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[Korrespondent] 22.35 Ukraine does not have the strength and sufficient support to return Crimea, and the US does not see Ukraine in NATO. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
22.19 Within the framework of the negotiation process between Ukraine, Europe and the US, three documents are being prepared that will form the basis of a peaceful settlement - a framework document, security guarantees and a document that lays the foundations for post-war recovery.
21.54 Ukraine will be ready to establish an energy truce with Russia if Moscow takes such an initiative. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"If the Russians are ready for an energy truce, we are ready. This is very important for the people," the head of state said.
21.10 The US side has given Ukraine a few days to respond to the latest version of the peace plan. According to sources in the Financial Times, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told European leaders that during a "difficult" conversation on Saturday, December 6, with envoys from US President Donald Trump, he was urged to make a quick decision on a peace deal.
The article notes that Zelensky has "several days" to respond to the proposed peace deal. A source familiar with the terms proposed to Kyiv said that Trump hopes to conclude a deal by Christmas.
20.31 Thanks to the joint work of state bodies and international partners, 6,266 Ukrainians, including 403 civilians, were returned from captivity and occupation. As part of the initiative of the President of Ukraine Bring Kids Back UA, we have returned 1,898 children, 612 of them since the beginning of 2025 alone. This was reported by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Dmytro Lubinets.
20.00 A British serviceman has died in an accident in Ukraine. He was injured "as a result of a tragic accident while observing the testing of new weapons by Ukrainian forces, far from the front line."
19.58 China welcomes the "progress" currently taking place in negotiations to establish peace in Ukraine. This was stated by China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the Organization, Ambassador Sun Lei, during a meeting of the UN Security Council on December 9, Ukrinform reports. China continues to call the Russian war a "Ukrainian crisis" and calls for eliminating the "root causes of the conflict."
18.45 Between June and November 2025, the number of civilian casualties from Russian aggression against Ukraine increased significantly in both frontline and urban areas. This is stated in a report published by the UN Office.
It is noted that July became the month with the highest number of civilian deaths and injuries since April 2022. A massive combined drone and missile strike on Ternopil on November 19 claimed at least 36 lives - the largest attack in western Ukraine since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion.
18.35 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Italy Giorgia Meloni in Rome. This was reported by the press service of the Ukrainian leader. They discussed all aspects of the current diplomatic format, the press service noted.
18.20 Ukraine and European countries have made progress in working on the components of a draft agreement to end the war and are ready to present them to US representatives. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky on Telegram following the results of the work in London.
17.32 About 13 thousand residents, 3.5 thousand of them people with limited mobility, may be in the flooding zone due to Russian strikes on the dam in the Kharkiv region. Information work is being carried out in the relevant settlements.
17.28 The crew of an An-22 Antey heavy military transport aircraft crashed in the Ivanovo region in Russia, killing all seven people on board. The Russian Investigative Committee reported this.
17.22 Two civilians were killed in Russian drone attacks in the Sumy region's border area. This was reported by the head of the Sumy OVA, Oleg Grigorov, on December 9. According to him, a 73-year-old man died in the Myropil community today - the enemy targeted a civilian car. In the Krasnopil community, an enemy drone attacked another car. Two people who were in it were injured, a 61-year-old man died from his injuries. The injured passenger was hospitalized.
16.58 Since the beginning of the current day, 62 combat clashes have occurred on the front. Fighting is taking place in eight directions. At the same time, the Russian army has suspended attacks in five directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational summary.
16.16 Prices for Russian oil shipments from Black Sea and Pacific ports have fallen to their lowest since the start of the war against Ukraine, Bloomberg reports, citing Argus data. The average discount on Urals, which Russian oil companies give to Brent, reached $25.8 per barrel and is close to historical records.
15.58 Russian troops are trying to advance into the northern part of Pokrovsk, taking advantage of the fog. These attempts are blocked by the Ukrainian military, destroying the enemy. This was reported by the East Group of Forces on December 9.
15.45 In Izyum, Kharkiv region, 449 bodies of people who died during the occupation of the city in 2022 were identified and reburied. Among them are 23 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of the Izyum MVA on December 9.
