[Korrespondent] 22:32 Since February 24, 1,331 Ukrainians have been released from Russian captivity, Zelensky said.
21:44 Ukraine will need weeks to transition the energy system to planned power outages, said Dmitry Sakharuk, Executive Director of DTEK. According to him, the main condition is the absence of new shelling and destruction.
20:58 Kuleba said in an interview with CNN that there have already been 17 cases of embassies receiving letters-bombs or letters containing parts of animals - for example, the eyes of cows and pigs.
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According to Kuleba, either Russia is directly responsible for this, or someone "who sympathizes and tries to spread fear."
20:41 The Solomensky Court sent on personal commitment until January 29 the priest of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra Zakhary (Anatoly Voytenok), at whose service the "Russian world" was glorified. Thus, the court granted the petition of the prosecutor's office and investigators of the SBU.
20:00 Zelensky imposed sanctions against a number of prominent figures of the UOC-MP - the decree was published on the President's website.
19:53 The US presidential administration is negotiating with Congress to allocate an additional $37.7 billion for Ukraine, of which $21 billion will be military aid, the White House said.
19:29 Ukraine has received the first $1.5 billion grant from the United States, the Ministry of Finance announced. The funds will be used to provide pension payments and social assistance.
19:20 The EU has reached an agreement on a price limit for Russian oil at $60 per barrel, the Czech Presidency has announced.
19:13 Klitschko said that in the event of an emergency, the capital will live and work, "but in very difficult conditions." According to him, in the event of new enemy strikes on the energy system of Ukraine and a complete lack of electricity, buses will operate on all land transport routes, and travel will be free. The mayor assured that all bus depots of the capital are provided with the necessary fuel and automatic power sources.
The movement of metro trains in case of an emergency and a lack of power supply will be suspended, but 45 underground metro stations will operate as points of temporary residence for people and shelter during an alarm. Entrance to the station will be free, but you will need to have an identity document with you. Internet connections, electricity (the ability to recharge mobile phones and other gadgets), drinking water, and bathrooms will be available at metro stations. The average temperature at metro stations is 12-14 degrees. Stations of the ground section of the metro will not be used for the needs of civil protection.
18:50 The new EU training mission for the Armed Forces of Ukraine - EUMAM Ukraine - has reached full operational readiness, Borrell said. According to him, the mission worth 100 million euros is already working and will allow training 15,000 Ukrainian military. At the moment, 1,100 Ukrainian soldiers are already being trained as part of the mission in various camps.
Borrell noted that this is the biggest military mission that the EU has ever created for any of the partners - 20 EU countries are participating in it. He also said that the EU will provide an additional 16 million euros for training equipment. In addition, Norway, which is not part of the EU, will provide 50 million euros to support the mission.
18:33 SBU completed counterintelligence activities at the facilities of the UOC (MP) in the Transcarpathian, Rivne and Zhytomyr regions. On the territory of the dioceses, warehouses with pro-Kremlin literature, Nazi symbols, "the doctrine of Satanism" and texts of prayers for the Moscow Patriarch Kirill, propaganda books by Russian authors justifying the aggression against Ukraine, etc. were found.
In addition, in the St. Anastasius stauropegial convent and two sketes in the Zhytomyr region, persons were found who were in contact with citizens of the Russian Federation. "Guests" were on the territory of hotel complexes at churches and used anonymous messengers to communicate with the enemy.
17:54 As of the morning of December 2, electricity producers provided 83% of consumption. The needs of enterprises and the housing sector are met by 40-50%, Shmyhal said.
17:47 Spain handed over the first Hawk anti-aircraft missile system to Ukraine, Reznikov said: "I received the Minister of Defense of Spain Margarita Robles in Odessa. We honored the memory of the heroes who died in the battles for Ukraine and visited our soldiers in the hospital. Spain supports us: humanitarian aid and security assistance will continue. More of our soldiers will train in Spain. Spain has already provided our first Hawks."
17:29 Unknown people entered the building in Rome, where the Ukrainian ambassador to the Vatican, Andriy Yurash, lives, and smeared the front door, stairs and walls with excrement, Ansa reports. "We don't know who physically committed the vandalism, but we can imagine who ordered all this," Yurash said. Asked if suspicions were falling on the Kremlin, the ambassador replied: "I think so, directly or indirectly."
