War in Ukraine. The most important events of the last 24 hours

> The Ukrainian Suspilne television reported that on Monday morning the inhabitants of Sumy in the north-eastern part Ukraine they heard two explosions. An air alert was announced in this city twice: after 4/10 (3/10 in Poland) and at 4.56. No further details were provided.

> On the night from Sunday to Monday, a group of Russian kamikaze Shahed drones attacked several districts in Ukraine. An air alert was announced, among others: in the Odessa, Chernihiv and Poltava regions. Local authorities have not reported any damage yet.

> On Sunday, there were over 170 combat clashes at the front, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said in a report. The enemy attacked mainly in the area of ​​​​the city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk Oblast. As a result of the fighting, over 482 Russian soldiers were killed or injured, the report stated.

> Russian general Ivan Popov, former commander of the 58th All-Military Army fighting in Ukraine, arrested in May for fraudmay return to the front, Russian channels on Telegram reported. Popov was stripped of his army command in July last year. He claimed that he was fired for alerting the high command to the difficulties encountered in Ukraine, in particular the heavy loss of life and the lack of advanced equipment.

> Russia will lift the moratorium on the deployment of medium- and shorter-range missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads because United States have deployed such weapons in various regions of the world, the Russian Foreign Minister announced on Sunday Sergei Lavrov. The head of Russian diplomacy rejected two premises that, according to reports by the US president-elect's team Donald Trump was considering early November 2024 as completion conditions war in Ukraine – delay in Ukraine's membership in NATO by 20 years and the deployment of European peacekeeping forces in Ukraine – noted the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

> “The airspace over Russia must be closed,” wrote Gunduz Mamedov, a Ukrainian lawyer from Ukraine, on Saturday on the Ukrainian Truth website. Azerbaijanwho was the deputy prosecutor general of Ukraine in 2019-2022. According to Ukrainian intelligence, long-range drones can now hit targets deep inside Russia, up to two thousand kilometers away. Mamedov said the failure to close Russian airspace to civil aviation “poses a serious threat to passengers, given the possibility of errors or incidents involving air defense systems.”

> Former Russian national football player Alexei Bugaev died in the war in Ukraine, Russian media reported, citing the victim's father. He was 43 years old. Bugaev played seven matches for the Russian national team, including two at Euro 2004. He finished his official appearances in 2010 at the age of 29. In September this year, he was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison on drug smuggling charges. From there, he joined the army, because the Russian authorities are recruiting soldiers from among prisoners for the war that has been going on since February 2022.

> In the period from December 1 to 26 Russia occupied 345 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory. This is twice less than in November this year, when Russian forces took control over 700 square kilometers of the territory of the neighboring country, reported the independent Russian portal Agientstwo.

> “Just this week, Russia has used over 370 striking drones, approximately 280 controlled aerial bombs and 80 missiles of various types against Ukraine. Such terror can only be stopped by united strength. I am grateful to the defenders who save our people from daily attacks and to the partners who understand how important temporary air defense is to protect life and ensure a just and fair peace,” the President of Ukraine said on social media Volodymyr Zelensky.

> The authorities of Transnistria, a separatist region in Moldovahave cut off gas supplies to several state institutions because the agreement allowing the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine expires at the end of the year. The cutoff was implemented two days before the transit agreement expired after Ukraine refused to renew it during the war.