Moscow, December 1 (IANS). Russian forces took control of the settlements of Ilyinka and Petrovka in the Donetsk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement issued on Sunday that last night Russian air defense systems shot down 29 Ukrainian drones in the Bryansk, Kaluga, Smolensk and Kursk regions.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram on Sunday that his forces shot down more than 30 Russian drones overnight. He said Russia used more than 500 guided aerial bombs, about 660 drones and about 120 missiles of various types against Ukraine last week.
According to TASS calculations based on Russian Defense Ministry reports, the Russian military has captured 88 settlements in the Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhia, Kursk and Kharkov regions in the winter of 2024.
Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had talked about ending the ‘aggravated phase’ of the conflict with Russia in exchange for Ukraine’s membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). This information was given by Ukrainian news agency Interfax.
According to Xinhua news agency, Zelensky said, “If we want to reduce the pace of war, we will have to bring the area of Ukraine, which is under our control, under the umbrella of NATO. We have to do this quickly.” “
Zelensky said that later, Ukraine could diplomatically take back the areas currently under Russian control. He said Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders should be recognized in the NATO invitation.
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