Ukraine-Japan trade turnover grows by 6%
Bilateral trade between Ukraine and Japan reached $747.2 million in 2024, marking a 6% increase from the previous year and continuing last year's growth trend of almost 30%.
18 December 2024
Bilateral trade between Ukraine and Japan reached $747.2 million in 2024, marking a 6% increase from the previous year and continuing last year's growth trend of almost 30%.
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 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.
Ukraine does not receive enough aid to win the war. At the same time, partners could strengthen Ukraine's ability to produce and possess modern weapons, thus investing in Europe's defense.
Since February 2022, Russia has lost more than 3,600 main battle tanks. Losses of Russian military equipment in Ukraine continue to increase.
17 December 2024
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk began his visit to Lviv today with inspecting a residential building that had been damaged by a Russian missile.
The gas pipeline project between the State of Qatar and the Republic of Türkiye will intensify competitive struggle with Russia on the energy market.
A third Russian tanker from the Volgoneft series, loaded with fuel oil, has issued a distress signal near the Kavkaz port in the Black Sea.
Representatives of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) conducted another visit to substations of NEC Ukrenergo, which are key to the operation of nuclear power plants.
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.
In the southern operational zone, Ukraine’s defenders are observing the increasing number of nighttime assault attempts as the invaders have received a batch of thermal imaging sights, night vision devices, thermal imagers, and other special equipment.
Debris from downed Russian drones fell across the Solomianskyi, Pecherskyi, Holosiivskyi and Dniprovskyi districts of Kyiv during a morning attack.
I was crawling like a worm so as not to die and get to Ukrainian positions
Russian forces shelled a medical facility in Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, in the early hours of Tuesday, December 17.
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection troops of the Russian Armed Forces, has been killed along with his assistant in an explosion on Ryazansky Prospekt in Moscow.
In the past 24 hours, the Russian forces attacked 30 settlements in Kherson region, which resulted in the death of one person and injuries to five others.
Ukrainian water services companies have accumulated about UAH 1 billion in the value-added tax (VAT) and special tax debts.
16 December 2024
On December 16, there have been 226 combat clashes at the front, with Russians suffering heavy losses in the Pokrovsk and Vremivka sectors.
The Russian troops targeted the residential sector of Kupiansk in Kharkiv region, resulting in one civilian's death and another suffering severe injuries.
The Russian army attacked the Nikopol district with kamikaze drones and artillery. A woman sustained injuries.
On December 14, 2024, Ukraine’s Defense Forces left destroyed or damaged 181 Russian military vehicles, making this the largest loss for Russia in the said component since the full-scale invasion.
A sniper from the active operations unit at the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, call sign Lector, hit a Russian soldier at a range of 2,069 meters.
An accident involving Russian tankers in the Kerch Strait, caused by negligence on the part of the shipping company's management, has resulted in the spill of over 4,000 tonnes of fuel oil into the Black Sea, significantly impacting the local microflora despite experts ruling out a regional ecological catastrophe.
Russians continue to deploy sabotage and reconnaissance groups (SRGs) on the northern border, which is facilitated by worsening weather conditions and natural features.
Throughout the day, the Russian forces conducted active assault operations near the settlement of Novyi Komar, within the urban infrastructure of Chasiv Yar, on the southeastern outskirts and in the urban areas of the southern part of Kurakhove.
Russian troops used a drone to attack an 81-year-old man in Antonivka near Kherson.
On the night of December 16, the Ukrainian defense forces shot down 14 Russian UAVs over the Cherkasy region.
The Security Service of Ukraine's drones struck enemy artillery and mortar depots near the village of Markyne in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region.
Two people were injured in the Kherson region as a result of Russian strikes yesterday, December 15.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine shot down 27 drones used by the Russian military in attacks against Ukraine on the night of December 16.