Russia and North Korea: secrets, fights and humanitarian crisis!

Russia and North Korea: secrets, fights and humanitarian crisis!

Here are the shocking developments on 1,027. Day of the comprehensive invasion of Russia to Ukraine!

On Tuesday, December 17th, the situation on the front and the world looks banned at the events in Ukraine. The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj has published alarming news: "The first reports indicate that Russia is trying to hide the losses of North Korean soldiers" after the Ukrainian military intelligence reported on Monday that at least 30 North Korean soldiers were killed or wounded. A dramatic incident that makes the international community list!

The situation continues! According to the Pentagon, a US assessment has shown that North Korean soldiers in Kursk are involved in fighting and "there are signs that they have to complain about both dead and wounded". However, the Kremlin remains vague: Dmitri Peskow, the spokesman for the Kremlin, further issued questions about the North Korean losses to the Russian Ministry of Defense, which has not yet been commented.

The humanitarian disaster

• The United Nations raises the alarm: Almost 12,000 residents of the Ukrainian cities of Pokrovsk, Kurakhove and Chasiv Yar, which are only a few kilometers from the front line, suffer from extreme water and gas bottles in the icy winter cold. The local supply companies have hired their services - a devastating state for the civilian population!

politics and diplomacy in upheaval

• Russia's UN ambassador Wassili Zeinsia warned of the UN Security Council: A plan to examine US financing for Kiev by the FBI-nominated Kash Patel "brings problems for the Ukrainian leadership". A dangerous game that further fueled the geopolitical tensions!
• The European Union has passed its 15th sanction package against Russia. This time, North Korean officials and Chinese companies that produce drones for Moscow are targeted for the first time. A clear blow against the supporters of the Kremlin!
• The sanctions also aim at 52 ships that are part of a huge "shadow fleet" that Russia allegedly uses to transport oil, gas and stolen Ukrainian grain. Mykhailo Podolyak, consultant of Selenskyj, described the sanctions against the Russian oil fleet as "useful", but "too late" after two Russian oil tankers licked thousands of tons of burning oil into the Asowian and the Black Sea.
• Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Schmyhal announced that the agreement for the piercing of Russian gas by Ukraine to Europe will not be "extended" if it expires on January 1, 2025. Another step in the geopolitical reorganization!
• A former FBI-Informant is guilty of liberating about an alleged bribery scheme that concerns US President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and the Ukrainian energy company Burisma. A scandal that shakes the political landscape!

The situation remains tense and the world looks banned in developments in Ukraine. The coming days could be decisive!