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Sunday, 22 December 2024, 03:19
With Russia increasingly pressing its numerical advantage, Ukraine and its partners need to devise a new strategy for strengthening Ukraine’s defenses if they are to avoid playing to Russia’s strengths in an attritional conflict.
The Russian army has already launched 60 attacks today, most of them in the Pokrovsk and Siversk sectors in the Donetsk region.
Andrii Yusov, the spokesman for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate, confirmed that for the first time in history, two Russian Su-57 multirole fighter jets have been hit at once.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense once again spread a fake report on the alleged capture of two Ukrainian villages in Luhansk and Kharkiv regions.
The Russian invasion forces attacked Zaporizhzhia, targeting critical infrastructure.
Hungary agreed not to veto NATO support for Ukraine, but Prime Minister Viktor Orbán insisted that his government would provide neither funds nor military personnel for any joint assistance effort.
The Russian Federation does not have enough forces for its army to achieve any strategic goals both in the Belarusian direction and in the border regions of Sumy and Kharkiv.
Ukraine's defense forces continue to attack anti-aircraft missile systems deployed by Russian troops on the Crimean peninsula.
In the Black Sea, there is currently one Russian warship on duty, equipped with Kalibr missiles. In the Sea of Azov, the enemy has seven vessels, three of which are missile carriers.
The first Lynx infantry fighting vehicle will be produced in Ukraine jointly with the leading German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall before the end of the current year.
A fire station building was destroyed in the village of Lyptsi, Kharkiv region, as a result of Russian shelling on the night of June 12.
The Norwegian government will allocate EUR 240 million to Ukraine for the purchase of air defense equipment.
Russian invasion troops shelled the city of Novomoskovsk, Dnipropetrovsk region, on Wednesday.
In the operational zone of Defense Forces South, Ukrainian defenders over the past day have repelled 13 enemy assaults in the Orykhiv axis and one on the left bank of the Dnipro.
Ukraine's air defense units shot down a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic ballistic missile, four Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles and 24 Shahed-131/136 attack drones in the early hours of Wednesday, June 12.
Russian invaders launched 547 strikes on 15 settlements in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia region on Tuesday, June 11.
A civilian was injured by falling debris during a Russian drone and missile attack on the Kyiv region early on Wednesday, and several objects in two districts of the region were damaged.
Russia's overall combat losses in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and June 12, 2024 amounted to about 521,830, including 980 soldiers killed or wounded in action in the past 24 hours.
The Netherlands is contributing EUR 60 million for the purchase and production of drones for Ukraine.
The United States will send another Patriot missile system to Ukraine.
Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital with Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 missiles, ballistic missiles and drones in the early hours of Wednesday, June 12.
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Ukraine expects a positive decision on the delivery of two or three air defense systems similar to Patriot from its international partners in the near future.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine, which will include Patriot missiles and other weapons.
The number of combat engagements on the front lines in Ukraine has increased to 87 since the beginning of the day. The situation remains tense in the Pokrovsk sector.
Ukrainian forces have struck one of Russia’s most advanced Su-57 stealth fighter jets on ground at Akhtubinks air base in Russia’s Astrakhan region. The Su-57 was the first such warplane to be damaged in a combat operation. The United States has announced a new USD 225 million security aid package for Ukraine. Part of this will go toward the recovery and reconstruction of Ukrainian power grids
Residential buildings and cars were damaged in Kherson as a result of Russian shelling on the afternoon of June 11.
Of the 54 German-made Leopard 2 tanks ordered by Norway, 37 will be assembled by the Norwegian subcontractor Ritek, which plans to become a Scandinavian center for Leopard maintenance and modernization in the future.
Ukraine has become the first country to create the newest branch of the military - the Unmanned Systems Forces, First Deputy Defense Minister Ivan Havryliuk said during an official presentation.
Ukraine’s air defense units from Air Force Command East on Tuesday shot down two incoming guided air missiles that the Russians had launched at Dnipropetrovsk region.