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[Korrespondent] 22.49 European leaders on December 15 unveiled a peace plan that includes protecting the skies and Ukraine's accession to the EU, according to a joint statement by the allies.
The leaders expressed support for the significant progress made by U.S. President Donald Trump in his efforts to achieve a just and lasting peace in Ukraine. They welcomed the close cooperation between the teams of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump, and the European delegations.
Ensuring the security, sovereignty, and prosperity of Ukraine was identified as key to broader Euro-Atlantic security. Leaders emphasized that the Ukrainian people deserve a prosperous, independent, and sovereign future free from the threat of future Russian aggression.
22.03 A new round of talks between Ukraine and the United States regarding the end of the Russian-Ukrainian war will likely take place in Miami this weekend, Axios reports, citing an American official.
As the official explained, the negotiations will take place at a technical level with the involvement of the military, who will "study the maps," particularly in the context of the post-war lines of control.
21.24 Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that the country is ready to resume peace talks on the Russian-Ukrainian war and supports a diplomatic settlement. This is reported by Hürriyet.
Fidan, in his speech at the 16th Ambassadors' Conference in Istanbul, said that diplomatic efforts to end the war were continuing, while Turkey was ready to convene a peace summit again.
"The Russian-Ukrainian war is entering its fourth year. There are no winners in war, just as a just peace has no losers. Istanbul still retains the status of the only venue where the parties can meet. Turkey is once again ready to prepare the table for peace negotiations," the minister noted.
20.59 Russian troops attacked areas of the Dnipropetrovsk region during the day. One person was killed as a result of the shelling. This was reported by the acting head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Vladislav Gaivanenko.
19.26 The United States and Ukraine reached consensus on many issues during the talks. The talks were very positive. This was reported by the British TV channel Sky News, citing an informed source.
"There are still some issues that need to be discussed, the official added, but US President Donald Trump is pleased with the progress," the source said.
19.11 Ukrainian company Frontline Robotics and German-Ukrainian UAV manufacturer Quantum Systems are launching Europe's first joint venture Quantum Frontline Industries in Germany to manufacture drones as part of the Build with Ukraine program. This is stated in a press release from Quantum Systems.
19.02 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the negotiations with representatives of the US delegation in Berlin productive. He said this during the closing of the German-Ukrainian business forum in Berlin.
18.06 On Monday night, Ukrainian military personnel struck the Astrakhan Gas Processing Plant (GPZ) in Russia. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this. Explosions were recorded on the territory of the enterprise and a large fire broke out. The extent of the damage is being clarified.
17.58 The EU's goal of supplying two million large-caliber ammunition to Ukraine in 2025 has been achieved on time. This was stated by the EU's chief diplomat Kaia Kallas on the eve of a meeting of foreign ministers of EU member states, Euractiv reports.
17.20 Ukrainian military conducted a unique special operation and blew up a Varshavyanka-class submarine in the port of Novorossiysk. The SBU reported this. For the first time in history, Sub Sea Baby underwater drones successfully attacked a Russian submarine.
17.15 A drone hit a Russian military ship in temporarily occupied Feodosia in Crimea on the night of December 14. This was reported by the monitoring Telegram channel Crimean Wind.
16.44 Since the beginning of the current day, 71 combat clashes have occurred on the front in 10 directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational summary. The greatest activity of the Russian occupiers is recorded in the Pokrovsky direction. Six combat clashes are currently ongoing there.
16.19 The Council of the EU has imposed sanctions against nine individuals and companies supporting Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" and its supply chain, the press service of the Council of the EU reports.
The goal is to limit the Russian Federation's revenues that finance the war against Ukraine.
The list includes businessmen associated with state-owned Russian oil companies Rosneft and Lukoil, who control vessels for transporting oil and petroleum products, concealing their origin and employing risky shipping schemes.
16.07 SBU drones struck Russian oil production platforms in the Caspian Sea for the third time in the past week, Interfax-Ukraine reports, citing a source in the special service.
