The Russian invasion. The outside world's response

Putin on Boxing Day. Alexey Danichev / AP  

The Russian invasion. The outside world's response  

Leader: "Putin cannot be satisfied with a mouthful"  

Thursday's editorial pages deal with a range of different topics. Expressen takes up Vladimir Putin's approach to peace negotiations and states that in this way Russia is trying to split the EU and NATO over the united military support behind Ukraine.  

The newspaper writes that it would be immoral to pressure Ukraine and that Putin's hunger for additional territories within the "Russian sphere of interest" cannot be "satiated with a mouthful of Ukraine".  

Aftonbladet's Fanny Jönsson gives examples of how representatives from both SD and KD referred to journalists as opponents. A "strange approach", she writes:  

"In a democracy, as a politician, especially when you govern the country, you have to endure being scrutinized." 

GP's Karin Pihl puts the growing debts in connection with the cashless society.  

"When you pay with cash, it becomes clear in black and white that you 'lost' something when you buy a new gadget," she writes, and states that it is not as clear when you "burn around" with the bank card at the mid-day sale. Image from a Russian-Belarusian military exercise in Belarus in February this year, a few days before the invasion of Ukraine.  

Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr / AP  

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Belarus army on alleged Ukrainian robot: "No worries, that's what happens"  

A spokesman for the military in the Brest region of Belarus calls for calm. This as a reaction to Russian and Belarusian state-controlled media claiming that Belarus was forced to shoot down a Ukrainian robot in the country's airspace. 

- Local residents have absolutely nothing to worry about. Unfortunately, this is what happens, the person said in a video on social media, according to Reuters. 

No independent media have their own information that Belarus shot down a Ukrainian robot. Kyiv has also not commented on the incident.  

On Thursday, Russia sent over 100 robots against Ukraine. The news agency AP writes that it was the biggest attack in several weeks. According to Ukraine, at least two people died and twelve people were injured on Thursday, writes the Kyiv Independent.  

The place where a robot of the same model crashed in Poland. Vasilisa Stepanenko / AP 

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Belarus: Ukrainian robot has struck down in Belarus  

State Russian and Belarusian media state that a Ukrainian robot of the type S-300 has crashed in Belarus. Reuters reports.  

According to the state-run Belarusian news agency Belta, the Ministry of Defense will now investigate whether the robot was shot down by the country's air defenses. The robot is said to have struck between 10:00 and 11:00 local time, at the same time as Russia fired over 100 robots at Ukrainian cities. 

In November, a robot of the same model landed in Poland.  

The data did not confirm Russian airbase Engels.  

Archive image. AP 

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Expert: Difficult for Ukraine to stop robot attacks 

It is difficult for Ukraine to prevent Russian robot attacks, but one way may be to attack air bases in Russia. This is what Ilmari Käihkö, docent in military science at the Norwegian Defense Academy, tells TT.  

- It is better to stop the attacks than to shoot down the robots, he says. 

Among other things, he highlights the attacks on the Engels air base, which Ukraine, like other attacks, has not officially claimed responsibility for. The attack has prompted Russia to move planes used in the robot strikes further away from the border.   

- Ukraine forced Russia to take measures, and it costs the Russians, says Ilmari Käihkö.  

Ukrainian soldier. Illustration image. Libkos / AP  

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Ukrainian intelligence chief: The war is at a standstill  

Neither Ukraine nor Russia is making any major progress at the moment, and Ukrainian intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov describes the situation as deadlocked. 

- The situation is fixed. It doesn't move, he tells the BBC. 

Budanov states that Russia has suffered heavy losses, and expects a new mobilization from Vladimir Putin's side. At the same time, he says that Ukraine lacks the resources to make advances. 

- WE cannot defeat them in every direction. Neither can they, he says.