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Effectiveness of Ukrainian air defense system has increased to 80%, – Defense Minister
The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov said on December 15, 2022, that Ukraine had increased the effectiveness of its air defense to 80% as of December 2022. Source: The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov Calling this indicator, Oleksiy Reznikov cited the example of a massive Russian missile attack on December 5, 2022....
General Staff operational report December 15, 2022 on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
The 295th day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 15.12.2022. The Russian army continues to focus its efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions. It is trying to improve the tactical position in the Lyman direction, and in the Kupyansk...
UN provided Ukraine with over $4.5B in humanitarian aid in 2022, – Ukraine’s Prime Minister
The Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal noted on December 15, 2022, that the United Nations provided Ukraine with more than $4.5 billion worth of humanitarian aid in 2022. Source: The Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal “This year, the UN directed more than 4.5 billion dollars to provide humanitarian aid to the population of...
European Parliament recognized the Holodomor as genocide of the Ukrainian people
The European Parliament recognized the Holodomor caused by the Soviet regime in Ukraine in 1932-1933 as genocide. The following resolution was adopted on December 15, 2022. Source: The European Parliament The document condemning the artificial Holodomor in Ukraine, was adopted by a majority of votes: 507 deputies voted “for”, 12 voted...
Russian military shelled residential buildings in Kherson killing a 8-year-old-child
The head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration said that Russian troops continued to attack the liberated city of Kherson. Two people, including an eight-year-old boy, were killed as a result of the Russian shelling in the Dnipro region in Kherson on December 14, 2022. Source: Yaroslav Yanushevych, the head of the Kherson Regional...
Almost 8 million Ukrainians left abroad because of Russia’s war against Ukraine
Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said on December 14, that 7.9 million Ukrainian citizens left abroad because of the war, and another 4.9 million became internally displaced persons. Source: Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets “7 million 900 thousand people left the country,...
64 cases of sexual violence committed by Russian military were recorded in the Kherson region
The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine noted on December 14, 2022, that the mobile group recorded 64 cases of conflict-related sexual violence in the Kherson region (south of Ukraine), which is more than in other regions of Ukraine liberated from Russian military. Source: The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine “A special...
More than 12,000 Ukrainian children have been deported to Russia
Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets noted on December 14, 2022, that more than 12,000 Ukrainian children had been deported to the territory of the Russian Federation, of which 8,600 had been forcibly deported since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. Source: Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights...
Russia has already killed 184 Ukrainian athletes since the beginning of war
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a telephone conversation with the President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach on December 14, 2022. He informed him about the killed Ukrainian athletes during Russia’s war against Ukraine. Source: The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed...
Polish Sejm recognized Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism
The Sejm of Poland wrote on December 14, 2022, on Twitter that it adopted a resolution on recognizing the Russian Federation as a state supporting terrorism. Source: The Sejm of Poland, the head of the President’s Office of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, The initiative was supported by the majority of deputies in the Polish Sejm, with 231 votes in...