December 4 in Ukraine will be cloudy, without precipitation, with fog in the West and Northeast. The temperature will range from -5° at night to +9° during the day, with the warmest weather in the Crimea.
Over the past day, the Russian army lost 1,670 soldiers, 7 tanks and 31 armored vehicles. The total losses of the Russian Federation since the beginning of the war have reached 747,370 military personnel and more than 9,400 tanks.
Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets predicts a reduction in the population of Ukraine from 42 million in 2022 to 35. 8 million this year. To prevent a demographic crisis, the authorities are implementing reproductive medicine programs.
Yale University has found evidence of the use of Putin's administration planes to deport Ukrainian children. The study tracked 314 deported children, of whom 148 were included in the adoption databases of the Russian Federation.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that there are no grounds for negotiations with Ukraine. Despite this, a number of countries, including Qatar, are ready to provide a platform for possible negotiations.
The youth national team of Ukraine got into Group D at Euro 2025, where it will meet with Finland, the Netherlands and Denmark. The team will play its first match on June 12 against Denmark in Presov.
In the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, there is a critical situation in boarding houses for the elderly due to a lack of medicines and staff. Recently, a 73-year-old woman died in Crimea due to the replacement of necessary medicines with existing ones.
Lego has partnered with hidden Disabilities Sunflower to introduce characters with hidden disabilities. The new figurines will wear sunflower badges to raise awareness of invisible health problems.
At the 19th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee, the Ukrainian Easter egg was included in the list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity. The application was submitted jointly with Estonia and approved in the capital of Paraguay.
At the Christmas market in Szczecin, a tent of nuns from Belarus who support the Lukashenka regime and the Russian war against Ukraine was discovered. The fair organizers terminated the contract after protests by Belarusian activists.
European diplomacy President Kaya Kallas called on the EU to fulfill its promises of military assistance to Ukraine. The EU is working on new sanctions against Russia and unblocking 6.5 billion euros from the European Peace Fund.
Over the past day, 180 military clashes occurred, the hottest in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhovsky directions. The enemy carried out 42 airstrikes and carried out almost 4,000 attacks on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Verkhovna Rada supported the bill on automatic registration for military service when reaching the age of 17. Registration will take place through the "Reserve+" app without visiting the shopping center.
Oleg Vinnik announced a concert in Warsaw on December 21, causing a mixed reaction in the network. The singer, who left for Germany after the war, promises to perform his favorite hits and new songs.
Brave1 was developed by three Ukrainian analogues of the Chinese Mavic UAV, which are already used at the front. The drones comply with NATO standards, have electronic warfare protection and automatic landing.
Due to the declaration of martial law in South Korea, the Ukrainian Embassy issued a warning to citizens. Ukrainians are advised to avoid mass events and have their documents with them.
Yale researchers have identified hundreds of children abducted by the Russian Federation from Donetsk and Luhansk regions. 148 children are already in Russian databases, 166 are placed in Russian families.
Thanks to the Order of the Odessa RMA on a new procedure for submitting documents for grain exports, 6 billion foreign currency revenue was returned to Ukraine in 15 months. The initiative was later extended to the whole country.
The president stated the need to strengthen the Donetsk direction, especially in the supply of weapons from partners. Ukraine is also working to increase its own defense production and range.
Zelensky announced expectations of new air defense systems from partners in December and January. Germany will hand over the sixth IRIS-T system, as well as Patriot and Gepard launchers.
The head of the eurosolidarnost faction accused the head of the Kiev RMA of putting pressure on deputies because of voting for the presidential victory plan. Kravchenko denied the charges and called for constructive work instead of political games.
"Doobra farm" from Bohuslav region won two bronze awards at the World Cheese Awards 2024. The company represents Ukraine at the prestigious international cheese competition for the third year in a row.
The foreign ministers of Ukraine and the US State Department signed a memorandum of cooperation in the energy sector in the amount of up to 8 825 million. The document provides for the restoration of critical infrastructure and reform of the energy sector of Ukraine.
At the regional meeting of the Congress of local authorities, the budget for 2025 was discussed. Programs for the modernization of school meals, support for veterans and development of Medicine in the region were approved.
The Cabinet of ministers appointed Igor Smelyansky as the Government Commissioner for Customs Reform. He will coordinate Customs Reform and lead an interdepartmental working group with a wide range of tasks.
Ukrenergo has announced a schedule of power outages for December 4 from 6:00 to 22:00. For domestic consumers, there are one or two queues of shutdowns, and for businesses, there is a power limit during the day.
The Cabinet of ministers is preparing the largest expansion of the Affordable Medicines Program, which already covers more than 500 drugs. For remote and frontline territories, a "mobile pharmacy" and delivery via Ukrposhta were launched.
Prime Minister Denis Shmygal said that utility tariffs will remain unchanged until the end of the heating season - no increases are planned.
Georgy Kovalenko explained that the celebration of Christmas on December 25 is a tradition of the Western world, to which Ukraine is heading. Most Orthodox Churches of the world and Ukrainian churches support this decision.
Up to 750,000 tons of contraband fuel oil pass through Iraq every month, bringing Iran and its allies about. 1 billion a year. The scheme intensified after Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani came to power in 2022.
