Ukraine is aiming to hold a peace summit by the end of February – preferably at the UN with its secretary general, António Guterres, as a possible mediator – according to its foreign minister. Three Russian servicemen were killed on Monday after a Ukrainian drone attack on the airbase, which lies deep inside Russian territory, according to Russia’s defence ministry. Russia’s military has moved many of its warplanes from Engels airbase to other locations following Ukraine’s strikes on the crucial airbase, according to a spokesperson for the Ukrainian air force. There were no immediate reports of attacks. The strike was the second recent attack on the Soviet-era airbase.Īid raid alerts were issued across Ukraine, including Kyiv, on Tuesday afternoon. Russian troops continued to focus their efforts on capturing the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, Britain’s defence ministry said in its daily military briefing on Tuesday. The Guardian could not independently confirm the battlefield developments. Recapturing Kreminna and nearby Svatove could open the way for Kyiv to launch an offensive on Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk, two cities Ukraine lost in the summer. Heavy fighting continues in the east and south of the country amid no sign of imminent peace talks. The regional governor of Luhansk, Serhiy Haidai, said fighters in part of the city controlled by Russian command were forced to retreat to Rubizhne, a town a few miles to the south-east, as a result of Ukrainian military pressure. Ukrainian forces appear to have edged closer to recapturing the key-Russian controlled city of Kreminna in Luhansk province. The Group of Seven major powers, the European Union and Australia agreed this month to a $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian seaborne crude oil effective from December 5th over Moscow’s “special military operation” in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin has delivered Russia’s response to a Western price cap, signing a decree that bans the supply of oil and oil products to nations participating in the cap from February 1st 2023 for five months. 19.00 GMT A summary of today's developments
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