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LIVE: Day 282 of Russian aggression against Ukraine
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02.12.2022, 07:39
|updated: 22:40
According to the Institute for the Study of War “Russian forces continued to conduct defensive measures and move personnel on the east bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast.” Meanwhile, European countries continue to send military aid to Ukraine, with Italy recently extending the term of arms supplies, including anti-aircraft systems and Lithuania sending 25 thousand sets of winter clothing for the military.
22:40 CET
Oleksandr Kubrakov, the deputy prime minister for Ukraine's reconstruction, will be in charge of the new body.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) December 2, 2022
22:21 CET
Zelenskyy met with the Ukrainian defenders released from the captivity
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) December 2, 2022
Ukrainian President awarded the defenders and recalled that since February 24, 1,331 Ukrainians had already been released from the Russian captivity. pic.twitter.com/yIBaOPBBrn
22:03 CET
New EU military mission for Ukraine reached full operational readiness – Borrell
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) December 2, 2022
This Mission is already working and will train 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers. Now 1,100 soldiers are being trained in different camps. 20 EU states participate in this Mission https://t.co/o5axBnKVeB pic.twitter.com/wqVyVTb03q
22:00 CET
⚡️Ministry worsens Ukraine's GDP forecast amid Russian attacks on energy infrastructure.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) December 2, 2022
Ukraine's GDP is expected to drop as much as 32-33.5% this year due to Russian missile strikes on energy infrastructure, Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Dec. 2.
21:26 CET
Russian helicopter shot down
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) December 2, 2022
It reportedly was on a rescue mission trying to find and evacuate the pilot of a downed Russian Su-25 jet.
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21:13 CET
The riot of mobilized in #Kazan — they are not allowed to see their families and are not allowed to leave.
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) December 2, 2022
The video was published by local media.
In the video, conscripts leave the training unit. "That's it! Well done," says the author of the video. Then the fight starts. pic.twitter.com/E6SkH0v3UR
20:59 CET
U.S. President Joe Biden is not intending to speak to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin right now, the White House said on Friday, a day after Biden said he was willing to talk if Putin was looking for a way to end the war.
20:44 CET
The funds will be used to pay pensions and welfare, according to the ministry. Some of the money will be given to displaced persons.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) December 2, 2022
20:18 CET
Latvia launched investigation after host of leading Russian "oppositional" TV channel Dozhd, Aleksey Korostelev, spoke live about helping Russian military
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) December 2, 2022
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19:54 CET
The Russian Black Sea Fleet has lost 15% of its combat strength in the war with #Ukraine, according to the "Project" edition.
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) December 2, 2022
At least 12 ships and boats have been sunk or severely damaged. pic.twitter.com/E6tMDvmqPk
19:45 CET
The U.S. administration is in talks with Congress to allocate an additional $37.7 billion for #Ukraine, of which $21 billion will be military aid. pic.twitter.com/txOaLdILO0
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) December 2, 2022
19:31 CET
Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who exposed the scale of secret surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA), has sworn an oath of allegiance to Russia and received a Russian passport, TASS reported on Friday.
19:08 CET
‼️Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra became a monastery of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. It will be headed by Metropolitan Epiphanius. pic.twitter.com/jeROiJEP3w
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) December 2, 2022
18:44 CET
The special services of #Latvia will conduct an investigation in connection with the statements of Alexei Korostelev on the air of the TV Rain. https://t.co/mxcjjlFJf4
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) December 2, 2022
18:37 CET
The United States has designated China, Iran and Russia among other nations as “countries of particular concern” under the Religious Freedom Act, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Friday.
18:26 CET
⚡️ IAEA hopes for deal on demilitarized zone around Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant by the end of 2022.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) December 2, 2022
"There is a concrete proposal on securing Zaporizhzhia and important progress has been made," said Rafael Grossi, International Atomic Energy Agency director general.
18:21 CET
⚡️ Foreign Ministry: Ukraine's Embassy in Spain also receives blood-stained parcel.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) December 2, 2022
Similar packages were earlier sent to the Ukrainian embassies in Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Croatia, Italy, Austria, the consulates general in Naples and Krakow, and the consulate in Brno.
