16 December 2022 in Russo-Ukrainian war
- EU leaders agreed on 18 billion euros of macro finance for Ukraine in 2023
- The EU summit agreed to increase military support to Ukraine, in particular regarding air defense
- The UN adopted a new resolution on human rights violations in Crimea, taking into account the invasion of the Russian Federation
- The Armed Forces repelled enemy attacks near 22 settlements
- Due to heavy losses of the occupiers, mobile crematoria are operating in Tokmak
- Hungary resisted the removal of three Russian ministers from the 9th package of EU sanctions
- There is an air alert in Ukraine, half a hundred Russian missiles are flying
- 13 states and Russia voted against the UN resolution on Crimea
- Explosions in Kharkiv, Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast: Russians attack energy facilities
- Lithuania signed a contract with the USA for the purchase of HIMARS worth $495 million
- In Kyiv, there were explosions in three districts
- Kharkiv is completely without electricity due to Russian attacks
- Poltava is also without electricity
- The Russian Federation fired more than 70 missiles at Ukraine in an hour
- 15 hits in the Zaporizhzhia region
- Emergency power outages, problems with water supply in Kyiv
- The entire Kirovohrad region is without electricity due to massive rocket attacks
- A Russian missile in Kryvyi Rih destroyed an entire entrance, 2 people died
- Hungary froze Russian assets worth 870 million euros, recently it was only 3 thousand euros
- Putin convened the Security Council: discusses Russia's defense
- Medvedev called Russia's "military goals" in Ukraine: bridges, roads, energy and politics
- The Russians hit an infrastructure facility in Zhytomyr Oblast
- The mayor about the shelling of Kharkiv: Colossal infrastructural destruction
- The International Financial Corporation allocated $2 billion to support investments in Ukraine
- More than 40 rockets were fired at Kyiv, 37 of them were shot down
- Ukrenergo declared an emergency due to rocket attacks
- Anti-aircraft defense shot down 10 rockets of the occupiers over Dnipropetrovsk region
- FIFA refused Zelensky's request to spread a message of peace at the World Cup final
- Ukrainian forces shot down 60 of the 76 missiles fired by Russia in a day
- The Russian Federation damaged approximately 9 generation facilities with a missile attack
- The US Senate approved a record $800 million defense budget for Ukraine
- The EU finally approved the 9th package of sanctions against Russia
- The first shipment of energy repair equipment from the USA arrived in Ukraine
- In the morning, the Russian Federation shelled Sumy Oblast about 40 times
- The occupiers impose a 24-hour curfew near Melitopol and Berdyansk, Mariupol is fortified
- Greece announced that it is ready to provide S-300 to Ukraine on the condition that the US deploys the Patriot air defense system in Crete
- In 24 hours, 5 regions of Ukraine were hit by Russian missiles
- The occupiers are strengthening the line of defense between the Kherson region and the Crimea
- The government says that the EU has speeded up the assessment of Ukraine's fulfillment of the candidate criteria for admission
- The Croatian Parliament did not approve participation in the EU mission to train the Ukrainian military
- All of Sumy region already has electricity, Kharkiv has partially recovered
- Hungary wants to speed up the movement of Ukraine into the EU and preserve ties with the Russian Federation - Orban's advisor
- Stoltenberg: Putin is ready for a long war and new offensives
- Zelensky: The Russians will have enough missiles for several more massive strikes
- Borrell after the Russian missile strikes: the EU will step up support for Ukraine
- Ukrenergo canceled the emergency situation in the energy system of Ukraine
- The EU imposed sanctions against almost 200 individuals and legal entities from Russia: the Armed Forces, judges, parties, Kadyrov's daughter
- Sunak asks to assess the progress of the war in Ukraine, his government fears a slowdown in support for Kyiv
- The World Bank created a trust fund for donor support to Ukraine
- Cambodia announced that it will train Ukrainian sappers
- Austria has pledged 5 million euros to the Energy Support Fund of Ukraine
- Sumyshchyna: the enemy hit 5 communities 79 times a day