Ukrainian Allies Meet in Paris To Discuss Defence And How To Rebuild Ukraine
Putin opts not to give his annual news conference this year
Day 292 (12 December)
The Governor of Zaporizhzia claims that 232 civilians have been kept hostage by the Russians for the last 9 months. What is the ICRC doing about this? How many more civilians are being kept hostage by the Russians who are not documented anywhere?
Sanctions are imposed against 7 leaders of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church which has affiliations with Russia. Religious orders are generally supposed to be exempt from searches and the like, hence why they are used to hide subversive activities.
Russian soldiers who refuse to fight in Ukraine are being beaten, and tortured, then locked in cellars and basements. Many are classed as missing in action after they are sent to detention centres fro refusing to fight and are untraceable.
Putin has chosen not to take part in his annual news conference held each year in December. Perhaps he doesn’t want to address the Russian losses, and retreats, or to discuss the next moves he intends to take in relation to the special military operation?
The ICRC president visited Ukraine for four days (Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Kherson and Odesa to witness the suffering of the communities during the war. Is this a visit for appearances sake, or will the ICRC find a way to do more to help the Ukrainians? Can they track down PoW, and help improve conditions for all PoW?
Day 293 (13 December)
Belarusian troops have been activated and are being prepped for combat. The plan is to build defences and organise security, especially across the Neman and the Berazina rivers.
Paris hosts an international convention for Ukrainian allies to discuss defence issues and how to rebuild Ukraine. Countries as well as organisations and NGOs will attend to work together to help Ukraine especially since the country faces a huge humanitarian crisis with the energy grids being damaged.
The US is planning to send Patriot missile defence systems to Ukraine, and to train the Ukrainian army on how to use them in Germany (a US military base in Grafenwoehr).
The Kyiv District Administrative Court is to be eliminated as a means to end corruption. This is because those in the court have been difficult to remove, and the only way to get rid of them is to abolish the court in the district and to replace it with an alternative system.
Three Russian MiG-31K aircraft arrived in Belarus, which are a threat to Ukraine as they carry Kinzhal hypersonic missiles that cannot be downed with air defence systems.
Ukraine is storing all the Russian missiles used against them as evidence when the Russians will be tried for war crimes.
A bridge in occupied Melitopol by blown up by Ukrainian troops. This will hinder the Russians who relied on the bridge for logistics.
What a terrible time for those poor, suffering people in Ukraine in bitter weather and coming up to such a sacred time of the year. There will be special prayers from me this Christmas, hoping too that good will prevail over evil.
My daughter will struggle to pay her fuel bills this year, she has 2 young children under 5 and has just been shocked to learn she is expecting twins next year! Her and her husband work. The reason I say this is that she cannot afford to run heating all the time in the cold weather, but we can help her do just that. Families in the same situation in Ukraine, can’t and probably there is no choice but to freeze, or starve, or both. My heart goes out to them