Overnight, Russia launched new waves of missile and drone attacks, triggering an air alert across Ukraine. The military leadership reported that more than 30 aerial targets were identified and destroyed in Kyiv and its surroundings, and the capital’s mayor said that there were no calls to rescue services.

Highlights of the war in Ukraine, day 464, LIVETEXT:

06:40The mayor of Kyiv announces explosions and drone attacks, an aviation alert has been announced across the country

A brief summary of recent events:

• Olaf Scholz said Ukraine and its allies were still “very far” from achieving peace, but added that any future Western security guarantees for Ukraine must be different from the status of European NATO members.
• The US Ministry of Defense will purchase Gepard anti-aircraft systems for Ukraine for $118.3 million.
• The European Parliament has approved a project to increase the production of ammunition and missiles, which aims to speed up supplies to Ukraine and help member states rebuild their arsenals.
• The Freedom for Russia Legion released two videos Thursday showing explosions in Russia’s Belgorod region, claiming they hit military targets. The Russian region bordering Kharkiv has come under intense bombardment in recent days, and on Thursday Russian pro-war channels reported that a new incursion by Russian anti-Kremlin guerrillas was taking place, an option strongly rejected by Russian authorities.
• Poland announced on Thursday afternoon that it had transferred a “large consignment” of weapons and ammunition to Moldova to help it deal with Moscow’s destabilization efforts.
• Prigozhin stated that his mercenaries would continue to fight in Ukraine if “Wagner” was given a separate section of the front without having to depend on the “clowns” who run the Russian armed forces.
• The Republic of Moldova independently decides what will happen to the Transnistrian region. Cyprus became a member of the EU with a territorial problem. Moldova can also do this, Josep Borrell said on Thursday
• NATO’s door remains open to new members, but a country cannot join the alliance while it is in the midst of a war, German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock said Thursday in Oslo.
• Oleksandr Bortnikov, head of Russia’s FSB, charged on Thursday in a rare intervention that the West was “actively” inciting Moldova to take part in the war in Ukraine
• Analysis: What is the “Ukrainian syndrome”, a time bomb that the Russian military is trying to hide under the carpet.
• The Starlink satellite communications service founded by Elon Musk has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense to purchase satellite services for Ukraine, the Pentagon reported.
• Russian access to the North Atlantic ports of the Faroe Islands will be allowed exclusively for fishing. The government of the Faroe Islands is trying to reduce Russian activity in its ports because of the risk of espionage and after criticism over the renewal of a bilateral fishing agreement in late November.
• The Ministry of Reconstruction and Infrastructure of Ukraine announced that the agreement on the export of grain through the Black Sea has been suspended again, as Russia has blocked the registration of ships in all Ukrainian ports.

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