15.12 The second round of negotiations between the delegations of Ukraine and the United States has ended in Berlin. This was stated by the advisor to the Ukrainian President Dmytro Lytvyn. In the evening, Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with European leaders who are currently arriving in Berlin.
14.52 The Czech initiative Gift for Putin has received an anonymous donation of 100 million crowns (over 4.1 million euros – ed.). The money will be used to purchase various types of drones, plastic explosives, and equipment for units on the front.
14.25 The liberation of the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region is being carried out carefully to prevent civilian casualties and minimize losses among the military. This was stated by the head of the communications department of the Joint Forces Group, Viktor Tregubov, during a telethon.
14.09 Over the past year, attitudes towards the US and NATO have changed significantly in Ukraine. At the same time, Ukrainians' trust in the European Union has remained stable. This is evidenced by the results of an all-Ukrainian survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).
13.32 The State Emergency Service, together with the Air Force and the Armed Forces, launched a division into districts throughout the country, except for Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Differentiating the signal by individual districts will help reduce the duration of alarms in those communities where there is no real threat at a particular moment.
At the first stage, the system was tested in 13 regions, and now it has been expanded to all regions.
13.29 The second round of talks between the Ukrainian and American delegations has begun in Berlin. Interfax-Ukraine reports this, citing sources. The first round of talks was difficult. The Ukrainian side refused to discuss a unilateral withdrawal from the Donetsk region, sources say.
13.10 A complex and well-disguised money laundering scheme obtained during the execution of defense contracts has been exposed in Ukraine. The Prosecutor General's Office reported this. The total amount of financial transactions that have signs of laundering exceeds 570 million hryvnias.
12.36 President Volodymyr Zelensky met with President of Finland Alexander Stubb in Berlin. The Ukrainian leader reported this on Facebook. The leaders of Ukraine and Finland coordinated common positions before meetings with partners in Berlin and agreed on next steps.
11.31 Law enforcement officers detained a Russian agent in Zaporizhia who was preparing an assassination attempt on a leading specialist at a local defense plant. The SBU reported this. The agent organized an "observation post" opposite the checkpoint of an industrial facility to monitor the official.
11.00 On Monday night, Russian proxies launched new attacks with "shaheeds" on energy facilities in several regions of Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians remain without electricity due to previous attacks, the Ministry of Energy and Ukrenergo reported. In the Odessa region alone, more than 430 thousand subscribers are still without electricity.
10.54 The temporarily occupied part of the Donetsk region has been left without reserve water. The Center of National Resistance reported this.
"The latest reports of water being drained from reserve barrels on the eve of frost, which are explained by "infrastructure protection", actually only mask the lack of real solutions to restore or stabilize water supply," the report says.
At the same time, the occupiers are hiding the lack of any real solutions for a stable water supply - instead, they officially promise "restoration after warming" and delivery by tanker trucks.
"In fact, according to the Central Water Supply and Sewerage Authority, the amount of water brought in is critically low: it is consumed in a few hours, after which people are again left without access to water. Residents are forced to store water in any containers and save even on basic needs," the report says.
10.42 Almost three-quarters (72%) of Ukrainians are ready to approve a peace plan that, among other things, would include freezing the situation behind the current front line along with security guarantees for Ukraine and without officially recognizing the occupied territories as part of the Russian Federation. 14% categorically reject such a plan.
Even more respondents (75%) reject an option that would, among other things, include the withdrawal of troops from Donbas, restrictions on the Ukrainian army, and at the same time not contain specific security guarantees. Only 17% of Ukrainians are ready for such a version of the peace plan.
10.39 If Russia receives all of Donbas as part of a peace agreement, then it will definitely continue its aggression against Ukraine. This was stated by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaia Kallas, before a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.
Over the past 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, some even three or four times, she noted.
10.25 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has published details of a new modification of the Russian Geran-2 UAV, equipped with the R-60 aircraft missile.
"Russia has adapted an old Soviet development - the R-60 air-to-air aircraft missile - for installation on Geran in order to destroy Ukrainian helicopters and aircraft hunting Russian drones," the GUR noted.
09.32 On the night of December 15, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 153 Shahed, Gerber attack UAVs and other types of drones.
