Ukraine Daily
Saturday, December 10
Russia’s war against Ukraine
Civilians wait for humanitarian aid in Bakhmut, Ukraine on December 08, 2022. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Zelensky: Russian troops have ‘effectively destroyed Bakhmut’. President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on Dec. 9 that heavy fighting is ongoing near the towns of Bakhmut, Soledar, Maryinka, and Kreminna in the Donbas in the east of Ukraine.
General Staff: Russian troops attempting to advance in Donetsk Oblast. Russian forces are continuing their efforts to conduct an offensive in the Bakhmut direction while trying to improve their tactical position in the Lyman and Avdiivka directions in Donetsk Oblast, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported in its daily update on Dec. 9.
UK Defense Ministry: Russia likely started using new batch of Iranian drones in Ukraine. Russia has likely “exhausted its previous stock of several hundred Shahed-131s and 136s and has now received a resupply” as Ukraine’s General Staff reported attacks by Iranian drones for the first time in three weeks on Dec. 6, according to the U.K Defense Ministry.
UN rights chief says Ukraine is ‘human rights emergency.’ About 17.7 million Ukrainians need humanitarian help because of Russia’s all-out war against the country, including 9.3 million who require food and livelihood assistance, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Dec. 9.
Official: Over 13,000 Ukrainian children illegally deported to Russia. Russia has already deported more than 13,000 Ukrainian children to its territory, Daria Herasymchuk, Ukraine’s presidential advisor for children’s rights and rehabilitation, reported on Dec. 9.
Ukrenergo: Ukraine will face energy deficit throughout winter. The state grid regulator also said that Ukraine’s energy system is gradually restoring generating capacities, and the operator expects to resume scheduled power outages in a few days.
Energoatom: Russian troops assault Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant’s staff. Russian forces “severely beat” two top managers of the plant, and detained another one, according to the state nuclear regulator.
Foreign Ministry: Germans receive fake letters from Ukrainian consulate. The fabricated letters from Ukraine’s Consulate General in Dusseldorf invite German citizens to join the International Legion in Ukraine for a financial award, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko reported on Dec. 9. He said that the Ukrainian diplomatic mission never sent such messages.
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Ukraine war latest: Power deficit still ‘significant’ after Russia launches ‘more than 1,000 missiles and drones’ at Ukrainian energy since October.
Russia has fired more than 1,000 missiles and drones at Ukrainian energy infrastructure since Oct. 10, the head of Ukraine’s state grid operator Ukrenergo Volodymyr Kudrytskyi said.
Photo: Andrew Kravchenko/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The human cost of Russia’s war
Russia attacks 8 Ukrainian regions over the past day, killing 5 people. Donetsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Sumy, and Luhansk oblasts came under Russian fire over the past 24 hours.
General Staff: Russia has lost 93,390 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24. Ukraine’s General Staff reported on Dec. 9 that Russia had also lost 2,937 tanks, 5,912 armored fighting vehicles, 4,531 vehicles and fuel tanks,1,926 artillery systems, 395 multiple launch rocket systems, 211 air defense systems, 281 airplanes, 264 helicopters, 1,603 drones, and 16 boats.
International response
Germany to supply Ukraine with 18 howitzers, other military equipment. The German government has announced it is preparing the delivery of 18 RCH-155 self-propelled howitzers, 80 pickup trucks, 90 anti-drone sensors and jammers, two hangar tents, and seven load-handling trucks to Ukraine.
Bulgaria will send its first military aid to Ukraine, mainly light weaponry and ammo. The Bulgarian parliament voted on Dec. 9 to approve a list of arms proposed by the country’s interim government.
Biden administration approves $275 million security assistance package for Ukraine. The latest package includes 80,000 rounds of ammunition, air defenses, around 150 generators, high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles (HMMWVs) ambulances, and medical equipment.
UK prime minister announces more military aid for Ukraine. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in a conversation with President Volodymyr Zelensky, said that the country is set to hand more anti-air guns and further short-range air defense missiles to Ukraine in the coming weeks, according to a U.K. government statement on Dec. 9.
UK sanctions 5 Russian human rights violators and abusers. All individuals are subject to assets freezing and a ban on entry into the U.K.
Canada imposes new sanctions against Russia. Canada has introduced additional sanctions against 33 current or former Russian top officials and six companies, Reuters reported on Dec. 9, citing the Canadian Foreign Ministry.
Erdogan announces new talks with Zelensky, Putin. Turkey’s president said that he would hold negotiations with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin about the grain corridor on Dec. 11. He also plans to talk with President Volodymyr Zelensky, but didn’t specify the date.
In other news
US sanctions Ukraine’s most notorious judge charged with corruption. The U.S. Department of State on Dec. 9 sanctioned Pavlo Vovk, head of Ukraine’s Kyiv District Administrative Court, to commemorate International Anti-Corruption Day, imposing visa restrictions on the controversial judge and potentially blocking his assets.
G7 calls for selection of Constitutional Court judges with crucial role for independent experts. G7 ambassadors commented on a bill on the selection of Ukrainian Constitutional Court judges that is expected to be considered by the Verkhovna Rada next week.
The Kyiv Independent editor-in-chief wins Women of Europe award. The Kyiv Independent Editor-in-Chief Olga Rudenko was announced as the winner of the Women of Europe award in the “Woman in Action” category on Dec. 8.
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