The announcement of the message of Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly in 2022 will not take place, it will happen next year, the sources of Kommersant say . According to the publication, recent months in the presidential administration have been “pre -preparation” to the event, but in the end it was “faded” and no longer conducted. According to sources, such a decision is associated with an indefinite situation at the front.

Читать на русском языке According to opposition activist Alexei Navalny , Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC), made two visits to the penal colony where he is currently serving his sentence (IK-6 in Melekhovo in the Vladimir region) to recruit prisoners for the war in Ukraine. In a social media post, Navalny referred to the words of an eyewitness, as he was not personally present at the meeting with Prigozhin.

Taliban forbade residents of Afghanistan to receive higher education, writes Associated Press. This was announced after the meeting of the Taliban government. AP refers to the letter of their official representative of the Ministry of Higher Education Ziaulla Khashmi. It says that private and state universities need to introduce a ban as soon as possible and report to the department. He will act before a special notice.

From the very beginning of the war, the Russian military had lists with the names of influential Ukrainians on whom they had to hunt, AP found out . According to the agency, government officials, journalists, activists, veterans, religious figures and lawyers were included in the lists compiled by the Russian special services. The authors of the investigation managed to confirm 61 cases of persecution of residents of Ukraine on these lists.

The owner of the PMC Wagner Evgeny Prigozhin confirmed that his mercenaries bury their killed in the cemetery in the village of Baku Krasnodar Territory. This is stated in the Telegram channel "Kepopi Prigozhin" belonging to him.

The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky will visit Washington on December 21, where he will perform at a joint meeting of the two chambers of the US Congress and meet with President Joe Bayden. This was reported by the White House. As indicated in the decoding dedicated to the upcoming visit by Zelensky, he and Biden spoke about the meeting on December 11. On December 14, the President of Ukraine received an official invitation.

In Yekaterinburg, the police came to the new director of the Museum of the History of the City, a former journalist of Znak.com, Igor Pushkarev. He was taken to the department for interrogation and has already been released. Pushkarev himself refused to talk about the reasons for the interrogation, however, according to the IT's My City source, he drew up a protocol for “discrediting” the Russian army due to publication on Facebook.

News Zelensky flew to the USA for new weapons, Shoigu requires more soldiers. The main thing about the war in Ukraine 21 December 2022 In Kherson, explosions again In Kherson on the morning of December 21, explosions thundered. Local Telegram channels also report explosions in the city. According to residents, there were several of them. There are no changes in the Zaporizhzhya direction . It is reported that in early December, the Ka-52 Alligator was shot down.

By decision of the city hall, the Yekaterinburg Society of Memorial is evicted from the premises that it occupied for 17 years. This was announced by his chairman Alexei Mosin.

Citizens of Kyrgyzstan are attracted to the restoration of the destroyed and occupied by the Russian army of Mariupol. They are offered from 80 to 100 thousand rubles per month, Radio Azattyk found out . Construction announcements in Mariupol are periodically published in Telegram channels that are reading migrants from the CIS countries. Azattyk analyzed several of them: applicants promise housing, food and overalls.

Contents 1. Bakhmut 2. Belarus 3. Mutual shelling 4. The balance of power 5. Arms deliveries 6. Starlink in Ukraine Читать на русском языке Bakhmut Both sides have made small advances along the frontline in recent days. But Bakhmut remains the hottest spot, where battle has been going on for almost five months. The Wagner PMC stormed Kleshcheyevka south of Bakhmut, WarGonzo reports . Counterattacks continue on the eastern outskirts of the city itself.

The sixth package of EU sanctions provides for the termination of Russian oil procurement, but makes an exception to the supply of the Druzhba oil pipeline. At the same time, Germany and Poland announced the decision to abandon the pipeline Russian oil.

The United States will send to Ukraine a new military aid package in the amount of $ 2 billion. This is stated in the White House. The package will include the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system and high-precision missiles for it. With the help of the American air defense system, Ukraine will be able to protect the critically important infrastructure from Russian shelling. The Ukrainian military will take place in the third country to study with Patriot.

In Kherson, another place of mass burial was discovered, the Prime Minister of Ukraine said . “On November 30, in the village of Pravdyno (Kherson region), a mass burial of the victims of the Russian occupation was found: 7 civilians, including a teenage girl. They ignored the 4th Geneva Convention prohibiting violence against civilians. They just kill, ”writes Alexey Reznikov.

Читать на русском языке Former Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin sustained several wounds during a hotel shelling in Donetsk on December 22, reported Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti . Rogozin is currently hospitalized and his life is not in danger. According to Rogozin's aide, those accompanying him, such as the chairman of the so-called “DPR” government, Vitaly Khotsenko, were also injured.