An apartment burns after Russian shelling in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on Wednesday.
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As the week begins, here’s a look ahead and a series of key developments over the past week.
What to watch this week
The leaders of the Group of Seven nations will meet online on Monday, and the Russia-Ukraine war is likely to be on the agenda.
The European Union’s foreign ministers discussed further sanctions against Russia and the supply of weapons to Ukraine on Monday.
Ukrainian authorities have stepped up attacks on churches with alleged ties to Moscow, and many are watching to see if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will carry out his threat to ban the Cathedral. Russian President in Ukraine or not.
French President Emmanuel Macron receives European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store during a working dinner on Monday in Paris.
Also in France, on Tuesday, the country will co-host a conference with Ukraine to support the Ukrainian people through the winter, with a video speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
After Brittney Griner was released from prison in Russia, fans, friends and family are celebrating basketball playersMeanwhile, some Republican politicians have complained about the prisoner exchange, and other American citizens remain in Russian custody.
Russian-speaking listeners will be tuned to a new station, Z-FM, billed as “Russian”frontline station” for the Russians who are fighting in Ukraine.
What happened last week?
New Measures targeting Russia’s oil revenue effective December 5. These include the European Union’s price ceiling and embargo on most Russian oil imports and the Russian oil price ceiling.
Russia launched another series of strikes targeted Ukraine’s energy grid on December 5, knocking out electricity and water for many residents. Five days later, Russian attacks killed more than a million people no power in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa.
Ukraine attack two military bases inside Russia. New York Times reported that the drone launched from Ukrainian territory to attack Russia shows Ukraine’s willingness to go deep into Russian territory and its ability to strike from a distance.
American basketball star Brittney Griner is freed December 8 after nearly 10 months in Russian detention and after months of negotiations. Her release to exchange with US hands over convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. grinder returned to the US to reunite with his wife. Bout has returned to Russia and is Notice of participation an extreme nationalist party.
Ukraine attacks targets in Russian-occupied city of Melitopolconsists of a church reportedly used as a Russian military base. Officials said Ukrainian forces used long-range artillery to reach targets in the city in the Zaporizhzhia region of southeastern Ukraine.
Russian forces turn Bakhmut city into ruins, Zelensky said. Fighting raged there as Russia attempted to enter the city in the eastern Donbas region.
Russian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Yan Rachinsky condemning President Vladimir Putin and the war with Ukraine in his acceptance speech on December 10.
President Zelenskyy had a phone call with President Biden on December 11, as well as leaders of France and Turkeyclear promote diplomacy during the nine-and-a-half month invasion of Russia.
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Previous developments
you can read summarize the past here. For more in-depth background and stories, you can find more NPR’s insurance is here. Also, listen and subscribe to NPR’s State of Ukraine audio files to update during the day.
