Ukraine's domestic security service on Dec. 15 said Kyiv's forces struck a Russian submarine in a black sea port. Ukraine says it used “Sub Sea Baby” drones in the first-of-its-kinds attack. According to Kyiv rebuilding the Russian submarine would cost Moscow half a billion dollars.
Kyiv says that Ukrainian officials could hold more peace talks with their U.S. counterparts
as soon as this weekend. And as the fighting between Moscow and Kyiv continues, Ukraine
conducts a first-of-its-kind attack against Russia. NTD's international correspondent
Irian Posdar has the latest. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying peace talks with the
U.S. could take place within the coming days. This after European nations reviewed the latest
peace proposals and sending them to Washington. And now, with all these reactions in hand,
I think the American side will contact the Russian side. And after that, there will be
a meeting with Ukraine and the United States at the level of negotiating teams. I think in
the coming days, possibly over the weekend. Meanwhile on the battlefield, Ukraine's domestic
security service reports that Kyiv's forces struck a Russian submarine in a Black Sea port.
The intelligence service released this video, saying the attack caused critical damage to the
vessel. Ukraine says it used sub-sea baby drones in the first-of-its-kind attack. According to
Kyiv, rebuilding the Russian submarine would cost Moscow half a billion dollars.
Russia acknowledges the Ukrainian attack, but adds that it failed.
As a result of the sabotage attempt, none of the ships or submarines of the Black Sea fleet
sustained any damage, and they continue to carry out their service as normal.
Russian TV showed video of the submarine after the attack. Moscow says the vessel is undamaged,
but the video doesn't show the boat's stern. And in Europe, in The Hague, Zelensky and 34
other countries formally approved plans to create a compensation body. That's to pay
for damages to Ukraine caused by the Russian invasion. So accountability in general is a
crucial part of the end of any conflict. They need to be held responsible for the loss of life,
the damage to property, for the sexual violence. Some 80,000 claims have already been filed with
the register, which is based in The Hague. But questions remain about where the money will come
from. We expect a total amount of over 200 billion euros. It is only fair that the Russians should
One proposal is to use some of the tens of billions of dollars in frozen Russian assets
held in Europe. The EU High Representative says there are precedents which can be used
to back up the idea. After Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, the United Nations Compensation
Commission was able to use Iraqi oil revenues to pay reparations. She added that, in her opinion,
Russia is no less liable for the damage in Ukraine than Iraq was for the damage in Kuwait.
