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Firefighters behaviour extinguishing works aft Russia's unmanned aerial conveyance attacks successful Kyiv, Ukraine connected December 19, 2022.
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Russia unleashed 35 "kamikaze" drones connected Ukraine successful the aboriginal hours of Monday greeting arsenic galore radical slept, damaging captious infrastructure successful and astir the capital, Kyiv.
Governor Oleksiy Kubela said the battle was "fairly serious," aft 3 areas successful the portion were near without powerfulness supply.
The battle marks Moscow's 3rd aerial onslaught connected the metropolis successful six days.
Meanwhile, the Russian ruble fell to a much than six-month debased against the dollar. As of astir 9:00 a.m. GMT Monday, it was trading astatine 66.22 against the dollar.
The autumn marks the ruble's lowest level since May 30.
Kremlin dismisses reports that Belarus is to articulation conflict
The Kremlin connected Monday rejected suggestions that President Vladimir Putin's sojourn to Belarus signals a ramping up of Minsk's engagement successful the war.
Russia's RIA Novosti quality bureau reported Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov arsenic saying the reports were "groundless" and "stupid," hours earlier Putin was owed to get successful the Belarusian capital.
Putin's sojourn Monday day marks his archetypal to the ex-Soviet state successful much than 3 years, and comes arsenic Belarus' defence ministry said it had finalized a bid of inspections of its equipped forces' subject preparedness.
—Karen Gilchrist
Zelenskyy asks West for weapons systems
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy connected Monday called connected Western leaders gathering successful Latvia to supply a wide scope of weapons systems successful Kyiv's ongoing warfare with Russia, Reuters reported.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is displayed connected a surface arsenic helium speaks via video nexus during a Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) plenary league successful Riga, Latvia December 19, 2022.
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"I inquire you to summation the anticipation of supplying aerial defence systems to our country, and to assistance velocity up the applicable decisions to beryllium taken by our partners," Zelenskyy asked during his code via video nexus to the leaders gathering successful Riga.
Western allies, including Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden, are gathering successful the Baltic federation for the British-led grouping Monday.
—Karen Gilchrist
Belarus says subject checks completed up of Putin visit
Belarus' defence ministry said Monday it had finalized a bid of inspections of its equipped forces' subject preparedness, signaling a imaginable displacement to a much progressive relation successful the conflict, Reuters reported.
Russian state Belarus, which acted arsenic a staging station for Moscow to motorboat its penetration of Ukraine in February, has been undertaking a drawstring of subject maneuvers implicit caller weeks.
It comes arsenic Russian President Vladimir Putin heads for Minsk Monday, heightening fears that helium whitethorn unit his ex-Soviet state to articulation a caller violative connected Ukraine.
—Karen Gilchrist
Russian ruble dips to six-month low
The Russian ruble plunged to a much than six-month debased against the dollar Monday, arsenic debased lipid prices and mounting sanctions fears threatened to deed the country's export revenues.
The rouble was 2.4% weaker against the dollar, trading astatine 66.22 arsenic of astir 9:00 GMT Monday. The dip marks the rouble's lowest level since May 30.
—Karen Gilchrist
'Fairly serious' harm caused by Russian drone attack
A Russian drone onslaught caused "fairly serious" harm successful the Kyiv portion Monday, Governor Oleksiy Kubela said, according to Reuters.
Three areas successful the portion were near without powerfulness supply, the politician said, aft Russia unleashed 35 "kamikaze" drones connected Ukraine successful the aboriginal hours of Monday morning.
The assault, which took retired captious infrastructure, marks Moscow's 3rd aerial onslaught connected Ukraine's superior successful six days, Reuters reported.
—Karen Gilchrist
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