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Russian special services are aiming to hand over some units of Western-made weapons, captured in combat in Ukraine, to extremist organizations on the territory of NATO allies for the latter to carry out terrorist attacks – all to undermine Western defense assistance to Ukraine. That’s according to Oleksandr V. Danylyuk, head of the Center for Defense Reforms, coordinator of the interdepartmental platform for countering hybrid threats, operating within the framework of Ukraine-NATO cooperation, who cited a source in Ukrainian intelligence, Ukrinform reports, referring to Guildhall. “According to the information available to Ukrainian intelligence, Russian special services are preparing acts of…

Russian forces damages critical infrastructure in Kyiv during a kamikaze drone attack last night. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. According to him, "as a result of the attack on the capital, there is damage to critical infrastructure facilities." "Power and heating engineers are working to quickly stabilize the situation with power and heating supply," he wrote. Emergency power outages were introduced in Kyiv and the Kyiv region due to a drone attack last night. Photo from open sources

Russian forces last night attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region with kamikaze drones, heavy artillery and Grad multiple launch rocket systems. Valentyn Reznichenko, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, said this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "Our defenders from the Air Command East destroyed two drones over the region. They were Shaheds. The occupiers fired more than 60 projectiles from Grads and heavy artillery at the Nikopol district," he wrote. The aggressor shelled towns and villages in three communities - Chervonohryhorivka, Myrove and Marhanets. No casualties were recorded. However, there is a lot of destruction everywhere. Eleven private…

Ukrainian air defense forces shot down ten Shahed-136 kamikaze drones in the southern direction last night. Serhii Bratchuk, a spokesperson for the Odesa regional military administration, said this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. According to him, on the night of December 19, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with Iranian-made Shahed-136 kamikaze drones. In the southern direction, the air defense forces and means of the Air Command South destroyed ten drones, Bratchuk said. Read also: President: Modern air defense systems will deprive Russia of its main instrument of terror Earlier reports said that kamikaze drones launched by Russian forces on…

Over the past day, Russian troops have opened fire on the Kherson region 54 times. As a result, three civilians were killed and six injured. The relevant statement was made by Kherson Regional Military Administration Head Yaroslav Yanushevych on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Over the past day, three civilians have been killed and six received injuries of various severity levels in Russia’s shelling of the Kherson region,” Yanushevych wrote. In his words, the enemy used artillery, multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), mortars, tanks and sniper fire. In particular, Russian troops again struck the residential areas in the city of…

Over the past day, Russian troops have been shelling three communities in the Sumy region, namely Seredyna-Buda, Znob-Novhorodske and Shalyhyne. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. In particular, Russian invaders launched mortar strikes on the Seredyna-Buda community. Two explosions were recorded. In the Shalyhyne community’s border area, eight grenade launcher explosions were recorded. Additionally, five 120-mm mortar shells hit the Znob-Novhorodske community. According to the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service, no casualties or destructions were reported. A reminder that, on December 17, 2022, Russian troops launched five missile strikes and…

A total of 450 children have been killed and over 863 injured in Ukraine since the Russian invasion started. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “As of December 18, 2022, over 1,303 children in Ukraine were affected by the Russian armed aggression. According to the data from juvenile prosecutors, a total of 450 children were killed and over 863 received injuries of various severity levels,” the report states. These data are not final, as they are being investigated within the areas of hostilities, temporarily occupied and liberated areas. Currently,…

Over the past day, Russian troops have been launching artillery strikes on the Kharkiv region’s border areas. The relevant statement was made by Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Head Oleh Syniehubov on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “In the Kharkiv region, the occupiers launched artillery strikes on settlements in the border areas, such as Strilecha, Hlyboke, Starytsia, Vovchansk, Volokhivka, Chuhunivka, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, and others,” Syniehubov wrote. In the Kupiansk direction, such districts as Berestove, Yahidne, Kotliarivka and Krokhmalne came under enemy fire. No casualties were reported. In the Chuhuiv district’s village of Hrakove, a 32-year-old rescuer was injured in mine blast.…

Over the past week, a collaborator in Kherson region, as well as several locations of Russian personnel in Luhansk and Donetsk regions, were eliminated thanks to the underground. “On December 12, a car of collaborator Vitaliy Buliuk, who worked as the deputy to Russian-installed chief of the [Kherson] region, Volodymyr Saldo, exploded in Skadovsk. The traitor's car was blown up near Buliuk's private house. He was injured and was taken to Simferopol hospital. His driver died on the spot,” the National Resistance Center reports. Apart from fighting against traitors, the underground actively helps the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminate enemies…

Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the National Police investigators have initiated more than 49,000 criminal proceedings over crimes committed by the military of the Russian Federation. "Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, investigators of the National Police of Ukraine have initiated 49,219 criminal proceedings over crimes committed by service members of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and their accomplices in the territory of Ukraine," the National Police of Ukraine posted on Telegram. In particular, 37,699 proceedings have been opened under Art. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (Violation of laws…