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Italy’s Senate endorsed a government decision to extend military aid to Ukraine throughout 2023. According to Reuters, the Senate approved, with a 143-29 vote, a resolution endorsing arms shipments to Ukraine as agreed with NATO and European Union allies. It is noted that 29 lawmakers voted against. The resolution - drafted by the ruling coalition, made up of Meloni's Brothers of Italy, Matteo Salvini's League and Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia - also urged the government to boost diplomatic efforts for peace. Defence Minister Guido Crosetto stated that arms supplies from Italy to Ukraine will stop as soon as peace talks…

A strategic bridge for Russian troops was damaged in the temporarily captured Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia region. "In Melitopol, the bridge that linked the town with the village of Kostiantynivka ‘got tired’. This is one of the strategically important bridges after the "fatigue" of the Crimean Bridge," Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov posted on Telegram. Read also: Armed Forces of Ukraine hit three important Russian objects in Melitopol Fedorov added that the invaders used the bridge to transport military equipment from the eastern direction. ol

The Russians started launching Iranian drones from a new batch of supplies. In addition, the enemy shifted the launch point to the east of the Sea of Azov. "It is difficult to speak about the volumes. But what is known for sure is that they have already started using them. They began to launch them from the eastern part of the Sea of Azov. This is the Krasnodar Territory, two attacks have already been launched from there. They fly from Russia and are downed in the southern directions – Kherson, Mykolaiv, Odesa regions. All defense forces are involved. The first…

Russian troops have launched an artillery strike on Kherson’s residential district, Tavriiskyi. At least one civilian was killed and three injured. The relevant statement was made by Kherson Regional Military Administration Head Yaroslav Yanushevych on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The precision shelling of Kherson’s residential district. Russians have launched an artillery strike today, leaving houses in the Tavriiskyi living quarter, cars in the parking lot and a gas pipeline damaged,” Yanushevych wrote. According to the preliminary data, one person was killed and three injured. A reminder that, in the afternoon of December 12, 2022, Russian troops attacked one more…

Ukraine needs Patriot missile batteries and other air defense systems to counter Russian attacks. The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, an Ukrinform correspondent reports, referring to AP. “Ukraine’s prime minister is appealing for Patriot missile batteries and other high-tech air defense systems to counter Russian attacks, as more Russian shelling was reported on Monday in the eastern regions of Ukraine where Moscow is trying to make battlefield gains,” the report states. Shmyhal told France’s broadcaster LCI that Russia fires 50,000 to 70,000 shells per day at Ukrainian targets. “We need at least one third of…

Russian invaders once again shelled Kherson city, hitting a residential sector. "Kherson. Russian troops struck a residential sector. A house was damaged," Deputy Head of the President’s Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko posted on Telegram. According to Tymoshenko, the power supply lines were damaged by the strike. Rescue services are currently working at the scene, the Deputy Head of the President’s Office informed. ol

Eight Russian ships are on combat duty in the Black Sea on December 12, with no missile carriers among them. That’s according to Ukraine’s Navy, Ukrinform reports "In the Sea of Azov, the enemy continues to control sea communications by keeping two warships on combat duty; in the Mediterranean Sea there are nine enemy warships, of which five carry Kalibr cruise missiles with the total salvo of 76 missiles," the statement reads. Throughout the day, in the interests of the Russian Federation, three ships passed through the Kerch-Yenikal Strait from the Sea of Azov to the Black Sea in Russia’s…

Russian troops shot at rescuers who were delivering humanitarian aid to Bakhmut, Donetsk region. Nobody was injured. "Today, the Russians shot at the rescuers who were delivering humanitarian aid to people who remain in the war-torn Bakhmut. Fortunately, no one was injured," the press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine posted on Telegram. At the same time, it is noted that a vehicle of the 47th state fire and rescue unit was damaged in artillery shelling: the windshield was cracked, the rear window was broken, the rear bumper and the rear part of the vehicle were riddled. "The…

In Luhansk region, the Russian invaders are getting ready to forcibly mobilize all men without exception. "There is a clear understanding that they [Russian invaders] will mobilize everyone. We have seen the evolution [of mobilization] from recruitment into the Russian army under patriotic slogans, then we saw financial motivation, and now it all happens exclusively through coercive measures, that is, everyone is forced. Now they [Russians] are trying to create a picture that everything is calm and force all state employees to go to work without fail on Monday and in this way show that everything is under their control,"…

The Russian troops killed two civilians and injured ten more in Ukraine on December 10. Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, published a relevant report on Telegram, referring to data provided by regional military administrations, according to Ukrinform. In particular, two civilians were killed and five more were injured in Kherson region. Two civilians were injured in Donetsk region, one was injured in Kharkiv, and two were injured in Zaporizhzhia region. As Ukrinform reported, eight regions in Ukraine came under enemy shelling on December 10. iy