Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1 027 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Here are the key developments on the 1,027th day of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Here is the situation on Tuesday, December 17:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on X that "initial reports indicate that Russia is trying to cover the losses of North Korean personnel,” after Ukraine's military intelligence said Monday that its troops had killed or wounded at least 30 North Korean soldiers.
Pentagon spokesman Major General Pat Ryder told reporters a US assessment found "North Korean soldiers engaged in fighting in Kursk" and the US had "indications that they suffered casualties, both killed and wounded". .
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov referred questions about North Korean casualties to the Russian Defense Ministry, which did not immediately comment, the Associated Press news agency reported.
Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov claimed that Russia's forces have seized a total of nearly 4,500 square kilometers (1,737 square miles) of Ukrainian territory this year and are now about 30 square kilometers (11.5 square miles) of territory occupy.

Humanitarian situation

The United Nations humanitarian agency, OCHA, reports that nearly 12,000 residents living in the Ukrainian towns of Pokrovsk, Kurakhove and Chasiv Yar - located just a few kilometers from the front line - are short of drinking water and gas in the icy facing winter conditions after local utility operators suspended services.

Russia's ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, told the UN Security Council that a plan to audit US funding for Kiev by US President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, "spells trouble for the Ukrainian leadership".
The Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union adopted its 15th sanctions package against Russia, with the new round of sanctions targeting North Korean officials and, for the first time, Chinese firms that manufacture drones for Moscow.
The EU sanctions also targeted 52 ships that are part of a large "shadow fleet" that Moscow believes is used to transport oil, gas and stolen Ukrainian grain.
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the head of Zelenskyy's office, said sanctions against Russia's oil fleet were "helpful" but "too late", with two Russian oil tankers spilling thousands of tonnes of fuel oil into the Azov and Black Seas after being damaged in rough seas.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said in a post on Telegram that Ukraine's agreement to allow Russian gas to flow through his country to European customers "will not be extended" when it expires on January 1, 2025. end does not come.
A former FBI informant pleaded guilty to lie about an alleged bribery scheme involving US President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and the Ukrainian energy company Burisma.