Due to the destruction of civilian infrastructure by Russia, Ukraine’s gross domestic product will likely fall by 39% year-on-year in 2022, compared to the previous forecast of 35%, Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko told Die Zeit. As a response to the recession, Kyiv is taking steps to downsize the government, she said. Svyrydenko also said that she is exploring the possibility of privatizing small state-owned companies.
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Sunday, December 7
Czech president says Europe may need to shoot down Russian aircraft, drones violating NATO airspace.
Czech President Petr Pavel warned that repeated Russian airspace violations may eventually force Europe to shoot down Russian aircraft and drones, and said European countries must be ready to fight and win a war on their own if the U.S. is tied up elsewhere.
Amid an ongoing Russian offensive, Ukraine has liberated a village in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, the Ukrainian open-source mapping project DeepState and Ukraine's military reported.
Russia launched five ballistic missiles and 241 drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force reported.
In the latest episode of Ukraine This Week, the Kyiv Independent’s Anna Belokur reports on another failed round of U.S.-Russia diplomacy over a controversial peace plan, as Moscow presses ahead on the battlefield and advances in and near Pokrovsk.
Trump envoy Keith Kellogg says a Ukraine peace deal is in its “final stretch” as talks focus on territorial concessions and security guarantees.
Locals reported explosions near the Engels airfield and an oil depot amid overnight drone attacks in Russia’s Saratov and Rostov oblasts.
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Russian forces launched a large-scale attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk overnight on Dec. 6, officials reported.
The number includes 1,080 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
The incident marks the third such disruption in Lithuania this week, with Vilnius facing repeated flight interruptions over the past months.
Sunday, December 7
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Three people have been injured in a Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv Oblast overnight on Dec. 6, local officials reported.
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It's the ninth time this year that the facility has been struck.
“There are no pauses, no delays in (Russia's) operations. They keep pushing their troops forward to seize as much of our territory as possible under the cover of negotiations," Syrskyi said.
Zelensky–Trump envoys call centered on territorial concessions, security guarantees, Axios reported.
Territorial concessions and security guarantees were among the most sensitive issues in President Volodymyr Zelensky’s recent call with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, sources told Axios.
Russia’s drone strike caused a fire that burned the outer cladding of the shelter.
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