Russo-Ukrainian war main facts

  • 18 December 2023

  • Two oil and gas companies suspended transit through the Red Sea due to attacks on ships
  • A person died in Kherson due to an artillery strike
  • Orbán gave Erdogan a horse
  • In the Kryvorizka district, anti-aircraft defense destroyed an air missile
  • The European Commission allocates an additional 65 million euros to support Ukrainian refugees
  • Sweden and Denmark announced new military aid for Ukraine: BMP for 240 million euros
  • The EU is thinking about depriving Hungary of the right to vote
  • The EU finally approved the 12th package of sanctions against Russia
  • Lithuania, Sweden and Canada are joining a joint group to help the transport industry of Ukraine
  • The export of Ukrainian agricultural products fell by 7% compared to last year
  • The Poles again blocked the movement of trucks across the border at the "Dorogusk-Yagodin" point
  • Britain conducted the first trade mission in Ukraine, signed a number of agreements
  • The Armed Forces are curtailing some operations due to a lack of ammunition
  • Chinese firms use Malaysia to assemble high-end chips
  • The Russian Federation destroyed the Avdiiv coke-chemical plant, it will be impossible to restore it
  • The Odesa Art Museum has resumed operations after the Russian attack
  • Spotify has completely stopped working in Russia
  • Oil is rising due to the drop in Russian exports and concerns about the situation in the Red Sea
  • The Economist pointed out problems with recruitment to the ranks of the Armed Forces and predicted difficult decisions by the authorities
  • Once again, Russia did not allow IAEA representatives to the thermal power plant near the ZNPP
  • Russia is preparing to import chicken eggs from Iran
  • More than a thousand Russian citizens are to be expelled from Latvia
  • Energoatom signed an agreement with Westinghouse to purchase a reactor unit for the Khmelnytskyi NPP
  • At night, air defense destroyed all the drones that attacked Ukraine
  • 17 December 2023

  • ISW: The Russians are making progress near Stepovoy, and the ZSU has advanced east of Nevelsky
  • The Czech minister called Orbán a Trojan horse working in the interests of the Russian Federation
  • Russia lost another thousand soldiers, 60 BBM, 44 tanks and 38 artillery systems
  • The Armed Forces of Ukraine are defending themselves in most directions, holding positions in the Kherson region
  • The Russians shot down their Su-25
  • A listening device was found in Zaluzhny's office
  • Since the morning, 25 enemy attacks have been repulsed in the Avdiyiv direction
  • Battles took place in the Belgorod region, and a Russian stronghold was destroyed
  • Russia activated DRG in Sumy region and Kharkiv region
  • Gazprom announced a new daily maximum of gas supplies to China
  • The Russians hit the center of Kherson, a man was killed
  • Ukraine has officially temporarily removed Raiffeisen Bank from the list of war sponsors
  • Putin threatened Finland with problems
  • In Poland, there is a queue of more than 2 thousand trucks in the direction of Ukraine
  • The Russians increased the activity of artillery in the Tauri direction
  • Moldova conducts military exercises near Transnistria
  • In Odesa, a downed drone fell on a private house and exploded, killing a man
  • The Air Force of Ukraine shot down 20 drones and an Kh-59 missile at night
  • The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that 33 drones were shot down at night
  • UAVs attacked a military airfield in the Rostov region
  • The Russians launched Shahedi from different directions
  • 16 December 2023

  • The Russians have increased the number of strikes in the Zaporizhzhia region, there are wounded civilians
  • Another 1250 Russians, 19 of their tanks and 37 artillery systems were destroyed at the front
  • ISW reported a slight advance of Russian troops in three directions
  • During the day, 89 combat clashes took place at the front, the occupiers are advancing in six directions
  • The Parliament of Moldova approved the first National Security Strategy in 12 years
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