15.34 The Security Service and the National Police prevented new attempts to illegally sell captured weapons and ammunition in various regions of Ukraine.
Nine dealers who were trading in weapons secretly exported from de-occupied areas and combat zones were detained. Among the items seized from the suspects: Russian grenade launchers, Kalashnikov assault rifles, explosives, and ammunition of various calibers.
15.20 Russia currently has a more favorable position in the negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. US President Donald Trump said this in an interview with Politico. It is time for the Ukrainian side to start accepting "some realities" in the negotiations to resolve the war, he believes.
15.14 The new long-range cruise missile Narwhal of the Czech company LPP is undergoing testing. In the future, it is planned to transfer it to Ukraine for the final stage of testing. This is reported by Aktualne. It is noted that the weapon will be transferred for testing in combat conditions against the Russian army. The first combat use is tentatively scheduled for January-February 2026, and serial production may begin in the Czech Republic in March.
14.00 Funding for humanitarian aid to Ukraine is decreasing. The "Winter Plan" is only 65% funded. There is a risk of catastrophe, said Matthias Schmale, the UN Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, in an interview with Ukrinform.
13.45 On the night of December 8, SSO fighters struck at the logistical facilities of the Russian troops in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, destroying warehouses with UAVs and fuel. The Special Operations Forces reported this, publishing a corresponding video.
It is noted that in Donetsk, SSO drones hit a warehouse of UAVs of the 9th 51A Motorized Rifle Brigade. The warehouse housed a significant number of tactical-level reconnaissance and strike UAVs, as well as combat units for them. In the Luhansk region, in the settlement of Simeykine, an enemy fuel warehouse of the South was hit. As a result of the hit, tanks with about 6 thousand m³ of fuel were destroyed.
13.13 Co-aggressor country Belarus does not seem to want war, but is preparing for it in order to avoid it. This was stated by the formal Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko at a meeting of the Security Council, his press service reported.
12.18 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met with Pope Leo XIV. The press service of the Holy See reported this. The issues of the war unleashed by the Russian Federation, the exchange of prisoners and the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia were discussed.
12.02 Explosions were heard in temporarily occupied Crimea on the night of December 9, in particular, in the areas of Simferopol, in the Bakhchisarai district and on Mount Ai-Petri. This was reported by the monitoring Telegram channel Crimean Wind.
11.57 An An-22 Antey military transport plane crashed in Russia. TASS reports. The plane was making a scheduled flight after repairs and crashed in the Furmaniv district of the Ivanovo region. It fell into a local reservoir. The fate of the crew is currently unknown.
11.53 The SBU's Alpha Special Operations Center has disabled a liquefied gas transshipment terminal in the port of Temryuk in the Krasnodar Territory of Russia. The Service's drones struck the production facilities of Maktren-Nafta on December 5, after which they burned for three days.
10.46 In Chernivtsi region, two foreigners working for the Russian military intelligence (GRU) were exposed and detained. The SBU reported this. The 27-year-old citizens of a neighboring European country committed arson in Bukovina. They came to the attention of the Russian special services while they were still outside Ukraine.
09.34 The Defense Forces neutralized 84 drones that Russian troops used to attack Ukraine since the evening. At the same time, enemy hits were recorded in nine locations. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
03.33 Mykhailo Fedorov announced the creation of a digital IT vertical in the Ukrainian army and security forces. 7 thousand digital officers will work in all commands and branches of the army - starting from the battalion. Their task will be to implement the digital system in the units.
03.00 The American side is increasing pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, demanding that he agree to territorial losses and other concessions as part of a "peace" plan, Axios reports. The negotiations are currently focused on two issues: Russia's demand for Donbas and Ukraine's request for reliable security guarantees from the United States.
00.50 The Ukrainian Defense Forces have withdrawn to more advantageous positions near Pokrovske and Myrnograd in the Donetsk region. This was reported by the 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. This is the area of the settlements of Lysivka and Sukhyi Yar, which Deepstate now designates as occupied. It is noted that this maneuver was carried out to save the lives of the military, improve the logistical support of the group, and to level the front line.
