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13 December 2024
Following a massive Russian missile attack, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha met with newly appointed EU Commissioner for Defense Andrius Kubilius to discuss bolstering the EU's defense-industrial base and increasing investment in Ukraine's defense industry.
The new EU Commissioner for Defense, Andrius Kubilius, spent the morning of Friday, December 13, in a shelter in Kyiv due to a massive Russian missile attack.
In the morning, the enemy attacked a critical infrastructure facility in the Drohobych district of Lviv region, causing a fire.
Ukraine's Defense Forces intercepted and destroyed 80 Russian cruise missiles (Kh-101/Kh-55SM/Kalibr/Iskander-K), one ballistic missile (Iskander-M), and 80 strike drones, including Shahed and unidentified types.
As a result of a Russian missile attack on the Odesa region, the premises of a transport company and 8 trucks were damaged.
On Friday, December 13, an American delegation arrived in Ukraine’s capital during a massive Russian missile strike.
In the early hours of December 13, the Ivano-Frankivsk region experienced its most significant attack since the start of Russia's full-scale war, with a critical infrastructure facility struck.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reported that Russia launched 93 missiles and nearly 200 drones in a massive attack on Ukraine, with Ukrainian air defenses intercepting 81 missiles.
A large-scale Russian missile attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure has left half of the consumers in the Ternopil region without electricity.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has reiterated his appeal to the international community for the transfer of a significant number of air defense systems, including 20 NASAMS units, following a fresh wave of Russian missile strikes on Ukraine.
Ukrainian forces engaged in 210 combat clashes with Russian invaders on December 12, with the largest number of skirmishes recorded in the Kurakhove sector.
Russian forces have launched a strike on Myrne in the Kharkiv region, injuring four people.
Total combat casualties Russian troops have suffered in Ukraine since February 24, 2022, have amounted to an estimated 760,120, including another 1,390 killed or wounded in action in the past 24 hours.
The Russian invasion forces launched a large number of missiles over Ukraine. A MiG-31K potentially carrying Kinzhal missiles took off from the Savasleyka airfield.
The latest defense assistance package for Ukraine, announced by U.S. President Biden on Thursday, is estimated at $500 million.
The Ukraine Energy Support Fund has already raised over EUR 900 million in contributions from donors.
A take-off of Tu-95MS strategic bombers, which may carry cruise missiles, was recorded in Russia’s north.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) has launched a new section on Russia's "shadow fleet" on the War & Sanctions portal, unveiling data on the activities of 238 vessels that help Russia and Iran export sanctioned oil.
12 December 2024
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has suggested deploying European troops to Ukraine to monitor a ceasefire agreement. However, a concrete plan for this initiative has yet to be developed.
The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, Poland, France, Ukraine, and the EU High Representative signed the Berlin Declaration following their meeting.
The 35-nation IAEA Board of Governors adopted a resolution on Thursday condemning attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure but stopped short of calling out Russia as the perpetrator of the attacks.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has criticized Kyiv for using U.S.-supplied missiles to strike Russian territory last month.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in the Zaporizhzhia region where he met with soldiers from the 27th Rocket Artillery Brigade.
Rescue workers in Zaporizhzhia recovered the body of a woman from under the rubble of a clinic destroyed by a Russian missile strike. This brings the death toll from the December 10 attack to 11.
Mikhail Shatsky, Deputy Chief Designer at the Mars Design Bureau and head of the software department, has been liquidated in Moscow. Shatsky was responsible for upgrading Kh-59 cruise missiles to the Kh-69 level and developing new UAVs.
Russia's naval presence in the Black Sea currently includes vessels primarily focused on carrying cruise missiles, such as three Project 636 Varshavyanka submarines, three small missile warships, and other assets.
US President-elect Donald Trump: “Zelensky and Ukraine would like to make a deal and stop the madness.” President Zelensky: fatalities among Ukrainian soldiers since the outset of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 have reached 43,000,
Ukrposhta has released a stamp dedicated to Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk and his clash with the UK’s Tyson Fury for the WBC, WBA, WBO, and IBO world heavyweight champion title.
Over the past day, December 11, the Russian invasion forces delivered 188 strikes at nine settlements across Zaporizhzhia region in Ukraine.
Russia's use of intermediate-range ballistic missiles will not change the situation in the war, being just another attempt by the Kremlin to intimidate Ukraine.