UNITED NATIONS, December 30. /TASS/. Kiev authorities do not have and will not have resources even to maintain the current situation on the line of battle contact, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said at the meeting of the UN Security Council.

"The reality is that Ukraine does not have and will not have resources to not merely change the course but even to keep the situation on the line of battle engagement," Nebenzya said.

"There is only one conclusion <...> and it is disappointing for our foes. Military plans of the Kiev regime have the all-around failure, so wait in the near time for the pieces of bad news for you and your Ukrainian proxies, and irrespective of whether Washington or Brussels approve new packages of military and financial aid for [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky and his gang or not. This will merely delay the agony of his regime but will not prevent it," he added.