War in Ukraine, the most important information. Attack on Kyiv, Soviet weapons supplies are running out, Russia is recruiting Houthi fighters

> Air defense systems in the Kiev area repelled another Russian drone attack at night. “Air defense has been activated. Kiev is again attacked by enemy drones,” wrote the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitali Klitschko, on Telegram. According to the military administration Ukraine On the night from Saturday to Sunday, Ukrainian air defense shot down 50 of 73 Russian drones launched at various targets.

> The team of the president-elect of the United States Donald Trump will start cooperation with the presidential administration Joe Biden in order to reach an “agreement” between Ukraine and Russia – Michael Waltz, Trump's nominee for national security adviser, said on Sunday. – President Trump has been very clear about the need to end this conflict. We should discuss who will sit at the table, whether it should be an agreement or a truce, how to get both sides to talk and what the framework of the arrangements should be, Waltz said.

> Russia's Soviet-era weapons will run out by the end of 2025. Vladimir Putin he could therefore agree to start negotiations at the beginning of the year, but he will continue to wage war and intensify attacks on Ukrainian civilians if the talks do not go his way, said Peter Pomerantsev, author of books on Russia, in the Guardian.

> Russia recruits Yemenis Houthi fighters to war with Ukraine, promising them jobs and citizenship, and then forcing them to serve in the army and sending them to the front. Yemeni men who were recruited into and managed to escape from the Russian army said they were promised well-paid jobs and Russian citizenship.

However, upon arrival, they were forcibly conscripted into the army and sent to the front in Ukraine. The Yemeni recruits' contracts are linked to a company founded by prominent Houthi politician Abdulwali Abdo Hassan al-Jabri. The company is formally registered as a tour operator and medical equipment supplier.

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> Ukraine is struggling with a wave of Russian missile attacks. One third of these strikes use North Korean missiles, which can fly only because they rely on Western components obtained despite sanctions. Russia has fired about 60 North Korean KN-23 missiles into Ukraine this year. This represents almost one third of all 194 ballistic missiles launched so far in 2024.

> Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs France Jean-Noel Barrot said that Paris has no “red lines” (borders that must not be crossed) and does not rule out “any option” in advance when it comes to support for Ukraine. In an interview for the BBC's Sunday program, excerpts of which were published on Saturday, Barrot said that Ukraine could fire French long-range missiles on Russian territory, guided by the “logic of self-defense.” However, he did not confirm whether such missiles were used. He assured that Western allies set no limits when it comes to supporting Kiev against Russia. When asked whether this would even mean the participation of French soldiers in the fight, he replied: “We do not rule out any option.”