WAR IN UKRAINE: December 1, 2022
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Day 281
Air-raid alerts were issued across all regions of Ukraine in the early afternoon on December 1 as fighting raged in the eastern region of Donetsk while in the south, heavy Russian bombardment knocked out power again in the regional capital of Kherson, where power had only started to be restored after Russian troops fled the city across the Dnipro River. "An overall air-raid alert is in place in Ukraine. Go to shelters," Ukraine's border service wrote on Telegram following warnings that Russia was preparing a new wave of missile and drone strikes - RFE/RL
Ukrainian intelligence: Russia stockpiles missiles for next mass missile strike. Vadym Skibitsky, Defense Ministry’s Intelligence Directorate representative, said Russia was looking into new targets and conducting reconnaissance for its next mass missile strike. Skibitsky said that Russia had enough weapons to bombard Ukraine.
German magazine Der Spiegel reported that Russia may be preparing a new massive wave of attacks on Ukraine that would involve strategic bombers. Der Spiegel also published satellite images of the Engels-2 military airfield near the southwestern city of Saratov purporting to show Russian bombers. “Current satellite images show unusual movement at a key Russian military airport. Experts see 'Engels-2' in high combat readiness and warn of a new powerful air raid on Ukraine," Der Spiegel wrote.
White House: Russia will continue missile strikes on Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure. “Russians are showing no signs that they are going to stop or reduce their attacks on civilian infrastructure (in Ukraine) that they have been conducting over the past few weeks,” White House National Security spokesman John Kirby said - Kyiv Independent
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said at regional security talks on December 1 that he plans to discuss with his counterparts any available legal means to ensure Russia pays for the reconstruction of war-torn Ukraine - RFE/RL
U.S. prosecutors have moved to seize more than $5 million from a U.S. bank account belonging to Russian businessman Konstantin Malofeyev, a nationalist oligarch who officials say has funded separatist fighters in eastern Ukraine for years.
King Charles III met with Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zalenska at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in London, where a welcoming centre for Ukrainian refugees is located. Hosted by Bishop Ken Nowakowski, who’s overseen a massive effort to open the complex to countless of Ukrainians seeking a safe haven. His Majesty unveiled a plaque for the official opening of the Ukraine Welcome Centre
Germany recognized the Holodomor as a genocide of the Ukrainian people — the vote of the Bundestag of Germany for the resolution. “The mass death from starvation was not the result of crop failure, but the responsibility of the political leadership of the USSR under Joseph Stalin. The Holodomor is a crime against humanity, from today's positions "the historical and political classification as genocide is obvious," the text of the document says.