Air defenses shot down/suppressed 133 enemy Shahed, Gerber and other types of drones in the north, south and east of the country. 17 strike UAVs were recorded in 10 locations.
09.01 Due to Russian shelling of the Dnipropetrovsk region, the contact network was cut off. Several trains are delayed for at least three hours.
The reserve diesel locomotives have already been withdrawn, railway power engineers are gradually restoring electric traction, but delays are still persisting. In particular, this applies to the following trains:
"Some suburban trains will also run with delays of 3-4 hours, we are talking about the direction of the Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih. In particular, train No. 6008 Pyatikhatky - Dnipro is running with a delay of three hours, and No. 6501 Pyatikhatky - Kryvyi Rih is running with a delay of four hours," the UZ added.
08.32 On the night of December 15, Russian troops launched an attack on the Dnipropetrovsk region, using drones and multiple rocket launchers. Two people were injured, infrastructure and a transport enterprise were damaged.
In the Synelnyky region, the enemy attacked the Mykolaiv community. They used a UAV. Two men, aged 29 and 42, were injured. There were fires. Infrastructure was damaged.
The Russian army also sent drones to Pavlograd and Pyatikhatki. Fires broke out. Infrastructure and a transport company were damaged. The consequences are still being investigated.
The Russians struck the Nikopol region with Grad MLRS - they hit the Marhanets community.
08.17 Over the past 24 hours, 158 combat clashes were recorded on the front. Aviation, missile troops, and artillery of the Defense Forces struck three areas of concentration of personnel, five command posts, six artillery pieces, and one other important object of the Russian invaders.
08.00 On the night of December 15, Moscow was attacked by drones. Explosions were heard in the Istra district of the city. Due to the drone attack, the work of Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports was temporarily suspended. These restrictions were later lifted.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that Russian air defenses allegedly shot down 15 drones. "Emergency services specialists are working at the site of the debris," he added.
The Russian Defense Ministry said 130 drones were shot down. In particular, 25 - over the territory of the Moscow region.
07.21 From February 24, 2022 to December 15, 2025, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,189,470 people (+980 per day).
06.34 At dawn on Monday, December 15, Russian forces launched attacks on the Dnipropetrovsk region, damaging the railway station in Pyatikhatki. According to local media, the roof and facade of the building were damaged and windows were broken. The attack was carried out using Shahed suicide drones.
04.33 A Russian delegation has arrived in Washington, where it will participate in the first meeting of G20 sherpas chaired by the United States after a long period of diplomatic isolation. Moscow's participation in the forum demonstrates the US's willingness to involve the aggressor country in discussing key economic and geopolitical issues of the world.
01.21 In the Russian city of Belgorod, a rocket attack was reported, which caused significant damage to engineering infrastructure. According to the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, the strike on the city caused serious damage. At the same time, local residents are reporting on social media about thick smoke in the area of the Luch CHP. Power outages have been recorded in several areas of the city.
00.23 US President's Special Representative Steve Witkoff reported that during negotiations in Berlin with the Ukrainian delegation on a "peace plan" for Ukraine, "tangible progress was achieved." The German publication Handelsblatt reported that "peace talks" between the Ukrainian and US delegations in Berlin will continue on December 15.
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[Korrespondent] The greatest activity of the Russian occupiers is recorded in the Pokrovsky direction. There are currently six ongoing clashes there.
Since the beginning of the current day, 71 combat clashes have occurred on the front in 10 directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational summary on Monday, December 15.
Thus, in the South Slobozhansk direction, our military repelled three enemy assaults in the Prylipka area and in the direction of Obukhivka.
In the Kupyansk direction, one battle is ongoing near Pishchane.
In the Lyman direction, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled five attacks in the Novoselivka area and towards the settlements of Drobysheve and Lyman. Two clashes are ongoing.
In the Slavyansk direction, four attacks have been stopped in the areas of Serebryanka, Dronivka, and Siversk, and another battle is ongoing.
