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More than 1.2 million people have used information resources within the Ukrainian project "I want to live", which gives the invasion troops the opportunity to surrender. That’s according to Andriy Yusov, a spokesman for Ukraine’s defense intelligence, who spoke at the national telethon, Ukrinform reports. "Publicity regarding this project is extremely serious, first of all on the territory of the Russian Federation itself, and word of mouth is working. We know that more than 1.2 million people have consulted the project’s information resources. These are the people who are looking for an opportunity to save their lives in this war…

CIA Director William Burns believes that the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as the failure of their initial plan and the subsequent nuclear rhetoric, caused concern on the part of China’s leader Xi Jinping. This is reported by Ukrinform with reference to Voice of America. "I don't think any foreign leader has paid more careful attention to that war and Russia's poor military performance than Xi Jinping has, as he thinks about his own ambitions in Taiwan and elsewhere," the director of the Central Intelligence Agency said in an interview with PBS. According to him, "it’s been interesting to…

The Russian troops are attempting to regain the lost position in the Lyman direction. In other directions, the invaders are focusing efforts on restraining units of Ukraine’s Defense Forces. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in its evening update on December 17, Ukrinform reports. The enemy continues to focus efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions. In the Lyman direction, the enemy is trying to regain its lost position. In other directions, the enemy is focusing efforts on restraining actions of units of Ukraine’s Defense Forces," the report says. During the…

Head of the Operational Command South, Major General Andrii Kovalchuk has said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing for a possible offensive of the Russian troops from the north, from the territory of Belarus at the end of February. "We are considering a possible offensive from Belarus at the end of February, maybe later. We are preparing for it. We are investigating. We look at where they accumulate strength and means. We are preparing," Kovalchuk said in an interview with Sky News. He does not rule out another wave of mobilization in Russia. At the same time, he…

Russian occupiers are planning to force all hospitals in the Luhansk region to serve the needs of the injured military. The relevant statement was made by the National Resistance Center, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Several hospitals in Luhansk and the region’s temporarily occupied cities and villages have already been transformed into military hospitals. In particular, Luhansk City Multidisciplinary Hospital No. 3 has already received about 100 Russian soldiers. A hospital in Kreminna has also fully switched to serving the military,” the report states. At the moment, Luhansk City Multidisciplinary Hospital No. 15 is refusing to provide health services to civilians.…

On the night of December 17, 2022, explosions occurred not only in the temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine but also some Russian territories. The first reports appeared right after midnight, an Ukrinform correspondent reports, referring to Channel 24. Early on December 17, 2022, blasts were heard in Russia’s Belgorod region. Local public pages are sharing a video with blast sounds. However, no one is mentioning traditional versions, such as ‘air defense systems in action’. It is worth noting that explosions took place, when air raid sirens rang out in eastern and southern Ukraine. According to local residents, a projectile fragment…

Following the latest Russian terrorist attack on energy infrastructure facilities in Dnipropetrovsk region, the level of power supply is critically low in the area. Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. "The majority of municipal heating and water supply facilities remained without power. Thanks to the titanic work of energy repair teams, partial supply of electricity to the city's largest pumping and filtering stations is scheduled for around 21:00. After their launch, approximately six hours are needed to fill the networks and restore pressure, so the residents of the lower part of the right bank and…

In the occupied part of Donetsk region, near Novoazovsk, trucks carrying Ukrainian grain to Russia have stretched into a 15-km line. This is according to Petro Andryushchenko, the adviser to the exiled Mariupol mayor, who reported the news on Telegram, uploading a corresponding video, seen by Ukrinform. "On the border between Ukraine and muscovy in the Novoazovsk area, the line of trucks is more than 15 kilometers long. Their absolute majority are carrying grain,” the official reported, adding that stolen grain is being transported from the entire occupied part of Donetsk region. The higher pace of looting is due, including,…

In Ukraine, a total of 10 children were affected over the past week as a result of Russia's combat actions. Six of these children died. The press service of the Prosecutor General's Office delivered the report via Telegram, Ukrinform saw. "Crimes against children: 449 killed (+ 6 this week), 859 injured (+ 4 this week)," the report specifies. In total, law enforcers registered 53,802 crimes of aggression and war crimes (1,645 of them in one week alone), and 18,519 crimes against national security. Read also: Russians have already killed 449 children in Ukraine The PGO recalled that, if citizens witness…

Russia still has enough missiles for several massive strikes, while Ukrainians have enough determination and self-belief to return what’s ours, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said in a video address to the nation on Friday. That’s according to the president’s press service, Ukrinform reports. Dear Ukrainians, I salute you! First of all, I thank our Air Force fighters, our counter aircraft fighters, intelligence and everyone who protects and helps protect the Ukrainian sky. Today's result is 60 downed missiles. All air commands – Center, South, East, and West -- were active. And the fighters of the 96th anti-aircraft missile brigade,…