Quick Glance: Russia Strikes Back Following Kyiv Attack on Border City
- Russia retaliates against Ukrainian strikes on the Russian border city of Belgorod, resulting in at least 24 deaths.
- Kyiv labels the Russian attacks as the largest missile bombardment of the war so far, with at least 45 casualties.
- The Russian strikes occurred as Ukraine entered its final day of 2023.
- Russia's defense ministry states that the attack on Kharkiv was a direct response to the strikes on Belgorod, using high-precision missiles to target military objectives in the city.
Quick Glance: Ukrainian Flag Raised in 'Gray Zone' of Kharkiv Region
- Fighters from the Steel Border unit of the Offensive Guard have raised the Ukrainian flag in the settlements of Stroivka and Topoli, Kharkiv region.
- After the liberation of the Kharkiv region from Russian invaders, entering this area became dangerous due to land mines. The border guards have now cleared the way and raised the national flag of Ukraine.
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Quick Glance: Russia and Belarus are discussing "joint steps" against Lithuania over Kaliningrad.
- According to the Kremlin, the leaders of Russia and Belarus discussed possible coordinated steps against Lithuania over its "illegal" transit restrictions impacting Moscow's exclave of Kaliningrad.
- Since mid-June, Vilnius has restricted the flow of EU-sanctioned products into Kaliningrad, a Russian area sandwiched between NATO allies Lithuania and Poland.
- Lithuania shares a border with the heavily militarized Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad, but not with Russia's mainland.
- Apart from Kaliningrad, the leaders also discussed Moscow's offensive in Ukraine and "deliveries of Russian energy supplies to Europe." according to Minsk.
Quick Glance: Long-range weapons could force Russia out of Severodonetsk, Ukraine.
- In the eastern city of Severodonetsk, Ukraine has been losing ground to Russia.
- Ukrainian fighters in the eastern city of Severodonetsk could rid it of Russian forces in days if Western countries provided them with long-range weapons, the governor of the region said on Thursday.
- On Thursday, Zelenskyy stated that what happens there could determine the fate of the entire Donbas area, which is located in eastern Ukraine and has been seized by pro-Kremlin separatist troops for years.
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