16:54 Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavshuoglu said that some Western countries are "not interested" in resolving the conflict in Ukraine, but they should convince Kiev to sit down at the negotiating table.
16:52 Russian troops may leave the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in exchange for guarantees of uninterrupted transit of oil and gas through Ukraine, Meduza writes, citing its sources. Nuclear power plants can be transferred either to Kyiv or the IAEA. The Kremlin and the government of the Russian Federation "are ready for a deal," according to the interlocutors of the publication.
16:48 Bulgaria will transfer military assistance to Ukraine, Minister of Economy and Industry of the country Nikola Stoyanov said: "Based on the decision of the parliament, we will provide assistance to Ukraine. But tanks - no, I think that it was about small arms and some ammunition. We help precisely with what we can afford to help now, so that Bulgarian citizens do not worry."
16:21 The Embassy of Ukraine in Madrid also received a package with traces of blood, similar to those previously received by other Ukrainian diplomatic institutions, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko told the UP.
16:19 Podolyak said that Putin cannot be the subject of dialogue: "A reality that is already recognized in key capitals, but not yet recognized in Moscow: Putin cannot be the subject of dialogue with the world, because he does not have his own political perspective in the Russia The only chance for the Russian Federation to survive is to reboot the elites in order to write off "other people's mistakes."
16:06 Orban said he would no longer support the EU plan to provide Ukraine with 18 billion euros in aid next year. According to him, it is necessary to share the costs of supporting Ukraine, and each country must pay separately from its budgets.
15:03 Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion within Ukraine and abroad, more than 11.5 million Ukrainians have moved, said Deputy Interior Minister Kateryna Pavlichenko.
14:50 In the Czech Republic, activists of the Arms for Ukraine association began collecting signatures for a petition calling for turning off the supply of electricity, water and heat to all Russian-owned buildings in Prague, including the embassy. "Let's give the Russian embassy in Prague a taste of its own medicine. Let's show Russian diplomats what it's like to freeze in the dark, like the people of Kiev," Martin Ondracek, one of the authors of the petition, wrote on social networks.
Reznikov supported the idea: "The time has come for the terrorist state to try its own medicine, to get a taste of what they are doing to the civilian population of Ukraine."
14:46 The National Security and Defense Council imposed sanctions against the clergy of the UOC-MP, in particular, the governor of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra Pavel (Lebed), and the ex-people's deputy Vadim Novinsky, the UE reports, citing sources in the president's team.
14:30 There has not been a single death due to the shutdown of medical life support equipment caused by a blackout in Ukrainian hospitals, Health Minister Viktor Lyashko said. According to him, all inpatient departments are equipped with generators, which cover the critical need for electricity in a medical institution; operating rooms and intensive care units are 100% supplied with power.
13:53 The German government reported that Scholz, during today's conversation with Putin, condemned Russian airstrikes on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine and "stressed Germany's determination to support Ukraine in ensuring its defense against Russian aggression." The chancellor urged Putin "to find a diplomatic solution as soon as possible, including the withdrawal of Russian troops."
13:35 In the Kherson region, a civilian car was blown up on an anti-tank mine - one person died, one was injured, the State Emergency Service reported.
13:31 Putin spoke on the phone with Scholz, the conversation took place on the initiative of Berlin, the Kremlin reported. In the conversation, Putin drew attention to "the destructive line of Western states, including Germany, pumping up the Kyiv regime with weapons," and called on Germany to "reconsider its approaches in the context of Ukrainian events."
Putin also told Scholz that the Russian military "had long refrained from targeted missile strikes" against targets in Ukraine, but now these measures have become "a forced reaction to Kyiv's provocative attacks against Russia's civilian infrastructure."
13:16 New Russian shelling of Ukraine can be very massive, and the consequences of the attack can be long-lasting, said the speaker of OK Pivden Natalya Gumenyuk. At the same time, she added that "you should not strain yourself, but you need to prepare."
