Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,381

Here’s wherever things basal connected Saturday, December 6:

Fighting

• A Russian drone onslaught killed 2 men, aged 52 and 67, successful the Ukrainian metropolis of Izyum arsenic they were unloading firewood from a truck, according to section officials.
• Russian forces besides killed a 12-year-old lad successful an onslaught connected the Vasylkivska assemblage successful Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, and wounded much than a twelve Ukrainians successful attacks connected the Kherson, Donetsk and Sumy regions, section officials said.
• Ukraine’s nationalist grid operator, Ukrenergo, announced that energy restrictions would beryllium successful spot nationwide from Saturday owed to “previous Russian monolithic rocket and drone attacks connected vigor facilities”, successful a station connected Telegram.
• Chechen person Ramzan Kadyrov said that a Ukrainian drone deed and damaged a gathering successful Grozny, the superior of Russia’s confederate Chechnya region, and promised to retaliate. The onslaught caused nary casualties, helium said.
• A Ukrainian drone onslaught connected Russia’s Belgorod portion wounded the politician of the colony of Berezovka, according to officials, portion Ukrainian assaults connected vigor facilities successful Russian-occupied Luhansk caused energy outages.
• Ukraine’s HUR subject quality bureau claimed attacks connected subject targets successful Russian-occupied Crimea, including a Su-24 tactical bomber, portion the Ukrainian subject said it launched drone assaults connected Russia’s Temryuk seaport successful Krasnodar Krai and the Syzran Oil Refinery successful Samara portion overnight connected Friday.
• The Russian Ministry of Defence said it downed 41 Ukrainian drones overnight connected Friday, according to the TASS quality agency.
• Russian investigators charged a Ukrainian Armed Forces commandant with terrorism, successful absentia, implicit the decease of writer and Russian Channel One subject analogous Anna Prokofieva successful March this year, TASS reported.

Politics and diplomacy

• United States President Donald Trump’s peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff held “productive” talks with Ukraine’s elder negotiator Rustem Umerov successful Miami, Florida, connected Thursday, a White House authoritative said connected Friday. “Progress was made,” the White House authoritative said, according to the Reuters quality agency. “They volition reconvene aboriginal contiguous aft briefing their respective leaders.”
• The meetings successful Florida came aft Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin successful Moscow earlier this week, successful what Yury Ushakov, the Kremlin’s apical overseas argumentation adviser, described connected Friday arsenic “truly friendly” discussions.
• Ushakov besides said that Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, is moving “frantically” to resoluteness the warfare betwixt Russia and Ukraine successful his relation arsenic a US negotiator, TASS reported.
• European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said they held “very constructive” talks with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever connected Friday implicit a European Union program to usage Russian frozen assets to money Ukraine, which Belgium has truthful acold refused to endorse.
• The Save Ukraine NGO said it has returned 18 Ukrainian children, aged 2 to 17, from Russian-occupied territories successful Ukraine’s Kherson portion implicit the past week.
• International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors said connected Friday that arrest warrants for Putin and 5 different Russians accused of warfare crimes successful Ukraine volition enactment successful spot adjacent if a broad amnesty is approved during US-led bid talks.
• Putin said that Moscow is acceptable to supply “uninterrupted shipments” of substance to India, arsenic helium met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi successful New Delhi connected Friday, contempt US sanctions.
• Bulgaria’s maritime authorities, borderline constabulary and navy are attempting to retrieve sanctioned Russian tanker Kairos, which was deed successful the Black Sea past week by a Ukrainian drone successful Turkiye’s exclusive economical zone, starring to its unit being rescued aft it caught fire.