Russia considers where to hold peace talks?

Ukraine attacks Russian targets in Zaporizhzhia

Guns continue to fire on all fronts

Ukraine said on December 28 that it had destroyed a warehouse and maintenance facility for long-range Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Russia's Oryol region.

The Ukrainian military's General Staff said the move "significantly weakened" Russia's ability to launch large-scale UAV attacks on Ukrainian territory, according to Reuters.

Specifically, the attack was launched on December 26 and carried out by the Ukrainian Air Force.

Moscow has not commented on the information.

Also on December 28, the Ukrainian Air Force announced that it had shot down 15 out of 16 UAVs originating from Russia during the night, and the remaining UAV disappeared from radar screens.

For its part, the Russian Defense Ministry said on the same day that its air defense systems had shot down three US-made HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) missiles and 104 fixed-wing UAVs within 24 hours, including 57 downed UAVs.

Russian units also reported shelling the infrastructure of a military airport, a fuel depot of the Ukrainian army and military personnel and equipment in 148 areas.

Meanwhile, in Russia’s Kursk province, US officials have warned that Ukrainian forces could be pushed out of the Russian region early next year. Since August 6, Ukraine has launched a military operation across the Russian border and concentrated firepower in the Kursk region.

The Russian Ministry of Defense recorded that since the beginning of the Kursk campaign, the enemy lost more than 43,900 soldiers and 255 tanks.

Ukraine has not commented on this information.

Russian authorities used a robot to recover the bomb.

Russia says it thwarted Ukraine's next assassination plot

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on December 28 that it had foiled terrorist attacks targeting a senior officer of the Russian Defense Ministry and a military blogger reporting on a special military operation in Ukraine, according to TASS.

Specifically, investigators discovered that a Russian citizen had connected with an officer of the Ukrainian Military Intelligence Service via Telegram.

Based on the officer's instructions, the Russian citizen removed a bomb from a secret hiding place in Moscow.

The bomb was homemade and loaded with explosives equivalent to 1.5 kg of TNT, filled with ball bearings and stuffed into a portable music speaker. However, the plot was foiled and Russian authorities used a robot to recover the bomb.

The FSB did not name the two targets. Ukraine has not commented on the information.

On December 17, General Igor Kirillov of Russia's agency for the prevention of radiological, chemical and biological weapons was assassinated outside his apartment in Moscow in a car bomb carried out by Ukrainian intelligence, according to Reuters.

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico (left) said he is ready to hold peace talks on the Ukraine issue if elected.

Is Slovakia Russia's only option?

As tensions continue on both fronts, the prospect of peace talks has been raised by Russia after US President-elect Donald Trump put resolving the Ukraine conflict on his agenda upon returning to the White House.

Slovakia confirmed on December 27 that it is ready to host negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.

“If someone wants to hold peace talks in Slovakia, we will be ready and hospitable,” AFP quoted Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico as saying on his Facebook account.

However, a day later, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that any neutral country could host peace talks on the Ukraine issue, and Slovakia was not the only option.

“We are talking about countries that maintain a neutral position and are committed to an equal dialogue with both Kyiv and Moscow. There are a number of such countries,” Peskov said, without revealing which ones.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Prime Minister Fico, who recently visited Moscow, expressed his willingness to hold peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. According to Putin, Russia has no objections to this idea.

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