Black Sea update: Russia keeps single warship on combat duty
A single Russian missile carrier remains on combat duty in the Black Sea, while no navy vessels have been spotted in the Sea of Azov.
29 December 2024
A single Russian missile carrier remains on combat duty in the Black Sea, while no navy vessels have been spotted in the Sea of Azov.
The Sumy region was subjected to 65 Russian strikes in the past 24 hours.
28 December 2024
A total of 149 combat clashes have taken place on the front since day-start, with a third of them occurring in the Pokrovsk sector, where Russians have lost 425 occupiers.
Starting in August 2024, the Russian army has decided to change the tactics of its massive missile and drone attacks on Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky extended his condolences to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev over the tragic crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243, offering Ukraine's full support in this situation.
Slovakia's threats to cut off emergency power supplies to Ukraine could cost the country at least $200 million annually, an amount Ukraine currently pays for electricity imports.
Greece’s government has agreed to provide Ukraine with 24 Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft missiles.
On the night of December 27, an explosion in Russia’s Moscow region destroyed wagons of a freight train that were used to supply logistics for the Russian forces.
Over the past day, energy workers restored electricity supply to more than 8,400 consumers who had been in blackout due to combat actions.
An agent of the ATESH movement conducted reconnaissance at a plant in Bryansk, Russia, which supplies electronics for missiles and fighter jets.
Ukrainian defenders engaged in 162 combat clashes with Russia's invading forces on Friday, December 2.
As of December 28, 2024, Russia has suffered approximately 784,200 casualties in Ukraine since the invasion began on February 24, 2022, with 1,690 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
In the north, the number of attacks by Russian troops on the border increased yesterday, but no enemy strike group is currently forming to move deeper into Ukraine.
27 December 2024
The future U.S. leadership, like the German leadership, realizes that peace in Ukraine can only be achieved if the country remains strong.
The Oreshnik ballistic missile, launched by Russia against Ukraine in November 2024, was produced by Russian companies that still depend on advanced Western equipment.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken have coordinated plans for additional U.S. support to Ukraine, with a focus on bolstering air defense capabilities.
The wreckage and testimonies from witnesses suggest that there may have been external interference in the operation of the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) plane that crashed on December 25 in Kazakhstan.
Eight capability coalitions, each comprising between six and 21 countries, are actively assisting in addressing specific needs of Ukraine's Defense Forces.
Russian occupation forces are experiencing a shortage of tanks.
Ukrainian forces downed 13 Russian drones between 19:00 on December 26 and 09:00 on December 27, while another 11 failed to reach their targets, likely due to electronic jamming.
On December 26, 2024, there were 171 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders.
During career guidance sessions in the temporarily occupied part of Luhansk region, schoolchildren are being offered contracts with the Russian army.
The total combat losses of Russian forces in Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to December 27, 2024, amount to approximately 782,510 personnel, including 1,650 over the past day.
Russian forces carried out 169 shelling attacks on border areas and settlements in Sumy region on Thursday, December 26, with a total of 311 explosions recorded.
26 December 2024
Explosive technicians from Ukraine's State Emergency Service have neutralized a Russian Kh-59 cruise missile that fell on a private household in Kharkiv.
A total of 114 combat engagements have been reported along the frontlines since day-start on Thursday, December 26, as battles are still in progress in six directions, the fiercest ones in Kurakhove and Pokrovsk axes.
Hourly power outages for household consumers on Friday, December 27, are scheduled from 08:00 to 17:00.
As a result of the destruction of the command post of the 810th Separate Marine Brigade of the Russian Federation Armed Forces in the village of Lgov, Kursk region, the deputy commander of the brigade and 17 other soldiers, most of them staff officers, were probably killed.
A passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines crashed in the Kazakh city of Aktau due to a Russian surface-to-air missile.