Russia-Ukraine War: List of key events, day 1,042 | Russia-Ukraine war news

Here are the key developments on the 1042nd day of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.

Here is the situation on Wednesday, January 1:

The fight

• Russia launched a drone attack on the Ukrainian capital, causing damage in at least two districts, city officials said. Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said air defenses repulsed the attack, and that debris had sparked fires in private buildings.
• Ukrainian military intelligence he said On Tuesday one of its naval drones – the Magura V5 maritime drone – destroyed a Russian Mi-8 helicopter and damaged another in the Black Sea.
• The Ukrainian military said on Tuesday that its forces struck a Russian oil depot in the Smolensk region.

Diplomacy

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said late Tuesday that no one would give peace to his country as a gift, but he believed the United States would stand by Kiev as it fought to stop Russia’s invasion of 34 months.
• Russia’s once-dominant gas supply to Europe via Ukraine, which flowed for decades, ended with the collapse of a contract between the two warring countries that paid Moscow billions in gas revenue and Kiev in transit fees.
• Slovakia has said it will not risk a gas shortage with Ukraine stopping the transit of Russian supplies through its territory, but will have to pay 177 million euros ($184 million) in taxes for alternative routes, according to the Ministry of Economy of the country. .