IOC to allow aggressors’ athletes, Ze in Argentina, Tusk pledges to resolve PL border crisis
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Your slice of the headlines in Ukraine. Daily. Monday, December 11, 2023.
● Athletes from Russia and Belarus cleared to take part in 2024 Olympics
The International Olympic Committee has granted permission for athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate in the 2024 Paris Games.
Finland's Supreme Court has refused to extradite a Russian militant from the neo-Nazi Rusich Group, Yan Petrovsky, to Ukraine, the Finnish newspaper HS reported on Dec. 8.
● Ukraine foils repeated Russian attempts to dislodge forces from east bank Kherson bridgehead
Russian forces are trying to push Ukrainian troops from their footholds in Kherson Oblast on the east bank of the Dnipro River, Serhiy Bratchuk, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Volunteer Army South, said on Ukrainian national television on Dec. 10.
● Russia escalating attacks to cripple Ukraine's power system — UK Intel
Russia’s missile attack on Dec. 8 was likely the beginning of a campaign aimed at destroying Ukraine's energy infrastructure, reads the latest report by British intelligence.
● Republicans will not support aid to Ukraine without national security package
Republicans in the U.S. Senate will not support aid to Ukraine without considering the border security bill to demonstrate to Democrats their seriousness and commitment to securing the national borders, Republican Senator Jim Risch of Idaho told U.S. broadcaster Voice of America on Dec. 9.
● Zelenskyy attends Argentina's Presidential inauguration, hopes to win Global South support
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to Buenos Aires to attend the Dec. 10 inauguration of Argentina's new libertarian economist president, Javier Milei, is focused on gaining support from the Global South in its war with Russia, Reuters reported.
● Scholz assures Ukraine of Germany's support if other countries weaken
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has affirmed his country’s unwavering support for Ukraine, assuring continued assistance despite potential reductions from other nations, during a conference of his party, the SPD, on Dec. 9, according to the German publication n-tv.
● Cold snap, Russian attacks cause record spike in Ukrainian electricity consumption, EU fills the gap
Ukraine's energy system recorded an exceptionally high level of electricity consumption for this heating season in the early hours of Dec. 7., reported state power company Ukrenergo.
● Ukrainian business optimistic as truck purchases grow
A total of 1,031 new commercial vehicles (trucks and special vehicles) were sold in the Ukrainian market in November, marking a 6% increase compared to the previous month, Ukrainian car industry UkrAutoprom reported on Telegram on Dec. 7.
● Dragon Capital boosts Ukraine's 2023 growth forecast despite Russian aggression
Investment company Dragon Capital has revised its economic growth projection for Ukraine in 2023 to 5.2%, up by 0.7 percentage points, despite external financing risks, the company reported on Dec. 8.
● Poland’s Tusk pledges to resolve Ukraine border blockade once in government
Donald Tusk, the leader of Poland's opposition Civic Platform party and likely next prime minister, has promised to tackle the blockade at the Ukrainian-Polish border immediately upon taking office, Ukrayina.pl news outlet reported on Dec. 8.
● EU transport groups pressure Poland by urging boycott of carriers choking Ukraine's trade lifelines
Trade organizations in Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands, and Italy have called on "all EU companies" to boycott Polish road haulers blocking the border with Ukraine, news agency Ukrinform reported on Dec. 7, citing a letter from these organizations.
● Brussels confident it will circumvent Orban’s veto on Ukraine aid — report
The European Union will find a way to provide financial and military assistance to Ukraine, even if Hungarian PM Viktor Orban vetoes the planned allotment of EUR 50 billion ($55 billion), Reuters reported on Dec. 8.
● US hopes that Ukraine aid will force Russia to negotiate by end of 2024— official
Sustained Western aid to Ukraine will compel Russia to negotiate on terms favorable to Kyiv by the end of 2024, U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Jonathan Finer said on Dec. 8.
● Ukraine's Foreign Ministry says Moscow’s vote in occupied territories ‘illegal’
Any voting during the sham Russian presidential election on March 15-17 in the occupied territories of Ukraine will be "illegal, and null and void," Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Dec. 9.
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