28 December 2023 in Russo-Ukrainian war

• Entire families of Yakuts and Buryats are brought to Luhansk region
• ISW: Russian troops have returned the positions near Verbovoy, which the Ukrainians won back in the summer
• The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on downed drones over Crimea
• Air defense forces shot down 7 out of 8 Shaheds that attacked Ukraine at night
• The Russians attacked the most in the Avdiiv direction
• Germany said that Europe will not be able to compensate for the US support for Ukraine
• Putin warned Xi about his intention to fight with Ukraine for at least 5 years
• Latvia handed over 32 generators to educational institutions of Chernihiv Region
• FT: US suggests G7 agree plan to confiscate $300 billion in Russian assets
• A civilian ship blew up on a Russian mine in the Black Sea
• Russian troops shelled Vovchansk, one person was killed and another was injured
• During the year, the USA gave 34 packages of military aid worth $24 billion
• The President of Lithuania: Russia can imitate the initiative of negotiations to buy time in the war
• On the left bank of the Kherson region, the occupiers are trying to restore observation posts, and are again attacking from airplanes
• Polish carriers at the "Dorogusk-Yagodin" checkpoint began to let more cars into Ukraine
• The Russians hit a village and a town in the Zaporizhzhia region, three were killed
• The commander-in-chief of the army of the Netherlands called on the country to prepare for war with Russia
• As a result of an enemy strike in Kupyan Oblast, three women were injured
• In Nikopol, a man was killed and another woman was injured due to enemy attacks
• The Russians concentrated their attacks on the Kupyansk and Avdiivsk directions, 42 skirmishes took place during the day
• Russians hit residential buildings in Kherson, there are casualties
• Binance asked Russians to withdraw funds by December 29
• In the south, air defense shot down three Russian reconnaissance drones
• Germany has blocked Russian assets worth more than €4 billion
• Access to all Yandex-related sites was closed in Latvia
• The Russians shelled Sumy Oblast 30 times a day, and one person was wounded
• Ukraine and France are increasing cooperation in the field of defense
• In Odesa, a fire broke out in a high-rise building during a UAV attack
• ISW reported on the advance of Ukrainian troops near Bakhmut
• The Armed Forces destroyed 850 invaders and 26 artillery systems per day