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[NewsFront] 21:38 Fighters of the Center group of forces day and nightis being conductedactive destruction of enemy infantry and equipment in the area of Pokrovsk, Mirnograd and in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
In support of the offensive, attack drone operators carry out precise strikes on targets.
21:00 In the period from 14:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 38 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
21 – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Seven – over the territory of the Moscow region,
Six – over the territory of the Kaluga region,
Two – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Two – over the territory of the Tula region.
20:55 Dobropillya direction. Earlier, due to the changing situation, the village of Ivanovka was transferred to the gray zone pending clarification. Today, it was confirmed that the village is still under Russian military control, although the Ukrainian Armed Forces have attempted to enter it.MAP.
19:59 Destruction of a pickup truck with a group of Ukrainian infantry by drone operators of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction, video.
19:23 Artillery crews of the 152mm Giatsint-B missile system of the Vostok group of forces destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds in Gulyaipole.
Working in conjunction with operators of reconnaissance UAVs of the unmanned systems troops, the artillerymen completely destroyed several strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
19:02 Soldiers of the 3rd Army of the Russian Armed Forces: The Ukrainian Armed Forces have advanced to the railway station in central Seversk and expanded their zone of control in the southern part of the town. Ukrainian Armed Forces units are hastily retreating across the Bakhmutovka River.
17:02 UAV crews of the Southern group of forces destroyed communication antennas and a control center for heavy Ukrainian Armed Forces drones in the Seversky direction. Drone operators also eliminated an enemy manpower shelter.
Drone operators from the Sever group destroyed an enemy robotic platform, an ATV, and a pickup truck in the Sumy region.
Air cover groups of the Vostok group destroyed heavy hexacopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Attack drone operators from the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr Forces Group carried out strikes on a vehicle carrying personnel, a camouflaged armored combat vehicle, and an enemy repeater antenna.
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems crews from the Center group of forces destroyed enemy drones in the air in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
14:58 Assault units of the 36th Guards Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 29th Army of the East Group of Forces broke throughenemy defense in the village of Ostapivske in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
14:52 Konstantinovskayadirection
>Fierce counter-battles northwest and southwest of Chasy Yar.
The intensity of the fighting here does not subside.
To the northwest, the enemy counterattacked in the direction of Mayskoye from the northwest and southwest, attempting to encircle our units in the Verolyubovka-Klinovoye-Bezymennoye area and regained control of the stronghold west of Mayskoye and the road between Mayskoye and Verolyubovka.
To the south, the Ukrainian Armed Forces reached the eastern outskirts of Verolyubovka, but were unable to completely encircle its garrison.
14:46 In the period from 9:00 Moscow time to 14:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 26 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
17 – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Two – over the territory of the Kaluga region,
One – over the territory of the Kursk region,
One – over the territory of the Smolensk region,
One – over the territory of Stavropol Krai,
One – over the territory of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic,
One – over the territory of the Chechen Republic,
One – over the territory of the Republic of Ingushetia,
One – over the territory of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania.
13:42 Footage of arrival of 3 FAB-500 with UMPK at the Ukrainian Armed Forces crossing over the Oskol River.
13:31 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crew of the 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division of the Center Forces Group destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
12:45 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation as of December 9, 2025:
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
Units of the North group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized, ranger, airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three territorial defense brigades and a border detachment of the Border Service of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Ryzhevka, Andreevka, Varachino, Iskriskovshchina and Ivolzhanskoye in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of three mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Veterinary, Staritsa and Vilcha in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy's losses amounted to 235 military personnel, five armored combat vehicles, 13 automobiles, six field artillery pieces, five ammunition and material depots.
Units of the West group of forces continued to destroy the enemy group surrounded on the left bank of the Oskol River.
The manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Glushkovka, Kovsharovka, Podoli in the Khar'kov region and Drobyshevo in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 220 servicemen, a tank, seven armored combat vehicles, including a British-made Spartan armored personnel carrier, 20 vehicles, an electronic warfare station, and four ammunition depots.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. Formations of three mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, two assault brigades, a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade were defeated near the settlements of Seversk, Platonovka, Stepanovka, Minkovka, and Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Ukrainian armed forces suffered losses of up to 135 service members and six armored combat vehicles, including a US-made Stryker armored personnel carrier and a Canadian-made Senator armored car. Twelve vehicles, two artillery pieces, an electronic warfare station, and four ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center Group of Forces have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of five mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, an airmobile brigade, two airborne assault brigades, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, three naval infantry brigades, a territorial defense brigade, and four National Guard brigades near the settlements of Volne, Vodyanskoye, Belitskoye, Rodynskoye, Torskoye, Grishino, Serhiivka, and Novokryvorozh'e in the Donetsk People's Republic and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
In the village of Dimitrov in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault units of the 51st Army continued to destroy encircled Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Vostochny and Zapadny microdistricts.
The enemy lost over 445 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, five cars and an artillery piece.
Units of the "East" military group liberated the village of Ostapivske in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The manpower and equipment of the mechanized forces, two assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Varvarovka, Kosovtsevo, Hulyaipole in the Zaporizhzhia region and Andreevka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 210 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, six vehicles, and a warehouse of supplies.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized brigade and the coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Novoandriivka, Lukyanivske in the Zaporizhzhia region and Nikolske in the Kherson region.
Up to 40 military personnel, 13 vehicles, an electronic warfare station and two supply depots were destroyed.
11:33 Operators of attack UAVs of the Sever group inflicted several precision strikes were carried out on a temporary deployment point for enemy militants in the village of Vovchanskie Khutora in the Khar'kov region, destroying all three buildings containing personnel and property.
07:34 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Advance in Seversk
Expansion of the control zone in Gulyaipole
Advance in Novodanilovka
Advance in Mirnohrad
Russian Armed Forces control Sukhetskoye
Adjustment of the control zone in the village of Novator on the northern outskirts of Mirnohrad in favor of our
Advance in Vilcha and Liman
Expansion of the control zone in Orekhovo-Vasilevka
07:34 During the past night, from 23:00 Moscow time on December 8 to 7:00 on December 9, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 121 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles:
49 UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod Region,
22 UAVs over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
10 UAVs over the territory of the Ryazan Region,
Nine UAVs over the territory of the Voronezh Region,
Eight UAVs over the waters of the Caspian Sea,
Five UAVs over the territory of the Rostov Region,
Five UAVs over the territory of the Republic of Kalmykia,
Four UAVs over the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod Region,
Three UAVs over the territory of the Lipetsk Region,
Two UAVs over the territory of the Kursk Region,
Two UAVs over the territory of the Krasnodar Territory,
One UAV over the territory of the Bryansk Region,
One UAV over the territory of the Tula Region.
05:01 The crew of the Solntsepek TOS of the 35th Army of the Vostok group launched thermobaric munitions and destroye denemy deployment locations, their strongholds with the manpower located there within the city limits of Gulyaipole.
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[REGNUM] Just ten days ago, the Kyiv regime thought it had found the ideal instrument for pressuring Russia.
In late November, Ukrainian drones attacked tankers in the Black Sea, as well as the Caspian Pipeline Consortium's infrastructure in Novorossiysk (disabling one of the berths). These attacks seemed to allow the Kyiv regime to achieve three objectives simultaneously.
First, to demonstrate the vulnerability of Russia's oil trade. To demonstrate this primarily to Moscow, thereby forcing it to consider the prospects of a continued war of attrition for the Russian budget.
"These attacks appear to be an escalation by Kiev, which is trying to hit Russia's oil revenues, which are crucial for funding the war in Ukraine," the BBC explained.
Secondly, to intimidate external players.
Both Moscow's oil export partners (so that they stop buying Russian oil) and those whose well-being in principle depends on maritime trade.
The Kiev regime is interested in having not only Europe, but also third world countries, pressuring Russia to conclude peace under any conditions as quickly as possible.
Third, to demonstrate their own capabilities for resistance. Just like the Kursk adventure, the drone attack was meant to demonstrate to Ukrainian sponsors that it was too early to write off the Ukrainian military.
However, after these ten days, it became obvious that with such attacks the Kiev regime not only failed to achieve its objectives, but worsened its own situation.