In the Kostyantynivka direction, the enemy tried to storm 11 times near the settlements of Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Kleban-Byk and towards Kostyantynivka, Novopavlivka, Ivano-Pol, and Sofiivka. Two clashes are still ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the invaders have carried out 25 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Rodynske, Myrnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Filiya, and in the directions of Hryshynye and Novopavlivka. Our defenders have already repelled 19 attacks.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the invaders tried to advance nine times near the settlements of Yalta, Sichneve, Sosnivka, Verbove, Zlagoda, Pryvilne, Rybne, and in the direction of Oleksiivka.
In the Hulyaipol direction, the enemy carried out eight assaults in the directions of Hulyaipol and Varvarivka. One clash is ongoing.
In the Orikhiv direction, the enemy advanced three times towards Novoandreyevka, Pavlivka, and in the Shcherbaky area.
In the Dnieper direction, one unsuccessful enemy attempt to approach the positions of Ukrainian units in the Antonivka area was recorded.
The enemy has not yet carried out offensive operations in the Kramatorsk, North-Slobozhansk, and Kursk directions.
As a reminder, Russia lost almost 1,000 soldiers killed and wounded in the 24 hours of December 14. The total number of Russian casualties is approaching 1.2 million people.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the pipe through which the enemy penetrated Kupyansk
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[NewsFront] 21:16 Units of the West group of force scarry out reliable control of all areas of the liberated city of Kupyansk. 20:37 Specialists from the Rubicon Center are destroying equipment, elements of communication systems, and temporary deployment points for enemy personnel in the SVO zone, video
20:31 From 18:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed nine Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles flew over the territory of the Bryansk region.
19:17 Assault units crossed over the Gaichur River and are advancing in the northern, central, and eastern parts of Hulyaipole. Advance groups have reached the city center.
18:24 Posted footage taken during yesterday's work on the bridge in Zatoka, Odessa Oblast.
18:09 From 12:00 Moscow time to 18:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed ten Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were:
Seven over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Two over the territory of the Vladimir region, and
One over the territory of the Kaluga region.
17:09 The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a UAV control center with an Kh-39 missile in the village of Shiykovka in the Khar'kov region, video.
16:11 Published footage of the destruction of a large-sized, long-range attack UAV of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the E-300 Enterprise, in the area of the village of Rodinskoye (DPR).
16:08 Posted a compilation of footage taken during the liberation of the village of Peschanoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
15:31 Crews of the Molniya-2 UAV of the West group of forces supported actions of assault groups in the Krasnolimansk direction.
15:09 Mobile fire groups "Severyan" on guard over the Belgorod sky, -video.
13:22 Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems crews of the Dnipro group of forces adjusted the destruction of a camouflaged Ukrainian Armed Forces weapon on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, video.
12:54 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of December 15, 2025:
Units of the North group of forces defeated formations of two territorial defense brigades and a border detachment of the Ukrainian border service in the areas of the settlements of Miropolye, Kondratovka, and Ryzhevka in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of four mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Primorskoye, Baranivka, Nesternoye, Vilcha, Vovchanskie Khutora, and Pershotravnevoe in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost over 270 servicemen, 13 vehicles, an electronic warfare station and four supply depots.
Units of the "West" group of forces continued to destroy the enemy group surrounded on the left bank of the Oskol River.
The manpower and equipment of five mechanized brigades, two assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Glushkovka, Monachinovka, Shiykovka, Blagodatovka, Podoli in the Khar'kov region and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Ukrainian armed forces lost over 220 service members and six armored combat vehicles, including two Stryker armored personnel carriers and two US-made HMMWV armored vehicles. Twelve vehicles, two artillery pieces, two electronic warfare stations, a US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar, and three ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions.
They defeated formations of three mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a National Guard brigade, and a National Police brigade of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Petrovske, Stepanivka, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, and Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 195 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, nine vehicles, two artillery pieces, three ammunition depots and four fuel depots.
