Russia-Ukraine War: List of Major Events, Day 1,379 | Russia-Ukraine War News

These are the major developments since the 1,379th day of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here’s what happened on Thursday, December 4:

fights

• According to Russia’s Defense Ministry, Russian forces have captured the village of Chervon in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhia region.
• Ukraine’s military said it attacked a Russian oil depot in Tambov region and another in Oryol region on Tuesday. Adding to this, these attacks led to fires at the venues.
• A source in Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence confirmed to Reuters news agency that it also hit the Druzhba oil pipeline in Russia’s central Tambov region, which supplies Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia.

Talk of peace

• US President Donald Trump has said that the path to peace in Ukraine is unclear “Fairly good” talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump adviser Jared Kushner spent several hours at the Kremlin but left with no success in ending the war.
• Trump said Witkoff and Kushner briefed him on the talks, and his perception of Putin was that “he wants to make a deal.” But Trump added that he “can’t say” what will come out of the meeting because “it takes two to tango”. He added that Washington had already “done some good work (with Ukraine)”.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov disagreed when asked if it would be fair to say that Putin rejected Washington’s proposals. “Yesterday was the first time a direct exchange of views took place,” Peskov said. “Some things were accepted, some things were marked as unacceptable. It’s a normal working process to find a compromise.”
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed that his team is preparing for the meeting in the US and that dialogue with Trump’s envoys will continue. “An honorable peace is possible only with Ukraine’s interests in mind,” he said.
• An unnamed White House official confirmed to Reuters that Witkoff and Kushner will meet with Ukrainian officials in Miami on Thursday.

United Nations

• In the United Nations General Assembly, 91 countries, including the United States, supported a resolution demanding Russia “ensure the immediate, safe and unconditional return of all Ukrainian children. forcibly transferred or displacedFrom Ukraine since Moscow started the war in 2022.
• Russia and 11 other countries voted against the resolution – which was drafted by Ukraine, Canada and the European Union – while 57 countries abstained.
• Before the vote, Russia had urged countries to oppose the resolution. “Every vote for the resolution is an endorsement of lies, war and conflict. Every vote against is a vote for peace,” said Russia’s Deputy UN Ambassador Maria Zabolotskaya.

Ukrainian Affairs

• Ukraine’s parliament has approved a 2026 budget that allocates nearly a third of the country’s gross national product (GDP) to defense. Opinion which comes as Ukraine is dogged by a following political crisis, A recent corruption scandalParliament was seen as a litmus test for passing important decisions during the critical phase of the war.
• “This is an important sign of Ukraine’s resilience and ability to secure stable financial provision for next year’s needs,” President Zelensky said. “The priorities are clear: ensuring our defense, social programs and our ability to rebuild our lives after Russia’s attack.”

Deterrence and military aid

• The European Commission, the EU’s executive body, has proposed the unprecedented use of frozen Russian assets or international debt to raise 90 billion euros ($105bn) for Ukraine. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, “The proposal is to cover two-thirds of Ukraine’s financing needs for the next two years. That’s 90 billion euros”. She added that “international partners will have to cover the rest”.
• But Belgium, whose Brussels-based financial institution is Euroclear The main holder of Russian property, Several legitimate concerns have been raised. Von der Leyen said the proposal took into account Belgium’s concerns, adding that Brussels “does not share that assessment”, with a senior official telling Reuters that it “cannot accept being asked to bear the risks of such an operation alone”.
• The European Union has also agreed to phase out Russian gas imports by late 2027. Under the agreement, the EU will permanently stop importing Russian gas and move towards a phase-out of Russian oil. Imports of liquefied natural gas will be phased out by the end of 2026 and pipeline gas by the end of September 2027.
• Both Hungary and Slovakia are considering legal options to challenge the order, as both EU members still rely on gas and oil supplies from Moscow and fear more expensive alternatives would damage their economies.
• Two-thirds of NATO member states have so far pledged $4 billion worth of arms to Ukraine. Priority Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) – According to the Secretary General of the Alliance Mark Rutte – the initiative to supply Kiev with weapons purchased from the United States.
• Outside NATO, Australia and New Zealand have also agreed to contribute to the PURL initiative, Rutte said.

European Defense

• Germany has become the first European nation to deploy the Aero air defense system, designed to intercept intermediate-range ballistic missiles such as Russia’s Oreshnik.
• Developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in collaboration with the US Missile Defense Agency, the system is used as the top layer of Israel’s missile defense. “Who would have imagined that only 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the Jewish state, through advanced technology, would help defend not only Germany, but the whole of Europe,” said Ron Prosser, Israel’s ambassador to Germany.
• The Romanian military has flown a maritime drone that threatens navigation in the Black Sea and has identified it as the Ukrainian-developed Sea Baby. Ukraine’s SBU security service, however, accounted for all Sea Baby maritime drones operating in the Black Sea region, with none entering Romanian waters.
• Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan described attacks on Russian-linked tankers in the Black Sea in recent days. “so scary”. Ukraine has claimed some of these attacks. Fidan said the attacks pose a threat to regional security and appear to be widening the scope of the war. Strikes in Turkey’s exclusive economic zone violate navigational security and affect trade, he said, adding that Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria are looking at measures to increase security.