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In October 2025, NATO experts will conduct an institutional audit of Ukraine's military education system. Following this audit, Ukraine will be eligible to apply for certification of its professional military education courses in line with NATO standards.
North Korea has suffered over 200 casualties, including killed and injured personnel, in the war waged by Russia against Ukraine.
18 December 2024
The United Nations estimates that if Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine continues, at least 12.7 million Ukrainians will need humanitarian assistance next year.
A series of explosions was heard in Kharkiv amid the air raid alert.
The Ukrainian Air Force shared photos of Scalp and Storm Shadow missiles being used in combat.
Kamensky Combine, one of Russia's largest chemical enterprises located in the Rostov region, came under attack.
The UK Secretary of State for Defense, John Healey, believes that Russian aggression remains a pressing challenge both for NATO and for his country in particular.
Regardless of the developments in the peace process regarding the war Russia is waging against Ukraine, including any potential ceasefire, the training of Ukrainian soldiers by foreign instructors will continue.
European leaders are discussing the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire or peace agreement, with estimates suggesting up to 100,000 military personnel may be needed.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia, 1,087 people have been injured in accidents involving mines and explosive remnants of war. Among them are 16 children who died and 88 others were injured.
The intensity of the war unleashed by Russia continues to grow, both in terms of scale and number of enemy troops. Thus, this year, 100,000 more Russian soldiers fought on Ukrainian soil.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he had repeatedly asked the United States to transfer licenses for the production of Patriot systems to Ukraine, but had not received a positive response.
As a result of a massive Russian strike on the Zolochiv community in Kharkiv region on the evening of December 17, power grids were destroyed and houses were damaged, and the aftermath is still being cleaned up.
In the hottest Vremivsk sector, the enemy is receiving night vision equipment to storm the positions of the Defense Forces around the clock.
In the area of responsibility of the Khortytsia Operational and Strategic Grouping of Troops, Russian occupation forces significantly increased pressure in the Kramatorsk, Toretsk and Vremivsk directions. Fighting is taking place in the urban area of Kurakhove.
On the morning of December 18, Russian troops attacked the city of Kharkiv with a Molniya drone. No casualties have been reported.
During nearly three years of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as many as 177 confirmed cases of executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) have been documented, 109 of which occurred in 2024.
Recent communications intercepted by Ukraine’s Security Service point to significant casualties suffered by North Korean soldiers deployed in Kursk region.
In Kherson region, the Russian forces are remotely scattering spike traps, known as “hedgehogs,” on roads to hinder the evacuation of people from dangerous areas.
The Kremlin is avoiding acknowledging the deployment of North Korean troops in Kursk region, so as not to deny the statements voiced by Russian leader Vladimir Putin that the raid of Ukrainian forces into the region has led to high recruitment rates in Russia.
The Defense Forces have shot down 51 Shahed kamikaze drones Russia had launched to attack Ukraine since the evening of December 17, and 30 killer drone decoys have disappeared from radar.
Over the past day, December 17, a total of 199 combat engagements have been reported along the frontlines.
During the day, the occupiers struck 306 times at 11 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region.
The total combat losses of Russian troops in manpower from February 24, 2022, to December 18, 2024, amounted to about 766,690 people, including 1,580 invaders killed in the last day.
Ukrainian marines repelled an attempt by the Russian army to break through the defense in the Kurakhiv sector, neutralizing heavy equipment and manpower of the invaders.
There are no enemy warships in the Black and Azov Seas, and 6 Russian ships in the Mediterranean, 3 of which are Kalibr carriers.
Soldiers of the Phoenix unmanned aerial vehicle company of the Revenge border brigade showed how they destroyed shelters and warehouses with ammunition of the Russian invaders near Kreminna in Luhansk region using attack drones.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine does not delegate the mandate to negotiate with Russia to anyone, while sitting down at the negotiating table is possible only after agreeing on an action plan and being in a strong position.
Since February 2022, Russia has lost more than 3,600 main battle tanks. Losses of Russian military equipment in Ukraine continue to increase.
Ukrainian border guards successfully destroyed a small Russian vessel on the southern front using an FPV drone.