Units of the Center group of forces continued to destroy the encircled enemy in the city of Dimitrov in the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as clear out scattered formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the settlements of Svetloe, Grishino, and Rodinskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, two Jaeger brigades, an airmobile brigade, two airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, a territorial defense brigade, and two National Guard brigades were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Toretskoye, Belitskoye, Shevchenko in the Donetsk People's Republic, Novopidgorodnoye and Novopavlovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The enemy's losses amounted to over 490 military personnel, six armored combat vehicles, including two US-made M-113 armored personnel carriers, five cars and two artillery pieces, including an American 155mm howitzer M-777.
Units of the "East" military group, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the village of Peschanoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The manpower and equipment of the assault brigade, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Gulyai-Pole, Kosovtsevo in the Zaporizhzhia region, Andreevka and Velikomykhailivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 240 servicemen, eight vehicles, an artillery piece, two electronic warfare stations, and two supply depots.
Units of the Dnipro group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, a coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Razumovka, Novoandriivka in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Otradokamenka in the Kherson region.
Up to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 17 cars, six field artillery pieces, four electronic warfare stations, an ammunition depot, and a supply depot were destroyed.
Tactical aviation, attack drones, missile forces, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups have damaged transport infrastructure facilities involved in the delivery of Western weapons to Ukraine, ammunition and fuel depots, as well as temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 167 districts.
Air defense systems shot down a Grom-2 operational-tactical missile, 17 rockets from the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, and 545 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
12:32 From 8:00 Moscow time to 12:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 16 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Five were over the Kaluga region,
Four were over the Moscow region,
Three UAVs flying to Moscow,
Three were over the Bryansk region,
Two were over the Belgorod region, and
Two were over the Tula region.
14:04 The dynamics of the liberation of territories for the year has been published, –map.
12:01 Sniper-reconnaissance units of the BARS-27 detachment, part of the Volunteer Corps of the Southern Group of Forces, operating in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkovsky direction, discovered and destroyed two Baba Yaga-type hexocopters, video.
11:56 Released Peschanoye settlement in Dnipropetrovsk region.
11:46 In the industrial zone of Kramatorsk this morning thundered a series of explosions.
11:44 Applied a combined attack using UAVs and aerial bombs on a railway and road bridge in the village of Zatoka in the Odessa region.
11:35 Guards reconnaissance troops of the Vostok group during fierce fighting broke through enemy defenses east of the Gaichur River and drove the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of Varvarovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
11:32 In the Kupyansk direction, assault units of the Russian Armed Forces occupied positions in the eastern part of Kurilovka.
10:59 Military personnel of the "East" military group told details of the liberation of the village of Varvarovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
9:49 Drone operators of the Center group prevented regrouping of militants
An attack drone caught Ukrainian paratroopers fleeing on an ATV.
Furthermore, units from the Center group of forces also destroyed an enemy stronghold and a communications relay station with its operators.
9:15 In the period from 7:00 Moscow time to 8:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on dutyinterceptedand 16 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed:
Six UAVs flew over the Kaluga region,
Five UAVs flew over the Bryansk region,
Four UAVs flew over the Moscow region,
Three UAVs flying to Moscow, and
One UAV flew over the Tambov region.
8:56 Crew of the 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS of the Vostok group of forces inflicted an attack on temporary deployment points of Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Gulyaipole region of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
As a result of the rocket salvo, fortified positions and structures that the enemy used to house manpower were destroyed.
8:26 In the Kursk region as a result of a drone attack wounded a civilian.
According to the governor, a 66-year-old man was injured in a drone attack in Sudzha. He was taken to the Kursk Regional Hospital in serious condition.
8:15 During the past night, in the period from 23:00 Moscow time on December 14 to 7:00 Moscow time on December 15, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 130 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
38 UAVs were flown over the Astrakhan Region,
25 UAVs were flown over the Bryansk Region,
25 UAVs were flown over the Moscow Region,
15 UAVs flying to Moscow,
Eight UAVs were flown over the Belgorod Region,
Eight UAVs were flown over the Rostov Region,
Eight UAVs were flown over the Kaluga Region,
Six UAVs were flown over the Tula Region,
Four UAVs were flown over the Republic of Kalmykia,
Three UAVs were flown over the Kursk Region,
Three UAVs were flown over the Oryol Region,
One UAV was flown over the Ryazan Region, and
One UAV was flown over the Caspian Sea.