Yes, at the start of the attacks, problems did arise for the Russian oil industry.
"At the time, carriers raised prices, so the price of oil for buyers had to be reduced. The gap between Russian URALS and North Sea Brent reached around $20, and even $22 per barrel, according to some sources. However, as soon as it became clear that the strikes were unsystematic, the discount began to shrink," Igor Yushkov, an expert at the National Energy Security Fund and a lecturer at the Financial University, explained to Regnum News Agency.
And the attack took on a non-systemic nature because external countries reacted in a way that Kyiv did not at all want.
Essentially, all Black Sea region states suffered from the tanker strikes. Immediately after the strikes, insurance rates for ships calling at Russian ports increased by a third—but for those calling at Ukrainian ports, they also soared by 25%.
The situation has also become threatening for other Black Sea ports.
Unsurprisingly, Romania was so concerned that it even began destroying the Ukrainian drones it found, while the Turks issued an extremely strong condemnation. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called the attacks unacceptable and called on "all parties" to stop them.
However, Ukraine apparently suffered the biggest blow to its hands with the attack on the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC). Nominally, the main victim of this blow was Kazakhstan, whose oil flows largely through this pipeline, but the impact was insignificant.
"Kazakhstan is trying to maintain a neutral foreign policy and avoid damaging relations with anyone. Therefore, in response to all attacks on terminals pumping its oil, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has limited itself to an official statement declaring such actions unacceptable," Stanislav Pritchin, head of the Central Asia Sector at the IMEMO RAS, explained to Regnum.
For example, in response to the latest attack, Kazakhstani Foreign Ministry spokesman Aibek Smadiyarov called on the Kiev regime to “take concrete measures to prevent a recurrence of such situations.”
Kazakhstan does not have any serious ability to put pressure on Ukraine, and it does not intend to do so.
"If Astana begins imposing sanctions on Ukraine, restricting supplies, or targeting Kyiv's business interests, Ukraine will respond by using all its lobbying power to ensure Kazakhstan is included on the list of countries supporting Russia. And the Kazakh authorities want to avoid such accusations," says Pritchin.
Even though the several days of terminal downtime due to the Ukrainian attacks cost the Kazakh budget, according to various estimates, between $300 and $600 million in lost revenue. As Nurlan Zhumagulov, director of the Kazakhstani foundation Energy Monitor, reported, " CPC is the main export route, already accounting for over 80% of all Kazakhstan's oil exports... This represents at least 55 million tons, or at least $30 billion in export revenue per year. Of this, one-third (over $10 billion) goes to the state treasury. This is approximately 20% of all tax revenues in Kazakhstan."
Ukraine's problem turned out to be that Kazakhstan's "black gold" is largely not Kazakhstani.
According to the Carnegie Endowment, the CPC transports Kazakh oil from the large Caspian fields of Tengiz, Kashagan, and Karachaganak. " All of these fields are complex and expensive to develop and are operated by consortiums involving major global companies—ExxonMobil, Chevron, TotalEnergie, Eni, Shell, and others," the endowment states.
And not just "with participation"—Western companies own approximately three-quarters of the shares in all the fields from which gas flows into the CPC. They also own approximately 50% of the consortium itself, allowing them to freely pump their oil onto the global market.
Accordingly, the fund estimates that Russia will lose approximately $600 million annually from the pipeline shutdown (due to the disruption of North Caucasus oil transit), while Kazakhstan and Western companies operating there will lose $27 billion.
"The destruction of the berthing terminal has already led to a reduction in oil shipments from the CPC. This means that by the end of the year, less oil will be shipped than planned," notes Igor Yushkov.
Meanwhile, for Chevron, Kazakhstani fields account for 20% of its total production. Therefore, the company has clearly communicated its concerns to the US leadership, and, according to the expert, it's possible that Trump's statements about Zelensky "not having read the peace plan" are partly related to this.
In this situation, Kyiv can talk as much as it wants about how the attacks on the CPC are an exercise of the right to self-defense guaranteed by Article 51 of the UN Charter. Western companies and Black Sea countries are not particularly interested. Therefore, if the attacks continue, they will indeed turn to Russia—not to make peace with Ukraine, but to resolve the issue of the "Black Sea pirates."
