In the past 24 hours, there were 54 combat engagements on the battlefield in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 26 enemy attacks, most of them in the Novopavlivka, Avdiivka, and Bakhmut sectors.
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk discussed the issue of strengthening sanctions against Russia with President of Finland Alexander Stubb and Speaker of the Finnish Parliament Jussi Halla-aho.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and President of Finland Alexander Stubb have discussed defense production, as well as Finland’s experience in the construction of shelters.
Since the beginning of the year, Ukraine has received €400 million in military aid from Finland, and by the end of the year, this amount will increase significantly due to at least two aid packages.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal has met with President of the Republic of Estonia Alar Karis. The parties discussed the creation of joint defense production facilities.
Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and Poland Dmytro Kuleba and Radosław Sikorski discussed how Poland can help protect Ukrainian airspace from Russian missiles.
Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and Spain Dmytro Kuleba and Jose Manuel Albares discussed the importance of efforts to strengthen Ukraine's defense and the urgency of providing the country with additional air defense systems, including Patriot.
The International Register of Damages caused by Russian armed aggression has started to receive the first applications via the Diia app. So far, this refers to compensation for the destroyed or damaged housing property.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine had approved the agreement on the opening of the international checkpoint Bila Tserkva (Ukraine) - Sighetu Marmatiei (Romania).
Despite the war risks, shelling, power outages and personnel shortages, the production output of coal at Ukrainian state-owned mines has been exceeding the pre-war levels for several months.
Against the background of successful Ukrainian strikes on military targets, Moscow was forced to use methods of camouflage and deception in an attempt to hide its aircraft.