8:01 The crew of the TOS-1A Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system of the North force group destroyed camouflaged enemy positions in the Khar'kov region.
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[Regnum] The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation, and Customs Policy recommended adopting a bill renaming the kopeck to a "step." Committee Chairman Danylo Getmantsev announced this on December 15 on his Telegram channel.
The document is recommended for adoption in both the first and second, final readings.
In April, the head of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), Andriy Pyshnyy, announced the need to " derussify" the kopecks. In October, the bill was submitted to the Verkhovna Rada. The NBU noted that the "shag" was used as a small change in what is now Ukraine in the 17th century, as well as during the Civil War. Pyshnyy noted that if the law is passed, there are no plans to remove all kopecks from circulation; they will continue to be used alongside the "shag" for a time.
In November, Lviv journalist Ilko Lemko called for the de-Russification of the cat's "meow, " noting that Ukrainian cats "yapped" rather than "meowed." The reason for this was an advertisement for pet products, which he accused of "Russification." The statement provoked a sarcastic response from Verkhovna Rada deputy Maksym Buzhansky, who jokingly proposed creating "cat-language commissioners" and assessing the trustworthiness of owners based on their pets' behavior.
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[Regnum) The Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to sabotage the bay of the Novorossiysk Naval Base using an underwater drone. No Russian ships or submarines were damaged, Captain First Rank Alexei Rulev, head of the Black Sea Fleet press service, reported on December 15.
"The enemy's attempt to sabotage the enemy using an unmanned underwater vehicle failed to achieve its objectives. The information disseminated by Ukrainian intelligence services about the alleged destruction of one of the Black Sea Fleet's Russian submarines in Novorossiysk Bay at the Naval Base is untrue," he assured.
Rulyov emphasized that not a single ship or submarine of the Black Sea Fleet stationed in the bay of the Novorossiysk Naval Base, nor their crews, were harmed as a result of the sabotage; they are serving as usual. ZH has video:
News: Ukrainian SBU special operation has hit a $400mn Russian submarine in Novorossiysk.
The Security Service of Ukraine conducted what it called a “unique special operation” targeting the port of Novorossiysk. “For the first time in history, underwater ‘Sub Sea Baby’ drones… pic.twitter.com/5ogO5dwJkx
On the morning of November 29, Ukrainian naval drones attacked the Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal in Novorossiysk. Loading and other operations at the oil terminal were cancelled as a result. No one was injured in the attack, and emergency protection prevented oil from spilling into the Black Sea.
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[Regnum] The European Union has imposed sanctions for the first time against a US citizen, former Florida deputy sheriff John Mark Dougan. This follows from an EU Council resolution published on December 15 on the website of the Official Journal of the European Union.
The EU accused Dugan of "participating in pro-Kremlin online information operations." In 2016, the US citizen was granted political asylum in Russia.
In total, 14 individuals and entities were sanctioned for allegedly engaging in "malign Russian actions" against EU member states. Among them are two military experts: Xavier Moreau, a former paratrooper officer in the French Armed Forces, and Jacques Beau, a former NATO adviser and retired colonel of the Swiss General Staff. According to EU authorities, these individuals are responsible for supporting Russian government policies.
The sanctions include a ban on entry into EU countries and the freezing of all financial assets within the union. Legal entities are also prohibited from any contact with European businesses.
Dugan is a retired U.S. Marine. In the early 2000s, he founded a database development company and later became a deputy sheriff in Palm Beach County. In 2012, Dugan publicly disclosed that his county sheriff was using taxpayer funds to attract campaign sponsors and personal gain. In 2016, Dugan fled the United States, hiding from the FBI, and sought political asylum in Russia. In 2022, as a freelance journalist, he filmed videos about the SVO in the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR).
The European Union imposed the previous sanctions package on October 23. EU authorities banned the import of plumbing fixtures, including toilets, motorized toys, puzzles, and tricycles, into Russia. Furthermore, restrictions were imposed on the export of salt, cement, soil, and other raw materials to Russia.
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