Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,040
Al Jazeera
Here are the key developments on the 1,040th day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Here is the situation on Monday, December 30:
Syria’s de facto ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa met with a senior Ukrainian delegation led by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha on Monday, the Syrian state news agency (SANA) reported. For decades under deposed President Bashar al-Assad, Syria was a close ally of Russia.
McConnell is set to step down as the longest-serving Senate leader. Experts say he transformed the chamber into a battlefield.
Russia’s dominance of the EU energy market ends but it will likely cause energy crisis in several EU countries.
Attacks reported from Jabalia in the north, Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza and the southern city of Khan Younis.
Leader of the M23 group says its rebellion in eastern DR Congo is a ‘defensive’ one, hopes for dialogue with Kinshasa.
The next round of talks with European powers will take place one week before Trump’s return to the White House.
The ‘upbeat’ address was delivered exactly 25 years since the Russian president took over from predecessor Boris Yeltsin.
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Identification checks at Bulgaria and Romania’s land borders have ceased, opening free travel to the rest of the European Union.
Tents across Gaza are flooded after several days of rain, with many poorly constructed and leaking.