(English) Ukraine on Fire, December 18
- vvdavyd
- Dec 18, 2023
- 2 min read
Russian Army manpower losses as of December 18: 347, 160
Children killed (according to the Prosecutor General Office of Ukraine): 512
Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief on alleged new counteroffensive: I can't say, otherwise it will be a show
“This is a war, I can't say that I plan what we should do. Otherwise, it will be a show, not a war, the price of which is human lives. You can't be specific about that in any case,” Zaluzhnyi said. Asking whether the situation on the frontline is a stalemate, the general said no.
Ukrainian military scale back some operations on the frontline due to lack of foreign aid
“The volumes that we have today are not sufficient for us today, given our needs. So, we're redistributing it. We're replanning tasks that we had set for ourselves,” General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Commander of the Tavria operational-strategic group of troops, said.
EU adopts 12th package of economic and individual sanctions against Russia
The Council adopted today a twelfth package of economic and individual restrictive measures in view of the continued Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Starting on 1 January, the bloc's 27 member states will no longer be allowed to buy natural and synthetic diamonds, as well as diamond jewelry, that come directly from Russia, unless these are meant for industrial purposes.
Zelenskyy to give big press conference
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy will hold a major press conference on Tuesday, 19 December.
Court in Finland orders imprisonment of Russian neo-Nazi Yan Petrovsky
The Russian is suspected of committing war crimes in Ukraine and will be sent to Vantaa Prison. The Central Department of the Finnish Criminal Police will conduct a preliminary investigation, as the court refused to extradite Petrovsky to Ukraine.
Sweden and Denmark will supply Ukraine with CV90 infantry fighting vehicles
The Danish government announced on Monday that the country will join Sweden’s donation of CV90 light tanks to Ukraine for a total amount of 241 million euros.
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