[Vesti] December 14 is the 294th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Briefly about the main thing that is happening in the country on this day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
06:30 . Kyiv region. 11 Shahed-136 drones were shot down in the region and over the capital. The wreckage of the drone damaged two administrative buildings in Kiev and a private house in the village of Vyshneve . There are no casualties, and there are no injured.
07:00 . The main thing from the morning summary of the General Staff:
During the day, Russia launched one air and 11 missile strikes, three of them on the civilian infrastructure of Kharkiv, Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions. Also made more than 60 attacks from the MLRS.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed the attacks in the areas of the settlements of Gryanikovka, Kharkiv region; Novoselovskoe, Krasnopopovka, Serebryanskoye and Belogorovka in the Luhansk region and Belogorivka, Soledar, Bakhmutsky, Bakhmut, Kurdyumovka, Nevelsky, Maryinka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk region.
Missile and artillery units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces hit 2 command posts and 4 areas of concentration of Russian personnel.
08:30 . Kyiv. KSCA reported 13 downed kamikaze drones. Residential buildings in the Shevchenko district of the capital received minor damage. There were no casualties.
09:00 . Kherson region. The Russians shelled the Kherson region 42 times from artillery, MLRS, tanks and mortars. Residential areas, a yacht club, a school, a sports institution were damaged. One person was killed, one more resident of the region was injured.
10:00 a.m. Zaporozhye region. Explosions in Zaporizhia, air defense is preliminarily working. There is an air raid in the region.
11:30 am . Kherson region. The Russians fired at the building of the Kherson OVA from the MLRS. Two floors damaged. There were no casualties.
12:30 pm An exchange of prisoners took place. A total of 64 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who fought in the Donetsk and Luhansk directions are going home, including the soldiers who participated in the defense of Bakhmut - officers, privates and sergeants. They also managed to release a US citizen who helped the Ukrainians - Murekezi Suedi. Also returned the bodies of four dead.
13:00 . Mobilization in Ukraine may be after the New Year. Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said that there is a need to restore the wounded soldiers.
14:30 . Kyiv. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky gathered the Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief, where they heard reports on the operational situation at the front and considered the urgent needs of the defense forces. Particular attention was paid to the security of state borders. Among other things, the Stavka participants discussed the strengthening of Ukraine's air and missile defense, as well as the protection of energy infrastructure.
15:00 . In the occupied territoriesRussians organized torture for children, said the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets. Children were given water every other day, they were not given food, they were told that their parents refused them.
15:30 . Kherson region. Reported arrival in Kherson.
The European Parliament approved the provision of €18 billion in macro-financial assistance to Ukraine in 2023.
17:30 . President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a telephone conversation with UN Secretary General Guterres: they discussed our peace formula and the Global Peace Formula Summit, urged to send UN experts to Ukrainian energy facilities as soon as possible. The parties also plan to develop the Black Sea Grain Initiative and the GrainFromUkraine program.
18:00 . Kherson region. In Kherson, elevators are being shut down due to constant shelling and the inability to provide safe maintenance.
18:30 Support for Ukraine in the war against Russia is approved by 74% of EU citizens. A third of Europeans believe that their lives will change because of the war and its consequences. Support for Ukraine is most approved in Sweden (97%), Finland (95%), the Netherlands (93%), Portugal (92%) and Denmark (92%).
18:55 Subdivisions of rocket troops and artillery hit two command posts and eight enemy personnel concentration areas. This is reported by the General Staff.
19:19 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar explained the statements about a new wave of mobilization - she says that everything will depend on the course of the war, so the forecasts here are "incorrect."
19:47 In Kherson, an 8-year-old boy was killed as a result of shelling by Russian infidels, - press officer of the Defense Forces Dmitry Pletenchuk. Doctors were unable to resuscitate the child after mine-explosive injuries.
20:10 On December 14, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky gathered Headquarters, where they heard reports from those present on the operational situation at the front and considered the urgent needs of the defense forces.
20:33 Mine danger: 36 people have already exploded on mines in Izyum since the de-occupation.
21:00 France and Italy will hand over SAMP-T air defense systems to Ukraine
"This is a very persistent request of President Zelensky, and the Italians have confirmed to us that they are ready to fulfill it. Thus, we can meet their needs," French Ambassador to Ukraine Etienne de Ponsin said during a hearing in the French National Assembly.
21:21 "Reporters Without Borders": Eight journalists were killed in the war in Ukraine in 2022
A total of 57 media workers died globally in 2022, almost 19% more than a year earlier. The authors of the international organization's report attribute this to the war in Ukraine, which this year has become the second (after Mexico) most dangerous country for media workers.
21:53 The occupiers have appointed an employee of Rosatom as the new Gauleiter of Energodar.
“Propaganda channels of infidels in Energodar today publicly presented another (it seems already the fifth) Gauleiter who headed the “city administration”. This short-sighted poor fellow was Eduard Senovoz, an employee of Rosatom,” said the mayor of the city Dmitry Orlov.
22:22 During the day, Ukrainian aviation inflicted seven strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment and three strikes on the positions of the anti-aircraft missile systems of infidels, according to the evening summary of the General Staff.
22:50 Lithuania and other EU countries are preparing for a new flow of refugees due to Russian aggression
“We are all now preparing both at the EU level and at the national level… because Russia is attacking the critical infrastructure of Ukraine, we must be prepared that there may be a new wave of refugees,” Lithuanian Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite said, according to the national broadcaster LRT.
23:33 Over the past few days, Russia has transferred at least 60 more units of military equipment to Belarus, according to the project for monitoring combat activity "Belarusian Guyun".
00:20 Since February, a total of 184 Ukrainian athletes have died from the actions of Russia, and she herself uses sports for propaganda purposes. Vladimir Zelensky said this in a conversation with the President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach.