Here are the main developments on the 1042nd day of the Russian occupation of Ukraine.
This is the situation as of Wednesday, January 1:
Fighting
- Russia launched a drone strike in the Ukrainian capital, causing damage in at least two districts, city officials said. Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said air defenses were repulsing the attack and that debris had set private buildings on fire.
- Ukrainian military intelligence said on Tuesday one of its naval drones — the Magura V5 naval drone — destroyed a Russian Mi-8 helicopter and damaged another in the Black Sea.
- The Ukrainian military said on Tuesday that its forces struck a Russian oil depot in the Smolensk region.
DIPLOMACY
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said late Tuesday that no one would give his country peace as a gift, but he believed the United States would stand by Kiev as it fights to stop Russia’s 34-month occupation.
- Russia’s once-dominant supply of gas to Europe via Ukraine, which flowed for decades, has ended with the collapse of a contract between the two warring countries that paid Moscow billions in gas revenue and Kiev in transit fees.
- Slovakia has said it will not risk gas shortages with Ukraine banning transit of Russian supplies through its territory, but will have to pay an additional 177 million euros ($184 million) in tolls for alternative routes, according to the Economy Ministry. country. .