18:09 CET
In #Croatia, the arrested yacht Royal Romance, owned by the oligarch Medvedchuk, will be sold at auction. The money from the sale will be transferred to #Ukraine. The yacht is estimated at 200 million euros.
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) December 2, 2022
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17:45 CET
Poland has agreed to the European Union's deal for a USD 60 per barrel price cap on Russian seaborne oil, allowing the EU to move forward with formally approving the deal over the weekend, Poland's Ambassador to the EU Andrzej Sadoś said on Friday.
17:28 CET
American detainee Paul Whelan phoned his parents from Russia early on Friday, his brother said, the first contact since a period of silence last week that spurred the White House to express concern.
Whelan, a former U.S. Marine detained in Russia since 2018 and convicted on espionage charges in 2020, had been transferred to the hospital prison, his brother, David Whelan, said in a statement.
17:22 CET
⚡️ Police detain people suspected of stealing Banksy graffiti in Kyiv Oblast.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) December 2, 2022
The people who cut down the part of the wall insulation with the graffiti on it reportedly said they wanted to sell the artwork and transfer the money to Ukraine’s Armed Forces. pic.twitter.com/oVe4XGmO5d
17:01 CET
Holding Russia to account for war crimes in Ukraine: Borrell outlines three main areas of EU's activity https://t.co/Zpup90LOVG #stoprussia #StopRussianWar #StopRussianAggression
— Ukrinform-EN (@Ukrinform_News) December 2, 2022
16:52 CET
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday that he expects a “clear picture” on the war in Ukraine by spring, as shelling and clashes continued and the Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin was open to negotiations.
“Now Ukraine is advancing on the ground, retaking some of their occupied territories. But Russia in return is deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure. So life is getting difficult for Ukrainians particularly, and for all of us,” Cavusoglu said at a forum in Rome.
16:43 CET
In the center of #Odesa, an unknown person use a grenade while being detained by the police. pic.twitter.com/MM1Wk4d3Dy
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) December 2, 2022
16:33 CET
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that #Hungary will continue to oppose the #EU's plan to provide #Ukraine with an 18 billion euro aid package in 2023.
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) December 2, 2022
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16:08 CET
⚡️ Der Spiegel: Germany to provide Ukraine with 7 more Gepard tanks to ‘take pressure off’ debate on Patriot.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) December 2, 2022
According to Der Spiegel, the tanks intended for Ukraine had been initially destined for scrapping.https://t.co/syVGOpOtee
16:06 CET
Also, the Ukrainian government will receive 50,000 Google Workspace licenses available to use for free for one year, according to the minister. It will help Ukrainian authorities “to work faster, despite the strikes and constant threat of Russian cyberattacks,” said Fedorov.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) December 2, 2022
15:46 CET
#Germany will repair 7 "Gepard" SPAAG in order to transfer them to #Ukraine in the spring. pic.twitter.com/yFTCLS1haQ
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) December 2, 2022
15:29 CET
A Russian Mig-31 plane has crashed in the Russian far east
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) December 2, 2022
Reportedly, a fire started in the plane before it crashed. This is already the fourth Russian plane that fell down during the war over Russia.
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15:26 CET
The National Security and Defence Council has imposed sanctions against businessman Vadym Novinsky, Metropolitan Pavel (Lebed), the vicar of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, and about a dozen other UOC MP priests, the Ukrainska Pravda news agency reported. pic.twitter.com/AUZgu9tKT1
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) December 2, 2022
15:25 CET
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— Polish OSCE Chairmanship 2022 (@PLinOSCE) December 2, 2022
14:37 CET
A regular scene for Ukrainian families...
— UkraineWorld (@ukraine_world) December 1, 2022
Source: @operativno_ZSU pic.twitter.com/cMUFb0t2cz
14:32 CET
Ukrainian APC-4 "Bucephalus" after the battle.
