[Korrespondent] 2.54 Deputies of the Latvian Seimas supported the redistribution of 5 million euros for the purchase of unmanned systems to support Ukraine in 2025. This is reported by Delfi .
It is expected that 5 million euros of funding will be redirected from the budget program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Ministry of Defense of Latvia. The funding will be used to purchase drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as to promote the development of Latvian industry in the field of dual-use technologies.
22.23 Since the beginning of the day, 148 combat clashes between the Defense Forces and the occupation forces have taken place at the front . Today, the Russian Federation carried out 42 air strikes, dropping 103 guided bombs. In addition, the invaders used 4,003 kamikaze drones to destroy them and carried out 3,703 attacks on the positions of our troops and settlements. This is stated in the General Staff report.
20.37 In Zaporizhia, the number of victims as a result of a Russian drone attack has increased to 14 people. This was reported by the press service of the State Emergency Service.
"The number of victims of shelling of Zaporizhia has increased to 14," the report said.
Among the injured were one child, three State Emergency Service employees, and one patrol police officer.
20.14 The UN General Assembly will vote on a draft resolution on human rights violations in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine on Monday, December 15. Ukrinform reports .
The meeting will begin at 10:00 (17:00 Kyiv time).
The resolution, entitled "The Human Rights Situation in the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, Including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol," points to numerous violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by the Russian Federation.
18.37 In Chernihiv region, Russian troops struck the city of Horodnya with drones. This was reported by the National Police.
"Today, in the afternoon, the Russian army struck the city of Horodnya, Chernihiv district. As a result of the attack, a fire broke out in the police station building and vehicles," the report noted.
17.49 A meeting of the Ukrainian delegation with US representatives has begun in Germany. Resident Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported this on Telegram.
The head of state met with Donald Trump's special representative Steve Witkoff and advisor Jared Kushner at the beginning of the negotiations.
17.23 The first foreign volunteers of the BBpS Splakh are already starting to pilot drones. The Ukrainian Army Ground Forces announced this , releasing a video of the fighters' work.
"The recruits came from different parts of the world - from Poland and the USA to Madagascar, Australia and Brazil. They are all of different ages, with different experiences, but united by one goal - to help Ukraine in the fight. In the ranks of the 28th mechanized brigade, they will do this in a modern way - by piloting drones," the report says.
15.49 14 residents, including three children, were evacuated from Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region. This was reported by the head of the Kupyansk Regional Emergency Management Agency Andriy Kanashevich.
"Another 14 residents of the city of Kupyansk were evacuated to the city of Kharkiv on the evening of December 13 through the efforts of the Defense Forces of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine," he noted in the report.
Kanashevich clarified that among the evacuees there are three minors, including a two-year-old child.
14.50 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he does not consider the creation of a demilitarized economic zone in Donbas to be fair, because first of all, it will not be clear who will manage it. He said this on December 14 during a conversation with journalists.
"Russia wants not to waste its forces and occupy the east of our state through diplomatic and political means. And then the United States of America said: 'Let's make such a compromise. The Russian army will not enter part of our east, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine will leave.' I don't think this is fair, because this economic zone... who will manage it?", - Zelenskyy was quoted as saying by Ukrinform .
14.00 Ukraine does not consider the defeat of the peace process as the end of the path to ending the war with Russia, said President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"If this or that process for a peaceful resolution of this war, an end to pressure on Russia, does not work out, it is like running a long distance, like a marathon. We must pull ourselves together, find another path, and do everything again to end this war," he said.
13:30 In Zaporizhia, the number of victims of a drone attack has increased to eight people.
12.40 On the afternoon of December 14, the entire city of Mykolaiv was temporarily left without electricity. This was reported on Telegram by the head of the Mykolaiv OAO, Vitaly Kim. As Mykolaivvodokanal added, due to the power outage, water supply throughout the city was suspended from 11.45.
11.45 In Kherson, Russian occupiers once again shelled the city's critical infrastructure - the centralized water supply system was destroyed.
11:00 The Russian army launched a massive strike on the city of Zaporizhia on Sunday morning, December 14. In particular, the enemy targeted an ATB store.
10:30 a.m. Russians attacked the territory of one of the healthcare facilities in Kherson with a drone. This was reported by the Kherson MVA.
A woman and a man, aged 58 and 62, were injured in the attack. They suffered mine-blast injuries and cuts to their faces. Both were hospitalized.
9.40 As of 9.30, the air alert in the Odessa region has been going on for over five hours. According to the military, the enemy was directing strike drones towards Zatoka and Chornomorsk, and was also dropping guided bombs towards Zatoka.
In addition, a missile alert was declared in the region, and the movement of high-speed targets was recorded towards Chornomorsk.
8.40 Over the past 24 hours, December 13, 154 combat clashes took place on the front. The largest number of enemy attacks was recorded in the Pokrovsky direction. This is stated in the summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
8.00 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, during the day, from December 13 to 14, the Russians lost another 710 soldiers at the front. The Armed Forces of Ukraine also destroyed 9 artillery systems and 440 drones.
7.30 Since the evening, the Russians have continued to terrorize areas of the Dnipropetrovsk region, said the acting head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Vladislav Haivanenko.
A restaurant in the Mezhyritsky community of Pavlohradskyi was damaged by a rocket attack. Russian troops directed FPV drones at the Nikopol region. They also fired artillery.
The district center, Marhanetska, and Pokrovska communities were affected. A fire broke out, a private house was destroyed by fire, two more were damaged. Cars were also damaged, and a power line was also affected.
According to updated information, as a result of the attacks on the area that occurred yesterday evening, two more local homes and an outbuilding were destroyed.
The enemy hit a UAV in the Slavhorod and Bogyniv communities of the Sinelnyky region. The latter targeted a summer kitchen.
06.34 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen discussed the US "Peace Plan" to stop Russia's war against Ukraine on Saturday, December 13, as well as the possibility of using frozen Russian assets. The official website of the British government reported this.
02.25 British intelligence exposed the Kremlin's disinformation about the situation on the front and announced significant Russian losses in the war. According to the UK Ministry of Defense, Ukrainian military continue to hold the western part of the city of Siversk, despite constant attacks by Russian forces.
According to this data, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to hold the defense of the western part of Siversk. The city has long been an unattainable target for Russian forces, which have suffered a number of unsuccessful assault attempts.
00.52 Russia and the occupied territories of Ukraine are under attack by drones and missiles. There are hits on important military and industrial facilities, reports of air defense systems and explosions in various cities of temporarily occupied Crimea, namely Feodosia, Saki, Dzhankoy and Sevastopol. Attacks have also reached certain regions of Russia: strikes were recorded on a power plant in Smolensk and an oil depot in Uryupinsk, Volgograd region. There are also reports of explosions at the Afipsk oil refinery in Krasnodar region.