Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 672

 

As the war enters its 672nd day, these are the main developments.

A Ukrainian soldier preparing to fire an M777 howitzer towards Russian troops on the front line. He is looking into the sight and moving the weapon with his right hand

Fighting remains intense along the front line in the east [Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters]

 

Here is the situation on Wednesday, December 27, 2023.

Fighting

  • Ukraine said it destroyed the Novocherkassk landing ship in an attack on a naval base in Russian-occupied Crimea. Russia acknowledged the ship had been damaged and that the attack started a fire which was brought under control. One person was killed and four injured.
  • Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the commander of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, said his troops remained on the northern edge of Marinka after Russia’s defence minister said Moscow was in control of the now-ruined town, a short drive from the Russian-occupied regional centre of Donetsk. Zaluzhnyi said Marinka “no longer existed” due to the destruction wreaked upon it.
  • Ukraine said at least one person was killed and four others injured in a Russian attack on a railway station in the southern city of Kherson, where about 140 people were preparing for an evacuation.
  • Ukraine’s Air Force said its air defence systems destroyed 13 of the 19 drones Russia launched against Ukraine during the night.

Politics and diplomacy

  • Taiwan announced an expansion to its list of sanctioned goods for Russia and its ally Belarus over Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in a move the Economy Ministry said was necessary to prevent Taiwanese high-tech goods from being used for military purposes. The list includes equipment for making semiconductors as well as certain chemicals and medicines, the ministry said in a statement.

 

SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES

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