No Christmas ceasefire, no peace proposal as Russia continues to pound Ukraine | 5 factors

Russia has introduced that there might be no Christmas ceasefire within the Ukraine warfare and Kyiv should settle for the lack of territory.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 15, 2022 10:43 IST

A girl passes by an residence constructing broken following by Russian shelling in Bakhmut, the location of the heaviest battles with the Russian troops, within the Donetsk area, Ukraine. (Photo: AP)

By India Today Web Desk: Days after dismissing a reported three-step peace proposal from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Russia mentioned there might be no Christmas ceasefire as preventing continues within the frontlines 10 months into the devastating warfare.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov identified that Zelenskyy wants to just accept “new realities” and mentioned progress wouldn’t be attainable with out contemplating these realities.

Meanwhile, the United States is finalising plans to ship the Patriot missile defence system to Ukraine, as Russian missile and drone strikes are crippling Ukraine’s power infrastructure in the course of the chilly winter.

Here are the most recent developments within the Russia-Ukraine warfare.

A day after Russia focused snow-covered capital Kyiv, it introduced that there could be no Christmas ceasefire and mentioned Ukraine should settle for the lack of territory to Russia earlier than any progress could be made to strike a peace deal.

However, regardless of the dearth of peace talks, lots of of detainees have been freed in swaps in current weeks. The releases – together with progress on talks to renew Russian exports of an ingredient in fertilizer and the extension of a grains deal – have proven the 2 sides keep at the least restricted contact on a number of ranges.

Russia has continued its strikes on Ukrainian cities and cities utilizing missiles and drones in current weeks. To shield Kyiv’s already broken power grids, the US is finalising plans to ship the Patriot missile defence system. Russia has introduced that it’s going to goal the Patriot, which is taken into account to be some of the superior US air defence programs, together with towards plane, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles.

In a bid to isolate Russia on the world stage, Zelenskyy referred to as for “complete isolation” of Russian athletes within the 2024 Olympic Games. Russia and Belarus have been remoted from worldwide sport ever since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine in February.

Russia has focused Ukraine’s power grid as a way to “weaponise the winter” however the Wednesday strike on buildings in Kyiv confirmed how the town nonetheless stays susceptible to assaults.

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Dec 15, 2022