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Tuesday, 08 July 2025, 07:52
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.
17 December 2024
The United States currently has no confirmation of the transfer of new North Korean units to Russia, adding that this possibility cannot be ruled out.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces are conducting combat operations along the frontline that stretches 1,170 kilometers. The situation is most challenging in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove sectors, and the Russian army is also intensifying its offensive in the Kursk region.
The Russian army shelled the village of Bilozerka in the Kherson region with artillery, killing one woman and injuring another one.
Since the beginning of the day, a total of 88 combat clashes have occurred on the frontline, with the heaviest fighting concentrated in the Pokrovsk, Siversk, and Kurakhove directions.
Members of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) announced during a summit in Tallinn that their combined military assistance to Ukraine in 2025 would exceed EUR 12 billion.
North Korean troops are setting up additional observation posts in response to fears of Ukrainian strike drones.
The situation on the Kharkiv front remains difficult, yet controlled by Ukraine’s Defense Forces.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has neutralized a large network of agents who were tracking the fire positions of Ukrainian air defense systems and the locations of military airfields across five regions.
Ukraine's Defense Forces currently operate 1,500 mobile air defense fire teams, but this number remains insufficient to address the challenges posed by Russian drone attacks.
Over the past day, Russian troops conducted 31 assaults in the southern sector, including 22 in the Vremivka sector, where the enemy wants to capture Velyka Novosilka.