5 December 2024 in Russo-Ukrainian war

• The Russians launched attack UAVs at night. Several groups of kamikaze drones were recorded over Ukraine
• The Russians fought in Nikopol region - they damaged an agricultural company, houses, power lines
• Ukraine will receive an additional €22 million from the Netherlands for air defense and cyber resilience
• Defense forces of Ukraine shot down 30 out of 44 drones launched by Russia
• Meloni met with Orban. They talked about Ukraine
• FT: Russia trains kamikaze drone operators on Ukrainian civilians
• Ukraine introduced sanctions against the Georgian authorities
• The head of the German Defense Ministry: the Russian Federation is increasing its presence in the Baltic Sea
• Financial Times: China accelerates transition to local chips due to US sanctions
• Representatives of the delegations of a number of countries made a demarche before Lavrov's speech at the OSCE
• Zelenskyi: At least 6 mayors of cities and heads of communities of Ukraine remain in Russian captivity
• International reserves of Ukraine increased by 9% for the month
• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia announced the closure of the Consulate General of Poland in St. Petersburg
• Against the background of the elections in Romania, the EU tightens control over TikTok
• The head of the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands believes that Ukraine is currently losing the war
• The Russians struck Voznesensk in Mykolaiv Oblast, a man was killed
• Finland is handing Ukraine winter equipment for the Armed Forces and preparing a new aid package
• The USA promised Poland a $4 billion loan for the transformation of the army
• Poland opposed Russia's use of the OSCE as a platform for Russian propaganda
• Pro-Russian videos appeared on the air of Ukrainian TV channels due to a hacker attack
• During the day, the Russians used about 600 kamikaze drones at the front
• About 318,000 Ukrainian civilians remain in Donetsk region, and evacuation is ongoing
• ISW: During the advance in the fall, the Russian army lost more than 50 soldiers per square kilometer
• RF troops occupied four settlements in Donetsk region
• The Russians attacked the Pokrovsky, Kurakhiv and Vremiv directions almost 130 times