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) December 2, 2022
Where the earth is on fire. pic.twitter.com/fAihbFu4CG
14:13 CET
⚡️Foreign Ministry: Ukraine’s embassies, consulates in 7 countries receive blood-stained parcels.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) December 2, 2022
14:11 CET
In #Gostomel, vandals cut one of the works of the famous British artist #Banksy from the wall. The "art connoisseurs" have already been detained. pic.twitter.com/B8cFGugr0D
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) December 2, 2022
13:13 CET
⚡️Ukrainian authorities seek to ban Moscow-backed church amid Russian invasion
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) December 2, 2022
Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council has proposed banning Russian-affiliated religious groups, including the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. https://t.co/aiwEjMOSNu
12:16 CET
Ukrainian drone drops bombs on Russian positions on the left bank of Dnipro, Kherson region pic.twitter.com/LFdwPDeg0t
— Special Kherson Cat ������ (@bayraktar_1love) December 1, 2022
11:57 CET
People across Ukraine are learning to cope with the unpredictability of war while carrying on with their lives in a test of endurance that has been likened - in its spirit - to what the UK lived through during the Blitz in the Second World War ⬇️https://t.co/SQBhWB2dOD
— Deborah Haynes (@haynesdeborah) December 2, 2022
11:42 CET
Activity by Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers has been detected in Russia this week, and there is thus a threat of enemy missile strikes in the near future.https://t.co/RJubGiFxCQ
— The New Voice of Ukraine (@NewVoiceUkraine) December 2, 2022
11:22 CET
1939/2022
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) December 1, 2022
Epochs change, dictators don’t. pic.twitter.com/k2oFU7NKXo
10:54 CET
A new record of Ukrainian Defense Forces ��https://t.co/SmyDctDToQ
— The New Voice of Ukraine (@NewVoiceUkraine) December 2, 2022
10:51 CET
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has stated that 101 female soldiers have been killed in battle since February 24th. pic.twitter.com/tENYWEGmze
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) December 1, 2022
10:02 CET
The total estimated losses of the Russian army for today. #russiaisateroriststate #RussiaUkraineWar #RussianArmy pic.twitter.com/DuuCjpgv4q
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) December 2, 2022
09:41 CET
KHERSON AXIS/ 2345 UTC 1 DEC/ UKR official sources report that some component units of the RU 429th Motorized Rifle Regiment and the 141st Guards Tank Battalion appear to be repositioning south from Mykhailivka, Polohy and Inzhenerne in the Zaporizhzhia region. Developing. pic.twitter.com/58kdibXXXx
— Chuck Pfarrer | Indications & Warnings | (@ChuckPfarrer) December 1, 2022
08:50 CET
BAKHMUT AXIS/2200 UTC 1 DEC/ RU forces occupy a W bank lodgment of the Bakhmutka River south of Ivanhard. RU attempts to supply materiel and reinforcements across the T-05-13 HWY are made costly by UKR artillery and aviation strike missions. RU piecemeal attacks continue. pic.twitter.com/FrriiJIQ0B
— Chuck Pfarrer | Indications & Warnings | (@ChuckPfarrer) December 1, 2022
08:34 CET
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 02 December 2022
— Ministry of Defence ���� (@DefenceHQ) December 2, 2022
Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t.co/IsEXJk3R7s
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08:25 CET
Belarusian President Alexander #Lukashenko continued to set informational conditions to resist Russian pressure to enter the war against #Ukraine by claiming that NATO is preparing to attack #Belarus.
— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) December 2, 2022
Read our latest update on Ukraine w/ @criticalthreats: https://t.co/unsFYicrLv pic.twitter.com/Mx6IOGc6On
07:35 CET
The Council of Ministers of #Italy approved a decree extending the term of arms supplies, including anti-aircraft systems, to #Ukraine until December 31, 2023.
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) December 2, 2022
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#Lithuania will provide #Ukraine with 25 thousand sets of winter clothing for the military
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) December 2, 2022
The Ministry of Defense will purchase warm clothing worth more than €2 million.
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07:20 CET
Southern Axis Update:#Russian forces continued to conduct defensive measures and move personnel on the east bank of the #Dnipro River in #Kherson Oblast. /1https://t.co/k1mCCce66x pic.twitter.com/bGHqOL4d9b
— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) December 2, 2022
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Reuters, Nexta, Twitter