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The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has completed counter-intelligence (security) measures at the sites of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) in the Kyiv and Kherson regions, the SBU has said on Telegram. According to the report, 16 suspicious persons were discovered at a monastery located in the "forbidden" Chernobyl zone, among them athletic men. They stayed at the facility illegally, as civilians have no right to be in the exclusion zone, through which the Russian invaders tried to break into Kyiv in February-March of this year. At the moment, protocols on administrative offenses have been drawn…

The European Union must demonstrate its resilience in providing assistance to Ukrainians so that they can overcome the difficult winter, given Russia's missile attacks on critical infrastructure. According to an Ukrinform correspondent, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said this at a press conference in Vienna on Friday, December 9. "Now the winter that has started will show not only how resilient Ukraine is (and I think they will succeed no matter how Russia and nature freeze them), but it will also show how resilient we are in providing help and support," Landsbergis said. According to him, Ukrainians now need a…

Five civilians were killed and 14 others wounded in Ukraine as a result of Russian aggression on December 8. According to Ukrinform, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko said this on Telegram, referring to figures from regional military administrations. He wrote that five people had been killed and two wounded in the Donetsk region, four wounded in the Kharkiv region, and eight wounded in the Kherson region. On December 8, Russian troops shelled the Kherson region 68 times using mortars, artillery, tanks and MLRS.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has called on the international community to support the creation of a special tribunal regarding Russia’s crime of aggression against Ukraine. The ministry said this in a statement on the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime, Ukrinform reportsw. The ministry noted that Russian aggression against Ukraine, which has been going on for the eighth year, has clear signs of genocide, and the criminal Kremlin regime is the "conscientious heir" of its Stalinist predecessor: it also aims to destroy…

Russians forces on December 8 kidnapped three more employees of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, according to Ukraine’s National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom. According to Ukrinform, the company’s press service said this on Telegram. “Yesterday, December 8, 2022, the Russian military broke into the premises where the ZNPP’s Department of Social Programs is located and, in the presence of other employees, severely beat the head of the department, Oleksii Trubenkov, and his deputy, Yurii Androsov. After a severe beating, the invaders took them out of the premises and drove them away to an unknown destination," the report said. In…

Yesterday, December 8, and on the morning of December 9, the enemy struck four communities of Sumy region. "Yesterday, December 8, the Russian-occupation forces continued shelling the border areas of Sumy region. The enemy opened fire from mortars and grenade launchers. Myropil, Shalyhine, Hlukhiv, and Khotin communities came under enemy fire," the press service of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine informs. This morning, the enemy shelled Myropil community with 120mm mortars fired from the Russian settlement of Gornal. About 15 explosions rang out. The enemy later fired a dozen more 120mm shells on Khotin community from the Russian…

The Russians deliver medicines to the occupied territories of Luhansk region exclusively for their military. Local residents are outraged by the forced discharge from hospitals and refusals to admit them to hospitals. "Russians shelled seven settlements in Luhansk region yesterday. They deliver medicines to the occupied territories exclusively for the needs of the militants and continue taking forced passportization measures. Residents of the occupied territories are outraged by the forced discharge from hospitals and refusals to admit them to hospitals," the Luhansk Regional Military Administration posted on Telegram. In addition, medicines are running out in healthcare institutions. The invaders ignore…

Demining in Ukraine is the biggest challenge for sappers since World War II. In this regard, the US plans to increase assistance in the training of sappers and the provision of additional equipment. "Demining in Ukraine is one of the largest challenges since World War II. Currently, there are not enough teams for demining in Ukraine, so the US plans to increase assistance in training demining teams and provide additional equipment," Michael Tirre, a representative of the U.S. Department of State, said at the U.S. Helsinki Commission briefing on Thursday, Ukrinform reports with reference to Voice of America. As noted,…

About 4,500 out of 17,000 local residents are remaining in the Kharkiv region’s liberated city of Vovchansk, and they are now left without heating services due to Russian attacks. The relevant statement was made by Vovchansk City Military Administration Head Tamaz Hambarashvili during a briefing at Kharkiv Press Club, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Now there are about 4,500 residents in the city, and every day this number is decreasing, as it is winter outside, and we are having huge problems related to heating. […] We recommend that residents of high-rise buildings and the entire city go to other districts or…

The National Police of Ukraine has opened 47,651 criminal proceedings over Russian war crimes in Ukraine. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Internal Affairs Ministry, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Since the Russian full-scale invasion started, the National Police of Ukraine has opened 47,651 criminal proceedings over the crimes committed on the territory of Ukraine by the Russian military and their accomplices,” the report states. According to the ministry, 36,201 cases are under investigation for the violation of the laws and customs of war, 9,105 – for the encroachment on Ukraine’s territorial integrity and inviolability, 2,160 – for collaborative…