Over the past day, 250 combat engagements took place on the frontline, with 48 attacks in the Pokrovsk sector. Russia carried out 35 air strikes and over 4,250 attacks, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue their operation in the Kursk region.
Slovakia is negotiating alternative solutions for gas transit through Ukraine after the current agreement expires. Gas prices in Europe are declining amid optimistic expectations for 2024 supplies.
Russian troops launched 138 attacks on Ukrainian positions, most intensively in the Kursk and Pokrovsk sectors. Ukrainian defenders repelled 36 enemy attacks, and fighting continues in all key areas.
At Trump International Golf Club, Donald Trump was spotted with an unusually short and slicked-back hairstyle. The photos and videos sparked a heated discussion on social media.
The Cool Rover gas carrier has delivered the first batch of LNG from the Portova plant to the Italian port of Livorno. This comes amid a reduction in gas supplies by pipeline after the outbreak of war.
In Volyn, the driver of a Mercedes Sprinter died after colliding with a tree in a ditch. Five passengers were injured and hospitalized, and the police opened a criminal investigation.
The DPRK military, involved in the war in Ukraine by Russia, suffers significant losses. Russian commanders are dissatisfied with Korean soldiers because of the language barrier and poor training.
On December 21, the boxing match between Usyk and Fury will feature an AI-based referee for the first time in history. The experimental solution from The Ring will not affect the official results of the fight.
The Parliament failed to recall Yuriy Boyko from the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Human Rights, with only 217 MPs voting in favor. Previously, Boyko spread pro-Russian narratives on TikTok and was summoned for questioning by the SBU.
In the Saltiv district of Kharkiv, a UAV damaged the roof of a shopping center.
The EU has provided Ukraine with a second tranche of EUR 4. 1 billion under the Ukraine Facility program. The total amount of assistance under the program will be EUR 50 billion by 2027.
A gas explosion occurs in a laboratory at the National Center for Nuclear Research near Warsaw. Two people were injured, but there is no radiological threat, the MARIA reactor is safe.
The Verkhovna Rada supported a draft law on the creation of a Unified State Register of Military Personnel. The system envisages the introduction of Military ID and integration with e-health to simplify accounting and service delivery.
The Slovak prime minister will discuss alternative ways of supplying gas through Ukraine with the head of the European Commission.
Ursula von der Leyen confirmed the preparation of the 16th package of sanctions against Russia. The previous sanctions have already led to a fall in the ruble and an increase in inflation in some sectors of the Russian economy by up to 70%.
U. S. Deputy Secretary of State Pyatt supports the termination of Russian gas transit through Ukraine after the contract expires. The EU is preparing for the end of the contract and plans to completely abandon Russian energy resources by 2027.
Due to the bad weather, settlements in 5 regions of Ukraine are still without power supply. Ukrenergo reports stabilization of electricity consumption and the need to save money due to the power shortage.
Ukraine's Ambassador to Australia Vasyl Myroshnychenko has announced the arrival of Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong in Kyiv. The high-ranking official will have a busy day of meetings and discussions.
In the dormitory of a Chernivtsi educational institution, two drunken teenagers beat a 16-year-old student and filmed it. Police opened a criminal investigation under the article on intentional light bodily harm.
Rheinmetall has received an order to supply 20 Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine. Delivery is scheduled for the first half of 2025, with funding provided by Germany.
Ukraine's German repair center for large military equipment will be moved from Slovakia to Germany by the end of the year. The repair center has been operating in Slovakia since the end of 2022.
Ukraine still needs to rationalize electricity consumption throughout the day. Electricity imports from Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, and Moldova are projected to total almost 17 thousand MWh.
The German chancellor wants to visit Trump after he takes office on January 20. The visit is planned before the early elections in Germany, which are expected on February 23.
Scheduled counterintelligence activities are underway in the Pechersk district of Kyiv, with checks of citizens and vehicles. Security forces are checking the counter-sabotage protection of government facilities and strengthening security in the government quarter.
U. S. officials reported “several hundred” casualties among North Korean troops in the Kursk region. russia has sent about 12,000 North Korean special forces with no combat experience.
At night, Russia attacked Ukraine with 81 Shahed drones and other UAVs from different regions of the Russian Federation. Defense forces destroyed 51 attack drones and spotted 30 imitators in 10 regions of Ukraine.
In Zolochivska community, a 76-year-old man was injured in a drone and KAB attack, and 7 private houses were damaged. In Kupyansk, two police officers were injured by a drone strike.
A 7. 3-magnitude earthquake in Vanuatu killed 14 people and injured 200. Embassy buildings were damaged, electricity was cut off, and a state of emergency was declared for 7 days.
NATO begins coordinating Western military assistance to Ukraine instead of the United States through the new NSATU headquarters in Wiesbaden.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops carried out 199 attacks on Ukrainian positions, launched 51 air strikes and fired over 4,300 times. Most of the attacks were recorded in the Kursk, Pokrovske and Kurakhove directions.
