Here are the key developments on the 1,035th day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Here is the situation on Wednesday, December 25:
Fighting:
The estimated contingent of 12,000 North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian troops in Russia’s Kursk region has not yet had a major impact on the course of the conflict, said Yevgen Yerin, the spokesman for the Ukrainian military intelligence service. The North Koreans have little experience of modern warfare, particularly with drones, and use tactics that are “primitive, linked, frankly speaking, more to the times of the Second World War”, Yerin said.
At least one person was killed and at least 15 injured in a Russian missile attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih. A woman was reportedly rescued alive from the rubble of a house hit by Russian missiles. Kryvyi Rih is the hometown of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government is working on a “positive outcome” after a video emerged of an Australian man captured by Russian forces in Ukraine. The man, who is seen with his hands tied and being slapped across the face by a man speaking Russian, said he was a biology teacher named Oscar Jenkins. Australian media have verified the man’s identity.
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Ukraine said Russia had attacked it with 60 drones overnight on Monday, of which 36 were downed, 23 were …