13:07 The SBU reported the suspicion to the Metropolitan of the Kirovograd diocese of the UOC (MP), who justified the seizure of Crimea. It has been established that the bishop was a member of the inner circle of the Moscow Patriarch Kirill, with whom he coordinated the spread of pro-Kremlin views in the region. To do this, the metropolitan was in constant contact with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church and carried out his instructions regarding the justification of Russian aggression and the seizure of part of the territory of Ukraine, in particular the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
13:02 The head of the Munich Security Conference, Christoph Heusgen, said that Germany should support Ukraine if it decides to return Crimea by military means: "Crimea, of course, is part of Ukraine, and Ukraine has every right to recapture and return its territory. Therefore, the decision must be made Ukraine".
He recalled that Germany tried to solve the problem with the Russian Federation through diplomacy after the start of its aggression against Ukraine in 2014: "Now Russia has pushed all these efforts into the background - Russia is behaving very aggressively, Russia is responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of people. Just look Mariupol, how they destroyed it! They destroyed it just like Grozny. So we must give all-round support to the Ukrainians, and if Ukraine can take Crimea back, it needs to be supported."
12:43 After the terrorist attack in Spain, the embassies in Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Croatia, Italy, the consulates general in Naples and Krakow, the consulate in Brno received bloody packages. The bags contained animal eyes. The packages themselves were soaked in a liquid of a characteristic color and with a corresponding smell, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.
In addition, the entrance to the ambassador's house in the Vatican was vandalized, the embassy in Kazakhstan received a report of mining, which was subsequently not confirmed. The Embassy in the United States received a letter with a photocopy of a critical article about Ukraine, but, like most other envelopes, this letter arrived simultaneously with others from the territory of one European country.
"We have reason to believe that a well-planned campaign of terror and intimidation of Ukrainian embassies and consulates is taking place. Not being able to stop Ukraine on the diplomatic front, they are trying to intimidate us. However, I can immediately say that these attempts are in vain. We will continue to work effectively on Ukraine's victory," Kuleba said.
The Ukrainian side cooperates with law enforcement officers of foreign states to investigate all cases of threats, identify the persons involved and bring them to justice. All Ukrainian embassies and consulates have been placed on heightened security measures.
12:11 The National Security and Defense Council asks the Rada to ban the work of the Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine. Some regions have already supported the initiative. About whether the UOC-MP will be banned in Ukraine, there is a reason in the material .
12:08 The Ministry of Energy reported that last week the number of complaints from consumers about non-compliance with schedules and injustice in the order of power outages has doubled, most of all complaints are received in Kiev, Kiev region, Poltava and Lvov. The Distribution System Operator (DSO) must now take a fair approach in the event of a power outage so that all consumers are on an equal footing. If the facts of abuse are established, the heads of the companies will bear personal responsibility, the ministry stressed.
11:57 In Russia, a section about the "special operation" in Ukraine will be included in school history textbooks, Minister of Education Sergei Kravtsov said. According to him, new unified programs have already been signed, they contain the theme of "special operation".
11:39 Peskov commented on Biden's statements about his readiness to talk with Putin, provided that he withdraws troops from Ukraine. According to the Kremlin speaker, this is impossible, the "special military operation" continues. At the same time, Putin, according to Peskov, is open to negotiations with Washington, "and the most preferred way to resolve the situation in Ukraine is diplomacy."
10:56 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Lukashenka is making statements about the threat from NATO in order to emphasize the need for protection and avoid involvement in the war in Ukraine. Thus, the other day Lukashenka said that NATO is preparing to attack Belarus. He accused Ukraine and NATO of increasing the number of provocations near the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, saying that Ukraine is trying to draw NATO forces into the war.
In addition, he said that the Belarusian authorities managed to keep a potential adversary from using military force against Belarus and that NATO is building up forces and intensifying combat training in neighboring countries. According to analysts, Lukashenka focused the information campaign on the fictitious NATO aggression and provocative activities along the Belarusian border in order to argue that the military of the Republic of Belarus should remain in Belarus to protect against potential NATO aggression, and thus create an information environment to resist Russian pressure to enter the war. in Ukraine.
10:49 British intelligence writes that the Russian army is on the defensive, unable to attack. Ukrainian artillery strikes on depots and logistical problems caused a shortage of ammunition. Thus, the withdrawal of Russian troops from the western bank of the Dnieper last month provided the Armed Forces with an opportunity to strike at additional Russian logistics hubs and communications. This threat most likely prompted Russian logistics to move supply hubs, including rail staging posts, further south and east.
