Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 17.59 Three Ukrainian servicemen have died as a result of poisoning by chemicals used by the Russians during the war. This was stated by the head of the Department of Environmental Safety and Civil Defense of the Radiation, Chemical, Biological Defense Department of the Command of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Artem Vlasyuk.
17.02 Since the beginning of the current day, Russian aggressors have carried out 131 attacks. The enemy is most active in the Pokrovsky and Vremivsky directions, where it carried out almost half of all assaults. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a report as of 16.00.
17.01 Video of the moment a Russian ballistic missile "landed" on a clinic in Zaporozhye on Tuesday, December 10, has appeared online.
16:01 Russia does not need a truce with Ukraine, but peace, which will come after all of Moscow's conditions are met. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made this cynical statement at a briefing on Friday.
15.55 The Ukrainian Air Force Command demonstrated the combat work of air defense units during Russia's massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine. In the west, one of the cruise missiles was destroyed by an Igla MANPADS.
"The downed missile did not cause damage to critical infrastructure facilities. The crash site and the remains of the missile were found by a search group," the military noted.
15.22 Ukrainian military personnel in the area of ​​the village of Uspenovka in Donetsk Oblast are taking the necessary measures to prevent the encirclement and capture of populated areas by the enemy. This was reported by the press service of the operational-strategic group (OSUV) Khortitsa.
At the same time, the Deep State monitoring project reports that the situation in the Uspenovka area is worsening.
15:05 During the morning attack, the Russian army attacked six critical energy infrastructure facilities in the Lviv region. Rescuers have already extinguished the fires that broke out as a result of the missile strike. There were no casualties.
14.35 Russia is "impressed" by the statements of the elected US President Donald Trump regarding Ukraine's use of long-range American missiles to strike Russian territory, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a briefing on Friday.
13.40 In Burshtyn, the village of Demyanov and a number of settlements in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, heat and hot water supplies have been temporarily suspended following the Russian attack. This was reported by the Burshtyn Thermal Power Plant.
13.31 The government has allocated an additional UAH 1.1 billion for the purchase of drones. The money will go directly to the Ukrainian Armed Forces brigades, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said at a government meeting. :10 Most of the units of Ukrainian nuclear power plants reduced their capacity during the Russian missile attack on Friday. This was reported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
12:40 Another large-scale shelling by Russia was allegedly a response to the use of ATACMS missiles against a military airfield in the city of Taganrog. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
12:14 On Friday night and in the morning, Russian aggressors launched 94 missiles and a record number of attack drones - 193 - at Ukraine. Air defense units destroyed most of the enemy targets, the Ukrainian Air Force reported .
12:12 Russians attacked populated areas in three districts of Chernihiv region with drones. A farm in Nizhyn district was damaged by a UAV attack - 11 cows died.
11:27 A large-scale fire broke out in Novosibirsk (Russia) on the night of December 13. One of the important strategic facilities of the Russian Federation burned down. This was reported by the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) Andrey Kovalenko. According to him, this warehouse was a military facility. Kovalenko noted that the warehouse belonged to a Russian company that provided services to a number of key industries, including energy infrastructure and the production of explosion-proof equipment.
11:16 On Friday morning, Prykarpattia was subjected to the most massive attack since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion. This was reported by the head of the Ivano-Frankivsk OVA Svitlana Onyshchuk.
11:12 Russian troops shelled the village of Myrne in the Berestinsky district of the Kharkiv region. This was reported by the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov. As a result of the shelling, civilian infrastructure was damaged. At first, the head of the OVA noted that two workers of the enterprise were injured. Later he added that the number of victims had grown to four.
10:55 Ukrainian marines shoot down Russian "shaheeds" from American Island boats, which Ukraine received before the large-scale Russian invasion. The video was published by the Ukrainian Navy. "The boats are armed with a 25 mm Bushmaster automatic artillery mount and two 12.7 mm machine guns. The boat's crew consists of nine fighters."
10:50 Russian aggressors have dealt one of the largest blows to Ukraine's energy sector This is what the "peace" plan of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin looks like. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
10:26 Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major General Mykhailo Drapatiy, announced a large-scale transformation of the Ground Forces at the headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief . According to him, the changes concern recruiting and military training. The issue also concerns the latest technologies and combat management, digitalization of processes in the army, transformation of management, logistics and social support for the military,
10:23 In the Ternopil region, the number of queues for power supply restrictions has increased due to the Russian attack. Now half of the region's residents are without power, the Ternopil OVA reported.
9:38 Over the past 24 hours, 210 combat clashes have been recorded at the front . This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The defense forces have struck seven areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment of the Russian invaders.
8:57 Energy Minister German Galushchenko said that the purpose of the massive missile strike of the Russian army on December 13 on Ukraine is energy. According to him, energy workers are taking all necessary measures to minimize the negative consequences for the energy system.
8:45 The US State Department has revealed the content of new $500 million in aid to Ukraine . The new aid package includes:
- counter-unmanned aircraft systems (c-UAS) munitions;
- ammunition for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS);
- 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition;
- High-speed anti-radar missiles (HARM);
- unmanned aerial vehicles (UAS);
- mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles (MRAP);
- High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV);
- light tactical vehicles;
- means of protection against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons,
- Javelin and AT-4 anti-tank systems;
- heavy anti-tank missiles (TOW);
- small arms ammunition;
- grenades and training equipment;
- equipment and ammunition for blasting operations;
- spare parts, accessories, services, training and vehicles.
7:46 The Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 1,390 Russian occupiers in one day. The total combat losses of the Russian Federation from 24.02.22 to 13.12.24 were approximately 760,120 people. This was reported by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. 7:24 On the morning of December 13, explosions were heard in Kharkov and its environs . The Ukrainian Air Force reported the use of ballistic weapons. Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov noted that the strikes hit the suburbs. Later it became known that explosions were also recorded in the area of ​​the city of Chuguev.