Biden is undermining Trump's 'peaceful path' on Ukraine, Kremlin says

DPA: Moscow has accused US President Joe Biden's outgoing administration of working against the plans of President-elect Donald Trump to resolve the war in Ukraine.

"During the election campaign, Trump talked about wanting to make peace in some way and was leading everyone down a peaceful path," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian television.

"And now they are doing everything they can to escalate the situation in such a way that peace agreements are doomed to failure," Peskov said on the political news show Moscow. Kremlin. Putin.

Trump, set to take office on January 20, has said he would move to quickly end Russia's war with Ukraine, which has now been going on for more than 1,000 days. However, he has not yet named any precise plans.

Peskov's comments come after Biden granted Ukraine permission to use long-range ATACMS missiles from the US against military targets in Russia. Biden also plans to waive some of Ukraine's debts.

Peskov asserted that Biden's administration had shown that it "will do everything to ensure that this war does not end." He insinuated that the US Democrats wanted to use this to limit Trump and take revenge for their election defeat.

Moscow's war threats are 'typical blackmail'

Meanwhile Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said in Kiev that Moscow's use of a new type of Russian medium-range missile in Ukraine and threats of further attacks are "typical blackmail."

Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to deter anyone from supporting Kiev, according to Sybiha.

"Ukraine's partners should do the exact opposite: reject blackmail, increase support, and strengthen Ukraine’s air shield with systems capable of intercepting such missiles," the minister wrote on X.

Russia fired the Oreshnik ballistic missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday, targeting a defence plant, officials said in Moscow.

The launch followed the decision by Ukraine's international allies to allow Kiev to use Western-made longer-range missiles to hit targets inside Russia.

Shortly afterwards, Putin announced the serial production of the new missile, which is claimed to be the only one of its type in the world.

According to Moscow, the missile flies at hypersonic speed and cannot be intercepted by air defence systems. This information could not initially be independently confirmed.

Renewed drone strikes

Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with dozens of combat drones, the Ukrainian air force said on Sunday. Fifty out of Russia's 73 drones were shot down, the air force said. Almost 20 drones were apparently incapacitated by electronic countermeasures.

In the capital Kiev, air raid sirens sounded for more than three hours during the night. More than 10 drones targeting the Ukrainian capital were intercepted, the city's military administration wrote on Telegram.

For its part, the Russian Defence Ministry reported that more than 30 Ukrainian drones were intercepted overnight. Twenty-seven drones and two missiles were shot down over the Kursk region, the local governor said.

Ukrainian troops still occupy part of the Kursk region in western Russia after a summer offensive. No information was provided on any damage caused by the attacks.