Russia’s war against Ukraine: latest news
We flew behind a ballistic trajectory. Air defense forces shot down 8 air targets over Kiev at night
Russian troops tried to attack Kyiv with air targets flying in a ballistic trajectory tonight, December 11. Air defense forces shot down 8 air targets.
“According to preliminary information, at about 4:00 on December 11, 2023, the Russian invaders launched a missile strike on the Kyiv region. In total, the air defense destroyed eight air targets flying towards the capital along a ballistic trajectory,” the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said in a statement.
The representative of the Air Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Yuriy Ignat, said that ballistic missiles fly very quickly and the air defense forces have a matter of minutes to respond to the threat and eliminate enemy targets. Therefore, the alarm was announced in Kyiv and the region during the night attack immediately after the first explosions.
Zelensky in the USA met with the Minister of Defense and Head of the Army Brown
President Vladimir Zelensky in the United States met with the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, and the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Charles Brown.
“The visit to the United States began with a meeting with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Brown at the National Defense University,” the statement said.
According to the president, they discussed challenges to global security, developments at the front and further Ukrainian-American cooperation in the field of defense.
Read more about the president’s trip to the United States in the RBC-Ukraine article.
The traitor was “led” for a long time. SBU showed photos and videos from the site of Kiva’s liquidation
The operation to eliminate Ilya Kiva was prepared for a long time. The SBU showed exclusive footage from the scene of the liquidation of the traitor in the Moscow region.
According to sources, the unique special operation of the Security Service of Ukraine has been prepared for a long time. According to sources in the SBU, Kiva was one of the priority targets; they had been “hunting” him for a long time, studying his travel routes, daily routine and habits in detail.
Despite serious security, Kiva was liquidated near Moscow, not far from this place where the traitor often filmed anti-Ukrainian videos.
The video shows the observation post where the traitor was awaiting his well-deserved punishment.
The IMF approved the second revision of the program for Ukraine: what will the next tranche be?
The International Monetary Fund yesterday, December 11, decided to approve a revision of the program for Ukraine. This will allow our country to receive a tranche of about $900 million.
“The Board of Directors (IMF – ed.) today approved the second revision of the extended lending program, which also makes it possible to transfer the third tranche to the Ukrainian government in the amount of about $900 million,” wrote Vladislav Rashkovan, Ukraine’s permanent representative to the IMF.
According to him, Ukraine will now work to prepare for the third revision of the program, which could take place this spring.
The Polish Sejm appointed Tusk as Prime Minister
On Monday evening, December 11, the Polish Sejm elected Donald Tusk as Prime Minister.
The election of Tusk’s candidacy took place as part of the so-called second constitutional step. 248 deputies voted for the election of Tusk as prime minister, 201 voted against, and no one abstained.
“First of all, I want to thank the Polish people. Thank you, Poland, this is truly a wonderful day – not for me, but for all those who, for many years, believed that things would still be better, that we would drive away the darkness. And it happened – thanks to you,” Tusk said after the vote.
Death of Zaluzhny’s assistant near Kyiv. The court chose a preventive measure for the suspect
The court chose a preventive measure for the suspect in the case of the death of Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Gennady Chastyakov.
The court chose a preventive measure for an officer from the apparatus of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleg Timchenko in the form of a personal commitment. It was he who gave the grenades to Zaluzhny’s deceased assistant.
Sweden has allocated the largest aid package to Ukraine: what will the money be spent on?
Sweden yesterday, December 11, announced the allocation of a new aid package to Ukraine in the amount of 1.4 billion kroner ($133.5 million). The money will go to support the country’s population during the winter.
“At the moment, this is the largest support within the framework of Swedish bilateral assistance to Ukraine,” said Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
Most of the money will go to the World Bank’s Ukraine Recovery Fund. The fund supports Ukraine’s central infrastructure in the areas of energy, housing, healthcare and transport.
The money taken from Sweden’s aid budget will, among other things, be used to purchase equipment for heating and power transmission in the Ukrainian electricity grid. We are also talking about other forms of assistance for Ukrainians, for example, support for shelters.
The Russian Federation wants to block Kupyansk. The general spoke about the situation in the “hot” areas of the front
They continue to attack in the Kupyansky, Limansky and Bakhmutsky directions. In particular, trying to block Kupyansk, they are trying to capture the village of Sinkovka.
“In order to create conditions for blocking Kupyansk, the enemy is trying to capture the settlement of Sinkovka with assault companies,” said the commander of the Ground Forces, Alexander Syrsky.
However, according to him, the invaders are suffering significant losses in manpower.
“In connection with this, the enemy began to transfer assault units that were in reserve to this area,” Syrsky added.
In addition, the Russian occupiers are carrying out active offensive operations in the Novoselovskoye, Stelmakhovka, Liman Pervy directions and in the direction of Seversk.
The Russian occupiers are also concentrating significant efforts on the Bakhmut direction, north and west of Bakhmut. For assault operations they use airborne units, special forces units and the 200th separate motorized rifle brigade of the northern fleet.
“Despite the difficult conditions and continuous offensive actions of the invaders, our soldiers steadfastly hold their occupied positions,” assures Syrsky.
2023-12-12 06:15:00
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