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.
There were 88 combat engagements in various frontline areas, and Ukrainian defenders repelled 29 enemy attacks in the Kursk region.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk arrives in Lviv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
SBU Military Counterintelligence detained 12 Russian agents and their informants in 5 regions of Ukraine. The spies were collecting data on air defense locations, secret airfields and the production of electronic warfare equipment.
As a result of the shelling of Bilozerka, a woman was killed and another was seriously injured. Earlier, two people were injured in a drone attack on a civilian car in Kherson.
Prime Minister Maloni will meet with Zelenskyy and other leaders before the European Council to coordinate further actions.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced the development of the 16th package of EU sanctions against Russia. Italy will continue to support the sanctions policy and help companies that comply with it.
The Verkhovna Rada supported draft law No. 9083 on new rules for vehicle trading by 270 votes. The law will allow car sellers to carry out transactions without registering with the MIA's Centralized Automobile Registration and Customs Control Center.
The Verkhovna Rada has extended tax and customs privileges through 2025, including the import of drones and components. The law also provides for support for volunteers, benefits for cinemas, and changes to eco-standards for transport.
In Chernivtsi region, rescuers found a man who had gotten lost in the woods near the village of Banyliv-Pidhirnyi. The victim spent almost three days in the woods, but was able to provide approximate coordinates of his location.
The SBI has completed an investigation into the case of illegal imprisonment of a combat veteran in Dnipro. MP Tyshchenko is charged with organizing the beating and detention of the veteran by a group of people.
A solid fuel boiler in a two-story building caught fire in the village of Lypnyk, Lviv district. Two people suffered second-degree burns of the head, arms and legs and were hospitalized.
North Korean units set up additional observation posts to detect Ukrainian drones. For offensive actions, the DPRK military forms assault groups of 20-30 people and uses red tape for identification.
A Volgoneft-109 tanker carrying 4,000 tons of fuel oil leaked cargo into a ballast tank near the port of Kavkaz. This is the third incident after the accidents of two other tankers, which caused pollution along 35 km of the coast.
The Conciliation Board considered draft law 8089 and resolution 7694 on the OPFL. No decision was made due to the lack of support from the Servants of the People and the OPFL.
China's top diplomat said on Tuesday that he hoped the new administration of US President-elect Donald Trump would “make the right choice” and work with Beijing, hours after Trump told reporters that the COVID-19 pandemic had complicated his relationship with his “friend” Chinese President Xi Jinping.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Lviv. He visited Mars Field to honor the memory of fallen Ukrainian soldiers.
Soldiers of the 8th Regiment of the Special Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated 50 North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region of Russia in three days. They also destroyed armored vehicles, cars and an ATV, and wounded 47 enemy soldiers.
Russia attacked Ukraine with 31 drones from the areas of Bryansk and Orel. The defense forces destroyed 20 drones in five regions, and another 10 did not reach their targets due to the Ukrainian Armed Forces' opposition.
Criminal proceedings have been initiated against the 211th Pontoon and Bridge Brigade for abuse of office. The commander is suspected of using his subordinates to build his own house instead of serving.
Debris from a drone attack was found on the territory of a hospital in Kyiv's Solomyansky district. Earlier, debris was found in three other districts of the capital - Pecherskyi, Dniprovskyi and Holosiivskyi.
Almost 400 settlements in 16 regions of Ukraine are without power due to the weather. Despite the absence of outage schedules, Ukrenergo urges to save electricity from 8:00 to 22:00.
Debris from an enemy drone attack was found in the yard of a residential building in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties or damage.
Wreckage of Russian UAVs was recorded falling in Solomianskyi, Pecherskyi and Dniprovskyi districts of Kyiv. A car and the windows of residential buildings were damaged, but no one was injured.
