Almost 21 months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States is announcing new $100 million in military aid to Kyiv. Fierce fighting continues around the town of Avdiyivka, and Moscow may begin full mobilization after Russia’s presidential election in March 2024, a Ukrainian official claims. Although the country is mired in conflict, two high-ranking officials in Kyiv are suspected of corruption and President Volodymyr Zelenskyi fired them.

Russian troops are attacking the positions of Ukrainian troopsPhoto: Stanislav Krasilnikov / Sputnik / Profimedia

Basic information about the war in Ukraine, day 636, LIVETEXT:

08:55One person was killed and six others were injured as a result of rocket fire in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in the east of the country, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko said on Tuesday, Reuters reports.

According to the official, the rockets hit a hospital in the town of Selidove and a coal mine.

“Two hospital buildings were damaged, six civilians were injured. There may be victims under the rubble, search operations are ongoing,” said Klymenko.

According to him, one worker was killed during the attack on the coal mine.

“Four buildings, 19 pieces of equipment and a power line were damaged. 39 miners ended up underground. So far, all the miners have been brought to the surface,” he said.

Reuters says it cannot independently verify the information.

08:50German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has arrived in Kyiv for a visit, a spokesman for his ministry said in Berlin on Tuesday, without giving details, Reuters reports.

07:06It snowed in Ukraine, can we say that the military campaign of 2023 is over?

In an interview with HotNews.ro, analyst Armand Goshu explained what the stake of the Ukrainian landing force on the left bank of the Dnieper is and why neither Ukraine nor Russia fulfilled their goals on the battlefield.

A brief summary of recent events:

  • The United States has announced new military aid to Ukraine worth $100 million, which will include air defense, AFP reports.
  • NATO members Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria are nearing an agreement to create a joint force to clear their maritime spaces in the Black Sea.
  • Russia may begin full mobilization after the presidential elections in March 2024, Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, suggested.
  • President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Fox Corp CEO Lachlan Murdoch in the Ukrainian capital.
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi on Monday dismissed two high-ranking officials of Kyiv.
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin has a new superyacht, Victory worth more than 50 million dollars, which has been at the Istanbul shipyard since the end of October.
  • Javier Millay, the new president of Argentina, wants to break off relations with Russia.
  • Ukrainian singer Jamala, real name Susana Jamaladinova, a Crimean Tatar who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, is wanted by the Russian authorities.

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Monday’s events related to Russian aggression were broadcast LIVE on HotNews.ro