Russo-Ukrainian war main facts

  • 20 December 2024

  • The Guardian: The General Staff of Ukraine ordered to send more people from air defense to the infantry
  • German Defense Minister: If Putin attacks, we must be able to wage war
  • Politico: Slovakia's prime minister accused Zelensky of attempted bribery
  • The USA accused China of aiding Russia's aggression against Ukraine
  • The IMF approved a new tranche for Ukraine in the amount of $1.1 billion
  • The Russians hit a nine-story building in Kharkiv with a drone, six people were injured
  • Since the beginning of the day, 191 battles have taken place at the front, half a hundred of them in Kurshchyna
  • The Russian army attacked Zaporizhzhia and the region with drones, there are wounded, among them a child
  • Zelensky confirmed the receipt of the sixth IRIS-T air defense system from Germany
  • Trump promised Europe that the US would continue to support Ukraine
  • In Moldova, farmers threaten to block the border with Ukraine due to grain imports
  • Most of the battles since the beginning of the day were in Kurshchyna
  • The largest oil refinery in the south of Russia stopped after a strike by Ukrainian drones
  • Due to the attack of the Russian Federation, the embassies of Portugal and several other countries were damaged in Kyiv
  • Zaluzhny published a book that he started writing when he was the head of the committee
  • Ukraine returned the bodies of another 503 defenders
  • The entire new Lithuanian government arrived in Kyiv
  • The Parliament of Bulgaria did not support the signing of the security agreement with Ukraine
  • NASAMS has been deployed in Poland to provide protection to the aid center for Ukraine
  • The Russian Federation massively attacked Kherson with artillery, there were dead and wounded, and critical infrastructure was damaged
  • Air defense intercepted 5 ballistic missiles that were flying towards Kyiv
  • Russians attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles in the morning: 1 dead and 12 injured
  • Russian drones attacked Kyiv
  • The Russians hit a residential building in Kryvyi Rih with a ballistic missile, there are casualties
  • Russian attack drones attacked Ukraine

  • 19 December 2024

  • The Armed Forces neutralized 2,200 occupiers in a day
  • The Russians attack the positions of the Armed Forces with overwhelming forces: more than 190 combat clashes per day
  • The Russians occupied Konstantinopolske in Donetsk region
  • Blinken: Ukrainians must make a fundamental decision: to fight or negotiate with Russia
  • Von der Leyen: the EU will close almost the entire budget deficit of Ukraine in 2025
  • The largest cyber attack on the state registers of Ukraine stopped the operation of the systems of the Ministry of Justice
  • Hungary blocked EU sanctions against the co-owners of the Russian manufacturer of Kalashnikov weapons
  • Scholz and Trump agreed that the war in Ukraine has been going on for too long
  • Explosions rang out near the base of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation in Murmansk
  • Zelensky made obscene comments about Putin on the Internet
  • Prime Minister of Belgium: Ukraine must first win the war, and only then ask for security guarantees
  • The Russian Federation attacked Nikopol region more than 30 times a day, six people were injured
  • Switzerland allocates 48 million euros for winter aid to Ukraine
  • Zelensky called on Europe to send peacekeepers to Ukraine
  • The Russians hit the Kupyan region, there are dead and wounded
  • Denmark is preparing more than 280 million euros to strengthen the air defense of Ukraine
  • The Russian army attacked Kherson and its suburbs, three people were injured
  • The Pentagon believes that China will have more than 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030
  • Putin said that he is ready to meet with Trump at any time
  • Russians attacked Novovorontsovka in the Kherson region with a drone, 5 locals were injured
  • Sweden has not ruled out participation in the peacekeeping mission in Ukraine
  • The Czech Republic extended temporary protection for refugees from Ukraine
  • In Slovakia, spending on defense in the amount of 3% of GDP was called unthinkable
  • South Korean intelligence: 100 North Korean soldiers have already been killed and about 1,000 wounded in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation
  • Air defense of Ukraine shot down 45 Russian drones, the other 40 did not reach their targets
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