The US President announced the strengthening of American positions by strengthening alliances and putting pressure on adversaries. Biden emphasized the growth of US influence in the diplomatic, military, and economic dimensions.
Joe Biden said that putin planned to seize Kyiv in three days, but the US president visited the Ukrainian capital instead. Biden emphasized the successes in supporting Ukraine and preventing a conflict between the nuclear powers.
Minister Sibiga says Russia is illegally trading in stolen Ukrainian grain and warns of sanctions against those involved. Ukraine has sent notes of protest and is preparing an appeal to the International Maritime Organization.
In Chuhuiv, a girl aged 1 year and 7 months was injured in a drone attack and diagnosed with an acute stress reaction. A car and the windows of a five-story building were damaged.
An air alert has been declared in occupied Crimea and traffic across the Kerch Bridge is blocked. Russian air defense forces are operating in the Bryansk region and claim to have destroyed a drone.
In Rozlyv, a Russian drone attacked a civilian car, injuring two people. A 61-year-old woman and a 63-year-old man sustained mine-blast injuries and contusions.
Defense Minister Rustem Umerov has announced the launch of a poll in the Army+ app to elect a new head of the National Air Force. Servicemen will be able to support one of the five candidates until January 17.
The occupants are conducting systematic attacks south of Pokrovsk to encircle the city. According to the spokesperson for the Khortytsia unit, the situation is dynamic, the front lines are constantly changing.
Ukraine's President invited Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to Kyiv on Friday. The meeting is scheduled to discuss the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine.
More than a thousand servicemen have applied to return from the Joint Forces Operation through the Army+ mobile application, of which 600 have already been approved. The voluntary return period has been extended until March 2025.
The scandalous videos of Kyiv teenagers allegedly blocking traffic and being escorted by police turned out to be staged. During the searches, weapons were seized from the participants, and one of them had previously been prosecuted for singing the Russian national anthem.
Russian troops are trying to gain a foothold in the villages around Pokrovsk to partially cover the city. The enemy is trying to reach the forest belt near the supply route, having significant human and technical resources.
Ukrainian troops attacked the command post of the 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army in Novohrodivka. The attack disrupted the logistics and command of Russian troops in the region.
Russian shelling in the Kursk region killed 36 people, wounded over 100, and destroyed the town of Sudzha by 80%.
The former British prime minister called Putin a dirty word because of his imperial ambitions for Ukraine and the Baltic states. Johnson said that Russia is no longer an empire, and this needs to be realized.
Drones attacked the Taneko refinery in Nizhnekamsk, which provides fuel for the Russian army. The refinery has a processing capacity of over 16 million tons of oil per year and suffered damage to the primary processing unit.
The head of KCMA, Timur Tkachenko, will appeal to the management of the Hryshko Botanical Garden and the National Academy of Sciences to terminate the investment agreement on the development of the territory. The agreement of 2018 provides for the development of a plot on Sadovo-Botanichna Street.
At least 11 people have been killed in the Los Angeles County wildfires. The exact number of victims is unknown due to dangerous conditions for the investigation.
Ukrainian military captures two North Korean soldiers in Kursk region of Russia The prisoners received medical care and were taken to Kyiv to cooperate with SBU investigators.
According to social media, a fire has broken out in a hotel in the Dragobrat ski resort. Rescuers continue to extinguish the fire.
Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi District Court partially granted MP Shufrych's motion to fulfill his parliamentary powers from the pre-trial detention center. The court refused to allow him to physically participate in the meetings of the Verkhovna Rada, but allowed him to work within the detention center.
“Everton have appointed David Moyes as their new head coach. The Scottish specialist previously led the club for 11 years from 2002 to 2013.
Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to hold their positions within the town of Kurakhove in Donetsk region, so it is impossible to say that the Russian occupation forces have completely taken the town, said Viktor Tregubov, spokesman for the Khortytsia military unit.
Firefighters from Mexico will join 10,000 rescuers to fight the fires in Los Angeles. The decision was supported by President Claudia Sheinbaum and the National Council of Civil Defense of Mexico.
In Yevpatoria, an occupation stronghold was discovered in an abandoned high-rise building near the coast. Placing military facilities in civilian buildings in Crimea has become a systemic phenomenon for “defense” and enrichment.
Venezuela has temporarily closed its common border with Brazil after Nicolas Maduro took office for a third presidential term. The closure will last until next Monday, and the reasons for the decision have not been officially commented on.
The President of Ukraine said that ceding the territories to Russia would allow it to prepare for a new attack on Europe. Zelenskyy emphasized the need for security guarantees and the impossibility of recognizing the occupied territories.
The NABU stated that Timur Arshavin has not been an employee of the bureau since July 2023, when he resigned of his own free will. Information about his alleged illegal border crossing with Romania is not related to NABU's activities.
The UK imposed sanctions on Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegaz, which earn $23 billion a year. The United States also imposed restrictions on more than 180 vessels and dozens of Russian oil traders.
Zelensky spoke about Ukraine's preventive steps to protect Kharkiv and Sumy from the Russian offensive. Thanks to these actions, 60,000 Russian troops were pulled back to the Kursk region.
