Ukrainska Pravda

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has said that he can imagine German soldiers in Ukraine, but only if there is a ceasefire.

Russian forces bombarded Ukraine with an S-400 missile and 113 UAVs on the night of 20-21 December, of which 57 were shot down and 56 disappeared from radar.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed a number of ambassadors and appointed five more on the morning of 21 December.

The Guardian has published an article and stated, citing officials in air defence units, that the shortage at the front in Ukraine has become so acute that the General Staff has ordered “already-depleted air defence units” to release more men to be sent to the front as infantry.

The Kyiv Zoo has provided new homes for four servals rescued by volunteers from under Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast nearly a year ago.

A commission from the Russian Ministry of Defence arrived at the 1196th Motorised Rifle Regiment, stationed in the occupied territory of Kherson Oblast, due to issues with poor discipline, Ukrainian partisan movement said.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has announced that Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico may soon travel to Moscow to engage in talks with Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin on gas supplies after 2024.

In response to an article by the Guardian, Ukraine’s Air Force clarified that operators of Western-supplied air defence systems who have undergone training abroad are not being reassigned to infantry units. The Air Force also stressed that the effectiveness of air defence remains unchanged despite the deployment of its specialists to infantry roles.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that William Burns, Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), will visit Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has emphasised that Ukraine will persist in targeting Russian military sites, increasingly relying on domestically produced drones and missiles.