At the same time, Russian logistics departments will need to carry out additional labor-intensive loading and unloading from rail to road transport. Then this transport will be vulnerable to Ukrainian artillery when transported to Russian forward defensive positions. Russian munitions shortages, exacerbated by these logistical problems, are one of the main factors currently limiting Russia's ability to resume effective large-scale offensive ground operations, intelligence said.
10:47 The head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, said that a solution to the safety of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant could be found before the end of the year.
10:44 Zelensky, by his decree, put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council on restrictive measures and sanctions against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
10:36 For Kiev, the limit on electricity consumption has been increased - the capital is gradually approaching planned outages, YASNO CEO Serhiy Kovalenko said. At the same time, according to him, accidents in the energy system occur more often. This happens mainly for two reasons. The first - as soon as the light is on, the residents start plugging everything into the sockets at once. The second reason is the weather, because people continue to use electric heaters, which creates a large load on the network. Residents of Kiev are asked not to turn on all electrical appliances at once.
10:17 Russians fired at the territory of the Kherson region 42 times over the past day - three people were killed, seven more were injured, the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich, said.
09:55 The United States is negotiating with some countries of the Middle East on the transfer of NASAMS air defense systems to Ukraine, which are in their arsenal, Greg Hayes, CEO of Raytheon, the manufacturer of these systems, told Politico. If these countries agree, then Ukraine will be able to receive new complexes "within the next three to six months." The construction of new ones takes two years. In turn, the Americans will produce and transfer similar air defense systems to the Middle East in 24 months. But the deal still needs to be approved not only in the east, but also in the Biden administration.
09:41 The SBU is conducting counterintelligence activities at the facilities of the UOC (MP) in the Zhytomyr, Rivne and Transcarpathian regions. In particular, we are talking about the St. Nicholas Monastery of the Khust diocese of the UOC (MP) in Transcarpathia; St. Anastasius Stauropegial Convent (Zhytomyr); Skete of the St. Anastasius Stauropegial Convent (Zhytomyr region); Skete of the Iberian Icon of the Mother of God of the Chopovichi Athos Icon of the Mother of God of the Women's Stauropegial Monastery (Zhytomyr region); Rivne-Ostroh diocese, Gorodok convent, St. George's Compound, Church of All Volyn Saints, Holy Resurrection Church, Holy Dormition Church (Rivne region).
09:08 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of December 2. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut and Liman directions.
- personnel - about 90,090 (+650) people liquidated,
- tanks - 2916 (+1),
- armored combat vehicles - 5883 (+6),
- artillery systems - 1905 (+1),
- MLRS - 395 (+0),
- air defense systems - 210 (+0),
- aircraft - 280 (+0),
- helicopters - 262 (+1),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1564 (+2),
- cruise missiles - 531 (+0),
- ships/boats - 16 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 4464 (+23),
- special equipment - 163 (+0).
08:47 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, six civilians were injured - four in Bakhmut and two in Kurakhovo, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
08:30 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled attacks by invaders in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoe, Stelmakhivka, Krasnopopovka and Belogorivka of the Luhansk region and Grigorovka, Vyemka, Bakhmut, Experienced, Kleschievka, Kurdyumovka, Severnoye, Pervomayskoye, Krasnogorovka and Maryinka of the Donetsk region, reported General Staff in the morning summary .
In the Kherson region, the enemy has tightened filtration measures. In particular, at checkpoints for entry and exit from Genichesk, the invaders check all vehicles, documents and phones of local residents. In the meantime, in the Crimea, employees of the military commissariats are preparing for the next wave of mobilization. In particular, in Kerch, verification of the data of persons liable for military service at state enterprises is carried out.
07:16 At night, the Russians launched a missile attack on Zaporozhye, its goal was to destroy the industrial and energy infrastructure of the regional center. As a result, a fire started, there were no casualties, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
01:10 At the beginning of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the military-political leadership of the Russian Federation planned not only to seize territory and overthrow the government, but also prepared massacres of citizens during the intervention. This is stated in the report of the British Royal United Armed Forces Institute (RUSI).
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