning of the words 'Glory to Ukraine!," Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Telegram.

☆ Ukraine's ground forces commander visits besieged Bakhmut to talk strategy, boost morale
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Oleksandr Kozhukhar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Ukrainian service members ride a tank, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the front line city of Bakhmut, Ukraine February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Alex BabenkoKYIV, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The commander of Ukrainian ground forces Colonel general Oleksandr Syrskyi visited besieged Bakhmut to boost morale and talk strategy with units defending the town and surrounding villages in eastern Ukraine, the military said over the weekend. Russia has made the capture Bakhmut a priority in its strategy to take control of Ukraine's eastern Donbas industrial region. Now charged with the defence of Bakhmut, Syrskyi has made a number of trips to the town, maintaining the Kyiv's forces will hold it. "Russia may start attacking from three sides from Monday," Ukrainian military analyst Oleh Zhdanov said in a social media video.

☆ Ukraine sanctions 22 associated with Russian Orthodox Church
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Oleksandr Kozhukhar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Ukraine has imposed sanctions on 22 Russians associated with the Russian Orthodox Church for what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said was their support of genocide under the cloak of religion. According to a decree issued by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, the list includes Mikhail Gundayev, who represents the Russian Orthodox Church in the World Council of Churches and other international organizations in Geneva. Russian state media reported that Gundayev is a nephew of the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill. The sanctions are the latest in a series of steps Ukraine has taken against the Russian Orthodox Church, which has backed President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine that is now entering its 12th month. "Sanctions have been imposed against 22 Russian citizens who, under the guise of spirituality, support terror and genocidal policy," Zelenskiy said in his nightly address late on Monday.

[1/5] Ukrainian servicemen are seen near the frontline, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Soledar in Donetsk region, Ukraine January 23, 2023. The corruption scandal could dampen Western enthusiasm for his government just as European countries bicker over sending German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. One of the most widely used Western tanks, Ukraine says it needs them to break through Russian lines and recapture territory this year. Germany is not blocking the re-export of Leopard tanks to Ukraine, the European Union's top diplomat said on Monday. Ukraine says Western tanks would give its ground troops the mobility, protection and firepower to break through Russian defensive lines and resume their advance.

Dec 27 (Reuters) - Moscow's proposals for settlement in Ukraine are well known to Kyiv and either Ukraine fulfils them for their own good or the Russian army will decide the issue, TASS agency quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying. Moscow has been calling its invasion in Ukraine a "special military operation" to "demilitarise" and "denazify" its neighbour. Lavrov told TASS that when it comes to how long the conflict will last, "the ball is in the regime's court and Washington behind it." Kyiv has ruled out conceding any land to Russia in return for peace, and publicly demands Russia relinquish all territory. Moscow has insisted it is pursing "demilitarisation" and "denazification" but in reality its aims have not been fully defined.

Dec 6 (Reuters) - Russia's January-November oil and gas condensate rose 2.2% from a year earlier to 488 million tonnes, the Interfax news agency said on Tuesday, citing Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. The Group of Seven nations, Australia and the 27 EU states have also introduced a $60 per barrel price cap on Russian oil. Russia's oil and gas condensate output from January to November averaged 10.91 million barrels per day, according to Reuters calculations. Company sources told Reuters that Russian oil output could fall by 500,000 to 1 million barrels per day early in 2023 after the EU ban. The Kommersant daily citing sources on Tuesday reported Russia's November output averaged 1.486 million tonnes (10.89 million barrels) per day, up 2% from October.

[1/3] Firefighters work outside an office building destroyed in shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, Ukraine December 5, 2022. A new Russian missile barrage had been anticipated in Ukraine for days and it took place just as emergency blackouts were due to end, with previous damage repaired. "In many regions, there will have to be emergency blackouts," he said in a late Monday video address. The United States said it would convene a virtual meeting on Thursday with oil and gas executives to discuss how it can support Ukrainian energy infrastructure, according to a letter seen by Reuters. Russia says it is waging a "special military operation" in Ukraine to rid it of nationalists and protect Russian-speaking communities.

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