And Moscow has already said how it will do this.
Thus, President Vladimir Putin promised to consider the possibility of " retaliatory measures against the vessels of those countries that assist Ukraine in carrying out these piracy operations." And, finally, to completely deprive the Kyiv regime of the technical capability to carry out such attacks.
"The most radical option is to cut Ukraine off from the sea, then piracy will be impossible in principle," the Russian leader concluded.
But for now, the blow to the American pocket has had more immediate consequences: there have been no new attacks, not only in the Black Sea, but also in the Baltic. In late November, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna called on Ukraine to refrain from attacks on ships in the Baltic to prevent escalation.
It's quite possible that Ukraine understood the consequences perfectly well, but still demonstratively attacked the ships—to see if they could get away with it and be allowed to continue. And the outcome confirms a simple truth: Ukrainian politics and politicians are quite manageable when there is sufficient motivation among the interested parties.
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[Regnum] An An-22 aircraft with seven crew members on board crashed in the Ivanovo region. This was reported on Tuesday, December 9, by REN TV, citing a source.
The latter said that information about those injured in the emergency is currently being clarified.
According to preliminary information, the crashed aircraft belongs to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Earlier, on December 4, a Eurocopter AS-350 helicopter made a hard landing on a private property in the village of Atayevka, Bashkortostan. One person was injured in the incident and received emergency medical treatment.
The day before, a Boeing 777, which had issued a distress signal due to an engine fire, landed safely at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport. The plane, en route to Phuket, had 13 cr
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[Regnum] The inclusion of a cross on the coat of arms of the Russian Federation is planned to be enshrined in law. This was announced on Tuesday, December 9, by Alexander Sidyakin, head of the central executive committee of the United Russia party. Be true to your heritage, guys. It’s important.
During the cancellation ceremony of stamps dedicated to the heroes of the special operation at the Victory Museum, Sidyakin noted that the law "On the State Emblem of the Russian Federation" is too vague, as the document refers to crowns, a scepter, and an orb, but not to the crosses atop them. Consequently, the party submitted a bill to the State Duma to clarify the description of the emblem.
"We will formalize the presence of crosses above the crowns and orb in the official description. This is a restoration of historical justice; it is a tribute to the role we play in the development of Russian statehood; it is a clear message to the entire world that God is with Russia," he said.
On November 21, the press service of the lower house of parliament announced that the State Duma would prioritize the bill requiring crosses in the official description of the Russian state emblem. The document was sponsored by 412 parliamentarians, led by State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin.
The day before, Valery Fadeyev, head of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights (HRC), supported the draft law. He stated that this initiative was necessary due to instances of crosses being removed from symbols and Orthodox churches.
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[Regnum] A Spanish court has temporarily suspended the investigation into the death of Russian defector pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who hijacked an Mi-8 helicopter in 2023, flew to Ukraine, and was later found dead in February 2024. This was announced in a press release issued by the Valencian Community Court on December 9.
It was reported that the judge temporarily suspended proceedings in the case of the murder of a pilot who deserted from the Russian army after receiving a report from the Civil Guard. The document stated that the material or intellectual perpetrator could not be identified.
Thus, the court concluded that there was no evidence to bring criminal charges against the perpetrator, accomplice, and accomplices in connection with the murder of the defector pilot.
Suspending an investigation means the case can be reopened if new evidence or information about potential suspects emerges.
In early August 2023, 28-year-old Captain Kuzminov hijacked and landed an Mi-8 military transport helicopter in Ukraine. The flight mechanic and navigator flying with Kuzminov were unaware of his plan, and after landing, they were killed by Ukrainian security forces.
Kuzminov, who had moved to Spain, claimed to have received $500,000 for hijacking a helicopter. In February 2024, he was found shot to death in the municipality of Villajoyosa in the south of the country.
Unidentified assailants opened fire on Kuzminov in a parking lot in front of a residential building. He attempted to escape and fell. The attackers ran over Kuzminov's body with a car and fled. In November 2024, the American television channel CBS News reported that the defector pilot had been buried in an unmarked grave in southern Spain.
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