From 2023, the United States plans to train up to 500 Ukrainian troops every month instead of the current 300. This was reported on the website of the Pentagon. “The extended education program will include approximately 500 Ukrainians per month. We expect training to start in January,” Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said during an official briefing.

As a result of the shelling of the Dnepropetrovsk region on December 15, a 65-year-old man was killed and five others were injured, the head of the Dnepropetrovsk regional military administration, Valentin Reznichenko, said on his Telegram channel. “A 65-year-old man was killed in Marganets. At least three people were wounded: a 16-year-old girl, a 38-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man. They are in the hospital.

The European Union agreed on the ninth package of sanctions against Russia in connection with the war against Ukraine. This is reported by AFP and Reuters , citing diplomats. the approval of the ninth package of anti-Russian sanctions announced Also, Rikard Jozwiak, editor-in-chief of Radio Liberty in Europe, . The written approval procedure will end before noon tomorrow, he wrote.

The Prikubansky District Court of Krasnodar recovered 1.5 million rubles from the Russian Ministry of Defense in favor of the mother of conscript Stepan Tsymbal, who was found dead after being beaten by an officer in 2019. This is reported by the human rights project "Axioma"; the corresponding decision is published on the website of the court.

A private plane of former Russian President and current Deputy Chair of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev landed in Doha on 14 December, the same day the second semifinal of the FIFA World Cup was played, Flightradar24 data shows . According to the website, RusJet’s Bombardier Global Express 5000 (registration number RA-67226) on 14 December flew from Moscow to Doha and then headed to Dubai before returning to Moscow on 15 December.

Personal plane of the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council and ex-president of Russia Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Doha on December 14 on the day of the match of the semi-finals of the World Cup. This is evidenced by Flightradar24 data. According to the aggregator, the Bombardier Global Express 5000 aircraft with RASHET with the RA-67226 registration number on December 14 took the Moscow-Doha flight, after which he went to Dubai, and returned to Moscow on December 15.

Police officers have detained Moscow resident Daniil Panov, 25, and taken him to a draft office, his girlfriend Darya Sergeeva told Novaya Gazeta Europe. Photo: Daniil Panov's Instagram Daniil was stopped by the police around 1-2 PM in downtown Moscow. According to Darya, officers and, supposedly, draft office employees approached him. The police left soon after, while Panov “barely blinked before he was detained”. Daniil was then taken to a draft office.

The Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) of Ukraine reported that a number of fortifications were installed along the coast in the Saki region of the annexed Crimea. This is stated in the telegram channel of the department. The report says that in the area of ​​​​the village of Molochnoye they installed a network of minefields, dug trenches and trenches, and also installed the so-called "dragon's teeth" - rows of concrete pyramids that should stop the advance of heavy equipment.

Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are being held captive in Russia for ‘opposing the special operation’, with courts denying them basic right to counsel Photo: ЕРА Ivan Honchar, a 24-year-old Ukrainian citizen, was fleeing the Russia-occupied city of Mariupol together with his family at the beginning of April. He, like almost all war refugees from the city, had to go through the “filtration” process.

Valery Zaluzhny, head of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, believes that Russian troops are likely to make another attempt to capture Kyiv next year, he said in an interview with The Economist. Photo: Valery Zaluzhny “Russian mobilisation has worked. It is not true that their problems are so dire that these people will not fight. They will. A tsar tells them to go to war, and they go to war.” “I’ve studied the history of the two Chechen wars—it was the same.

Police officers detained 25-year-old Daniil Panov in the center of Moscow and delivered him to the military registration and enlistment office. About this “Novaya Gazeta Europe” was told by his girlfriend Daria Sergeeva. Photo: Instagram Daniil Panova Daniil was detained today from about 13 to 14 o’clock in the afternoon near the Arbat metro station. According to Daria, police officers and, presumably, employees of the military enlistment office approached him.

The participants of the EU summit granted Bosnia and Herzegovina the status of a candidate for EU membership. This was announced by the Minister for the European Union and the Constitution of Austria Karoline Edtstadler. “Today is a historic day. By granting Bosnia and Herzegovina EU candidate status, the EU is sending an important message,” said Karoline Edtstadler.

Russia has been purchasing components from Western countries since the war in Ukraine broke out to build Orlan-10 drones and uses a chain of suppliers to bypass sanctions, reads a joint investigation by IStories, Reuters, and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).

The US Treasury has expanded the list of sanctions against Russia. This was reported on the website of the department. Billionaire and head of Norilsk Nickel Vladimir Potanin, as well as his holding Interros, fell under the new restrictions. The businessman was included in the SDN list , which means the blocking of assets in the United States and a ban on interaction with Americans. Other assets of the businessman were also subject to sanctions, including Rosbank acquired in April.

Russian President Vladimir Putin expelled actresses Chulpan Khamatova and Ksenia Rappoport from the Board of Trustees of the Circle of Good Foundation, who opposed the war. This follows from the decree published on the official portal. Also, according to the document, Elizaveta Oleskina, the founder and director of the Old Age for Joy charity fund for helping the elderly, and Larisa Fechina, a pediatric oncologist from the Sverdlovsk region, were excluded from the fund's trustees.