Military actions in Donetsk region, 183 combat clashes, enemy shelling, (non)power outages.
Consequences of the Russian strike on Dnipropetrovsk region on December 17, 2024
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that as of 22:00 on December 17, 183 combat clashes occurred.
In the Kursk region, the Defense Forces repelled 42 assaults by Russian invaders. Another 35 clashes occurred in the Pokrovsk direction.
More details about the operational situation as of the evening of December 17 – in the news.
Russian occupiers have significantly increased pressure on the Kramatorsk, Toretsk and Vremivsk directions, said the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky during an online speech at a meeting of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities.
The enemy also became active in Kursk region, using North Koreans.
“As of December 17, the Defense Forces are conducting active combat operations on a front section with a total length of more than 1,170 km. The most difficult situation is now in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhovsky directions. For the third day, the enemy has been conducting intensive offensive operations in the Kursk region with the aim of driving out units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces from the territory of the Russian Federation. They are actively using units of the North Korean army. North Korean mercenaries have already suffered heavy losses,” Syrsky said.
The commander-in-chief added that the Ukrainian defenders “are steadily holding certain lines, destroying enemy personnel and equipment, for which I am grateful to the soldiers, sergeants and officers.”
NATO has taken over the coordination of Western military aid to Ukraine from the United States, Reuters reports.
The move comes after months of delays in aid and opens the door for NATO to play a more direct role in the war against Russia's invasion.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine is ready to work toward stronger ties and full membership in the Joint Expeditionary Force.
He made the remarks while addressing a summit of Expeditionary Force member countries.
Each new month of this struggle between Russia and the free world proves the importance of coordinating our efforts. We all need to stick together. Russia will continue to escalate its threats until it can no longer afford it. Therefore, we need more joint work, more coordinated steps and efforts. We must strengthen all our cooperation formats, in particular, the Joint Expeditionary Force. interaction and joining the JEF as a member,” Zelensky emphasized.
Read more in the news.
Poland will allocate the 46th aid package to Ukraine, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced at a press conference with Volodymyr Zelensky in Lviv on December 17.
According to Tusk, the aid (around 100 million euros) will arrive in January next year. Poland and its partners will transfer some equipment. We cannot give everything. In a sense, we are also a frontline state. Poland is increasingly becoming a target of sabotage, directed directly against our citizens, our state,” the Polish Prime Minister noted.
Tusk also said that Poland is preparing to implement a project to equip Ukrainian brigades. The head of government will discuss this with other European partners, in particular, from the Baltic and Scandinavian countries. /p>
This was reported by people's deputies Iryna Gerashchenko and Yaroslav Zheleznyak. The bill was supported as a matter of principle by 247 elected representatives.
By the second reading, proposals and comments must be taken into account, in particular, from the World Congress of Ukrainians.
A separate vote (150 votes) was instructed to ask the opinion of the Constitutional Court on the law.
More information is in the news.
Ukrenergo has released information about the power outage on December 18.
The company initially reported that a half-turn of disconnections for households would be in effect from 7:00 to 20:00. Ukrenergo subsequently abolished the disconnection for households on December 18. The schedules for industry and business remain unchanged.
The UK has provided emergency support of 35 million pounds sterling to help Ukraine restore its energy network, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced today.
Britain is also imposing new sanctions on Russia’s energy sector. Today’s sanctions target 20 vessels in the shadow fleet carrying illicit Russian oil, including the Ocean Faye, Andaman Skies and Mianzimu, which each carried more than four million barrels of Russian oil in 2024.
See the news for details.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the shortlists for the 97th Academy Awards in 10 categories.
The shortlist for the Documentary Feature Film category includes The Porcelain War, a film about the war in Ukraine. A total of 169 films were accepted in this category, of which 15 were selected. the nominee from Ukraine.
“Once upon a Time in Ukraine” made it to the shortlist in the “Documentary Short Film” category. 104 films were accepted in this category. Details are in the news. The most complete picture of today is on our website. We hope that tomorrow there will be more good news.
Let’s hold on and bring Victory closer!
