16 December 2023 in Russo-Ukrainian war

• In Kurshchyna, there were three flights, a compressor station and a power line were damaged
• Drones attacked Kyiv in groups, waves and from different directions. Air defense shot down all of them
• The invaders attacked Ukraine at night with 31 drones, almost all of them were shot down
• In Lithuania, Orban was hinted at the need to leave the EU
• Partisans blew up a car with a Russian officer in Mariupol
• Finland withdrew trains shared with Russia
• The mayor of London refused to provide Ukraine with scrapped cars
• 2,400 trucks are waiting to enter Ukraine from Poland
• German Defense Minister: We have five to eight years to make up for the lack of defense production
• Radio Bulgaria filmed an interview with the ambassador of the Russian Federation after the outrage of Ukraine
• Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey are preparing an agreement on demining the Black Sea
• Ukraine and Romania resolved a 20-year dispute over the Danube-Black Sea canal
• Hungary is blackmailing Bulgaria about joining Schengen because of a tax on Russian gas
• The Russian Federation attacks the most in the Avdiiv direction
• Austria blocked the 12th package of EU sanctions against Russia
• Austria unblocked sanctions against Russia after Ukraine's concession on Raiffeisen
• The Parliament of Moldova approved the first National Security Strategy in 12 years
• During the day, 89 combat clashes took place at the front, the occupiers are advancing in six directions
• ISW reported a slight advance of Russian troops in three directions
• Another 1250 Russians, 19 of their tanks and 37 artillery systems were destroyed at the front
• The Russians have increased the number of strikes in the Zaporizhzhia region, there are wounded civilians