According to the Institute for the Study of War, Russian forces have made little confirmed progress north of Bakhmut and are continuing to engage in positional clashes along the entire contact line. On the other hand, the Ukrainian army seems to have taken a more defensive stance and mobilized to strengthen its fortifications for the upcoming winter fighting.

Ukrainian tank on the Bakhmut frontPhoto: Anatoly Stepanov / AFP / Profimedia

Basic information about the war in Ukraine, day 666, LIVETEXT:

07:36 The Republic of Moldova will change the international abbreviation of Chisinau airport in a new initiative to distance itself from its Soviet heritage and dependence on the Russian language.

Minister of Infrastructure and Territorial Development Andriy Spinu said that from January 18 Chisinau airport will use the abbreviation RMO – Republic of Moldova – instead of the Soviet name KIV. The old abbreviation comes from the name Chisinau, as the capital of Moldova is called in Russian.

“Changing the abbreviation is a rather long procedure, it lasted almost a year. The main goal is to remove the Russian name KIV and get rid of the legacy of what the name Chisinau stood for, Pro-Tv Chisinau told Spin, according to Reuters.

01:15The Republic of Moldova received an air defense radar from the French company Thales, Chisinau reported on Wednesday.

The delivery of the radar by Thales marks the first step in the development of air defense after missile fragments fell on the territory of Moldova in the context of the war in Ukraine.

A brief summary of recent events:

  • According to the assessment of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), next year Ukraine needs assistance in the amount of 37.3 billion dollars (over 34 billion euros) to maintain financial stability.
  • The Republic of Moldova intends to leave the CIS by the end of 2024, the post-Soviet organization of which it is a member, Doina Herman, president of the Foreign Policy Commission of the Chisinau Parliament, said on Wednesday.
  • Germany’s plans to deploy a brigade in Lithuania from 2027 will lead to an “escalation of military tensions” between Russia and NATO, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moscow, Maria Zakharova, said on Wednesday.
  • The head of the Russia Today TV channel, Margarita Simonyan, could not contain her excitement after the US Congress failed to agree on the unblocking of the latest package of military aid to Ukraine, directly asking “when will we drink to our victory?”.
  • “I thought they were better”: how a professor of military strategy explains the failure of the Ukrainian offensive
  • French sporting goods giant Decathlon secretly continued to sell sportswear in Russia, despite officially stopping sales in protest of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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