Military actions in Donetsk region, 146 combat clashes, enemy shelling, power outages. How will the 1019th day of the full-scale war be remembered?
Russia is using all available resources in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhovsky directions.
More details on the operational situation as of the evening of December 8 – in the news.
Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 43 thousand Ukrainian soldiers have died on the front. Since September of this year, the Russian Federation has been losing people on the battlefield at a ratio of 5-6 to one Ukrainian soldier, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
“Our people are defending their home at the cost of their lives, and every life of our soldiers and our civilians is valuable to us. Since the beginning of the full-scale war, Ukraine has lost 43 thousand soldiers who died on the battlefield,” President Zelensky noted.
The head of state also added that there are 370 thousand cases of providing assistance to the wounded, and this is taking into account that in our army about 50% of the wounded return to duty, and all injuries are recorded, including minor and repeated ones.
More details in the news.
In Zaporizhia, forensic experts identified the bodies of people killed in a Russian airstrike on December 6.
The police carried out the process of identifying seven citizens killed by the occupiers using DNA testing through comparison with biological samples taken from relatives of people, the National Police reported.
On December 6, the occupiers struck a residential area of the regional center with a FAB-250 from the UMPK. As a result of the strike, 10 people died, including 2 children, 7 of the deceased burned in cars that were near the epicenter of the explosion.
It was impossible to identify them by visual signs, but forensic experts used the forensic laboratory. Using the ANDE genetic analyzer, they were able to identify seven of the deceased citizens based on the seized biological samples.
Tomorrow, December 9, the lights will be turned off from 08:00 to 19:00 for one queue of household consumers, Ukrenergo reported.
For industry and business, restrictions will continue from 07:00 to 20:00.
Thanks to large-scale restoration work, power engineers are gradually improving the situation in the energy system after the massive attack on November 28.
US President-elect Donald Trump admits that after his return to power, the volume of aid to Ukraine will decrease.
He said this in an interview with NBC News. According to him, he is actively trying to end the war, “if I can.” He also added that Ukraine can expect not to receive as much military aid from the United States when he (Trump – ed.) returns.
The politician also noted that he did not commit to keeping the United States in NATO, the European military alliance that has been a bulwark against Russia since World War II.
According to him, everything will depend on whether “they pay their bills.”
The publication notes that after the interview, Trump flew to Paris for a ceremony to mark the opening of Notre Dame Cathedral, which was restored after a fire. In France, he met with French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who said that at the meeting they talked about achieving a “just peace” in the Russian war against Ukraine.
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