UNICEF, together with the Ministry of Education of Ukraine and other agencies, has launched an online course to teach children about mine safety. The course aims to promote safe behavior in areas where there is a risk of mines and unexploded ordnance.
Russia has enough drones to carry out daily attacks on Ukraine, with a recent emphasis on the use of missiles, including air-launched and Iskander M-type missiles, says Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Sweden, Lithuania, and Canada have created the CIG4U initiative to help modernize Ukraine's transportation sector and logistics routes.
Latvia will increase its efforts to train the military. By the end of the year, more than 1,500 additional Ukrainian servicemen will be trained.
183 settlements in Ukraine are partially de-energized due to bad weather; no further outages are planned.
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, SES pyrotechnics have defused more than 462,000 explosive devices on an area of more than 112,000 hectares.
Olena Sobko, an immigrant from Enerhodar, opened a laboratory in Kaniv to scale up her natural cosmetics business after winning the Do It Yourself competition.
Kyiv Metro reports that there are no stations that require urgent unscheduled repairs in terms of leakage of structures.
U. S. Ambassador to Ukraine Oksana Markarova said that the U.S. budget has almost exhausted funds to support Ukraine, and only $1 billion remains for new weapons. Kyiv continues to seek further assistance from Congress.
NNEGC Energoatom and Westinghouse have signed an agreement to build Europe's first AP1000 reactor, which will be installed at Khmelnytsky NPP. It will have the largest capacity in Ukraine - 1100 MW.
The G7 discusses using frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine as traditional aid channels face problems in the US and Europe.
Kyiv faces a constant threat from drones as two more groups of UAVs are on their way from Chernihiv region, Mayor Klitschko says amid explosions across the city.
The Government supported the draft law on termination of the agreement between Ukraine and Belarus on investment protection.
Dutch Prime Minister assures that Ukraine will not be left without money amid Hungary's blocking of a €50 billion package as the EU plans to resume aid talks in January.
Russian troops launch Kinzhal missile at Khmelnytsky region.
Ukraine's Air Force reports an enemy missile.
As a result of a nighttime rocket attack on Kyiv, debris fell on four districts of the city; no casualties were reported.
According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as of December 13, 2023, since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops have suffered approximately 341,500 personnel losses and lost 5,682 tanks.
Russia's nighttime missile strike on Kyiv injured 53 people and caused significant damage to infrastructure, including a hospital, an apartment building and a water supply system.
The failure of Kyivstar disrupted the operation of the warning system in various settlements of Kyiv region, leading to point outages. Measures are being taken to provide the public with Air Alert signals, and the police and emergency services are using loudspeakers as a backup.
A 26-year-old Spanish volunteer named Pau was killed in Ukraine, and the Spanish Foreign Ministry provided assistance to his family and repatriated his body. He had joined other volunteers to fight for Ukraine after undergoing military training.
The European Commission plans to transfer 15 billion euros from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine as financial aid, subject to unanimous approval by EU member states.
Ukrainian border guards shot down several Russian drones over Mykolaiv region, and Kyiv's air defense destroyed eight targets during a missile attack.
A Utair passenger plane carrying a radioactive cargo made an emergency landing in Moscow due to a landing gear failure. There were 104 passengers and 5 crew members on board.
The Ukrainian Air Force successfully intercepted all 18 Shahid drones and 8 ballistic missiles launched by Russian forces at night. The attacks were carried out from the territory of occupied Crimea and were aimed at Kyiv region.
Kyiv's air defense intercepted and destroyed eight air targets launched by Russian forces during a missile attack on the region.
Kyiv is on air alert due to a missile threat; debris fell in two districts amid air defense operations, with no information on casualties or damage yet.
The new Intercity route will connect Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytsky, and Ternopil. The train will run daily.
The dismantling of the monument to Bolshevik leader Mykola Shchors has begun in Kyiv, which may lead to traffic blocking on Taras Shevchenko Boulevard. The dismantled monument will be moved to the State Aviation Museum.
Russian troops attacked Ukraine, killing 1 person in Pavlohrad and wounding others; an air strike on the Kupyansk district damaged a building and killed another person.
