Russia-Ukraine War: List of Major Events, Day 1,031 | News about the Russia-Ukraine war

Here are the key developments on 1,031. Day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Here is the situation on Saturday, December 21st:

Battle

Ukraine attacked the city of Rylsk in Russia’s Kursk border region on Friday, deploying U.S.-supplied missiles in an attack that killed six people. US President Joe Biden recently authorized Ukraine to use US-supplied missiles to strike deeper into Russia.
Hours earlier, a Russian attack on Kyiv at least one person killed and damaged a building housing the embassies of Albania, Argentina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Palestine and Portugal. Moscow said the attack was in retaliation for a Ukrainian attack on Russia’s Rostov with Western missiles.
Kiev said on Friday it had received the bodies of 503 dead Ukrainian military personnel from the Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions, as well as morgues in Russia. Most of the bodies came from Donetsk, where the fighting was worst.

Russia’s central bank left its key interest rate at a record 21 percent and held off from further hikes despite high consumer inflation fueled by massive war spending and a severe labor shortage.
Business representatives criticized the Kremlin over the impact of higher borrowing costs on the economy.
The International Monetary Fund approved $1.1 billion in budget support for Ukraine on Friday. This brings the total amount of funds disbursed under the institution’s ongoing assistance program since March 2023 to $9.8 billion.

European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen condemned the Russian attack on Kiev, which damaged a building housing several diplomatic missions. “Another vile Russian attack on Kiev,” she posted on X. “Putin’s disregard for international law reaches new heights.”
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said European leaders must change their strategy toward Ukraine as Russia advances on the front lines. In a conversation with the Hungarian state broadcaster on Friday, he called for a Christmas peace in Ukraine and the exchange of up to 1,000 prisoners of war.
Orban has routinely blocked, delayed or diluted The EU’s efforts to provide weapons and funding and to sanction Moscow for its invasion.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday he would speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin again after reconnecting last month, which drew criticism in Ukraine. Scholz said the goal of further calls was to “make it clear” that Putin “must end his aggression and withdraw troops.”

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