Russia-Ukraine War: List of Key Events, Day 1027 | News of the war between Russia and Ukraine

Here are the key events on day 1,027 of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

This is the situation on Tuesday, December 17:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on X that “initial reports suggest that Russia is trying to hide the losses of North Korean staff,” after Ukraine’s military intelligence said on Monday that its troops had killed or wounded at least 30 North Korean soldiers.
Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters that a U.S. assessment found that “North Korean soldiers have engaged in combat in Kursk” and that the U.S. has “indications that they have suffered casualties , both dead and wounded.”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov referred questions about the North Korean casualties to the Russian Defense Ministry, which had no immediate comment, the Associated Press news agency reported.
Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov claimed that Russian forces had seized a total of nearly 4,500 square kilometers (1,737 square miles) of Ukrainian territory this year and were now capturing about 30 square kilometers (11.5 square miles) of territory each day.

Humanitarian situation

The UN humanitarian agency OCHA reports that nearly 12,000 residents who remain in the Ukrainian towns of Pokrovsk, Kurakhove and Chasiv Yar, located a few kilometers from the front line, are facing shortages of drinking water and gas in freezing 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, “It spells trouble for Ukrainian leadership.”
The European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council adopted its 15th package of sanctions against Russia, with the new round of sanctions targeting North Korean officials and, for the first time, Chinese companies that make drones for Moscow .
EU sanctions also targeted 52 ships that are part of a large “shadow fleet” that Moscow is using to transport stolen Ukrainian oil, gas and grain.
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, said the sanctions against Russia’s oil fleet were “helpful” but “too late”, with two Russian tankers spilling thousands of tonnes of fuel oil into the sea ‘Azov and Black after having made them. damaged in rough seas.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said in a Telegram post that Ukraine’s agreement to allow Russian gas transit through its country to European customers “will not be extended” when it expires on January 1, 2025 .
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.