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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 282 | Russia-Ukraine war News

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As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 282nd day, we take a look at the main developments.

Here is the situation as it stands on Friday, December 2:

Diplomacy

US President Joe Biden said he is ready to meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin “if in fact there is an interest in him deciding that he’s looking for a way to end the war”. The Kremlin “hasn’t done that”, he noted.
Putin is open to talks on a possible settlement in Ukraine, but the refusal of the US to recognise annexed territories as Russian is hindering a search for any potential compromise, the Kremlin said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused the US and NATO of direct involvement in the Ukraine conflict, though he did not proe eence.
Biden used the first state visit of his presidency to demonstrate unity with France’s Emmanuel Macron on Ukraine.
Discussing a potential peace deal with Russia, Macron said, “We will never urge the Ukrainians to make a compromise that will not be acceptable for them.”
Putin told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a phone call the German and Western line on Ukraine was “destructive” and urged Berlin to rethink its approach, the Kremlin said.
Several Ukrainian embassies abroad have received “bloody packages” containing animal eyes, Ukraine’s foreign ministry said, after a series of letter bombs were sent to sites in Spain.
The International Atomic Energy Agency hopes to reach an agreement with Russia and Ukraine to create a protection zone at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant by the end of the year, the head of the UN atomic watchdog was quoted as saying.

Fighting

Ukraine’s armed forces have lost somewhere between 10,000 and 13,000 soldiers so far in the war against Russia, presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak told a Ukrainian television network.
Russia’s defence ministry and the head of Ukraine’s presidential administration said the two countries swapped 50 service personnel in the latest prisoner exchange between the two sides.
Russian rockets pounded neighbourhoods in Kherson, knocking out power in the city where electricity had only begun to be restored nearly three weeks after Russian troops left.
Ukraine’s armed forces reported heavy shelling of a number of eastern front-line villages near the city of Bakhmut.
Ukraine’s military said it found fragments of Russian-fired nuclear-capable missiles with dud warheads in western Ukraine, and their apparent purpose was to distract air defences.
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko told residents to stock up on water, food, and warm clothes in the event of a total blackout caused by Russian strikes.
American officials are discussing a major expansion in training for the Ukrainian military.
The US may redeploy some air defence systems from the Middle East to Ukraine, Raytheon Technologies Chief Executive Greg Hayes told Politico.

Economics

The Group of Seven nations are “very, very close” to an agreement on a $60 a barrel price cap on Russian seaborne oil with an adjustment mechanism to keep the cap at 5 percent below the market price, a senior G7 official said.
Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure have increased the cost to keep Ukraine’s economy going next year, adding up to $1bn a month to previous estimates of $3-4bn, the head of the International Monetary Fund said.

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