Military actions in Donetsk region, 133 combat clashes, enemy shelling, power outages. How will the 1040th day of the full-scale war be remembered?
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the start of the work of the military ombudsman.
“There was a request from our military – and this is an objective need – to create a special institution of military ombudsman. We need a person who will be able to protect the rights of our soldiers, and such a systemic capacity so that the ombudsman, together with the Ministry of Defense, with everyone else who is necessary, could really influence the situation and really help the soldiers, the relatives of our soldiers,” he said in an evening video address.
He also said that he has already chosen a candidate for this post. The decree will be issued tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that as of 16:00, the number of enemy attacks has increased to 133, the fighting continues.
In Kursk region, Ukrainian defenders repelled 16 attacks.
On PokrovskyIn this direction, since the beginning of the day, the occupiers have made 26 attempts to push our defenders from their positions in the areas of the settlements of Zelenoye Pole, Vozdvizhenka, Mirolyubovka, Luch, Lisovka, Dachenskoye, Novy Trud, Volkovo, Solenoye, Novoolenovka, Novovasilovka and Novoelizavetka. class=”MsoNormal”>More details on the operational situation as of the evening of December 29 – in the news.
The State Security Service detained and delivered to Kyiv the commander of the 211th pontoon bridge brigade of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleg Poberezhnyuk, who covered up the abuse of military personnel, the law enforcement agency said in a press release.
He was notified of suspicion on the fact of inaction of military authorities committed under martial law or in a combat situation (Part 4 of Article 426 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
It has been established that, at least from February to July 2024, the brigade commander knew about numerous cases of torture and other inhuman treatment of soldiers by an officer subordinate to him, but did not react to this and did not initiate the issue of bringing the guilty officer to justice. According to available information, the senior lieutenant who beat and tortured subordinate servicemen is the son of the chief of staff of the said military unit and a close friend of the brigade commander.
Details are in the news.
On Monday, December 30, power outage schedules will be applied, Ukrenergo reports.
For household consumers, one queue of outages will be in effect from 08:00 to 17:00.
For industry and business, power limitation schedules will be applied from 08:00 to 19:00.
< "The reason for introducing restrictions is damage to energy facilities as a result of a massive missile and drone attack on December 25. Power engineers are working to return the equipment damaged by the enemy to operation as quickly as possible," Ukrenergo emphasized.
According to Yonhap, A plane crash in South Korea killed 179 people after the plane skidded off the runway and crashed at Muan International Airport. Except for two people rescued during the crash, all of the 181 people on board were killed, the fire department said.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said the passenger plane that crashed in Kazakhstan was damaged by “ground fire in Russia.”
This was reported by Azerbaijani state television, Reuters writes.
Aliyev regrets that some circles in Russia tried to hide the truth about the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane, spreading false information about the causes of the disaster.
The president says that admitting guilt, apologizing to Azerbaijan in a timely manner and communicating this to the public – “all these were measures and steps that needed to be taken immediately, but unfortunately, “for the first three days nothing was heard from Russia except delirious versions.”
However, Aliyev believes that the plane was “shot down by accident.”
Baku demands that Moscow “admit guilt, punish those responsible and pay compensation,” the president of Azerbaijan emphasized.
More information in the news.
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