Aleksandr Kalyaninov, the co-pilot killed in the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash near Aktau, Kazakhstan, on December 25, was a graduate of the Kropyvnytskyi Flight Academy in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has extended his condolences to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and the people of Azerbaijan following the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash.
The Oreshnik ballistic missile, launched by Russia against Ukraine in November 2024, was produced by Russian companies that still depend on advanced Western equipment.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken have coordinated plans for additional U.S. support to Ukraine, with a focus on bolstering air defense capabilities.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 100 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and the Russian invaders on the frontline, with 34 enemy attacks recorded in the Pokrovsk sector.
The wreckage and testimonies from witnesses suggest that there may have been external interference in the operation of the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) plane that crashed on December 25 in Kazakhstan.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and National Police investigators have uncovered fraudulent actions by the Director of the Department of Social and Veterans Policy of the Kyiv City State Administration. The official is accused of unlawfully obtaining a second-degree disability status.
By the end of 2024, at least 121 activists, volunteers, human rights defenders, and journalists have lost their lives due to Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine.
Eight capability coalitions, each comprising between six and 21 countries, are actively assisting in addressing specific needs of Ukraine's Defense Forces.
In the northern regions, the number of shelling attacks by the Russian forces along the border increased over the past day. However, there is currently no indication of the formation of an enemy offensive group to advance deeper into the Ukrainian territory.
MPs are preparing a number of legislative initiatives to create a register of damages caused to legal entities, a register of damages caused to owners of movable property, and a new version of the Law of Ukraine “On Ensuring the Rights and Freedoms of Internally Displaced Persons”.