From January, residents of the temporarily occupied territories of the Luhansk region who have not obtained Russian passports will no longer be eligible to receive pensions.
Russian troops dropped explosives from a drone on a civilian pensioner in the central district of Kherson. The man was taken to hospital with injuries.
The remaining part of the Russian military contingent in Syria is pulling to the naval and air bases in Tartus and Khmeimim, where they largely binge-drink and engage in looting while waiting for evacuation.
The United States and Germany, as the leading Western powers, need to appeal to Turkey to not allow Russian naval vessels previously stationed in Syria to get to the Black Sea.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed condolences to the families and loved ones of those killed in a Russian missile strike on Zaporizhzhia.
Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk and Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal held a meeting in the Ukrainian parliament to discuss joint efforts in cybersecurity and combating Russian propaganda.
Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko and Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s CDU/CSU bloc, visited one of the Ukrainian energy facilities destroyed by Russian shelling.
The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine issued a security alert on Sunday, December 8, cautioning American citizens about heightened threats from Russian missiles and drones.
On December 7, there were 182 combat clashes between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders on the front lines, with the enemy most actively attacking in the Kurakhove, Pokrovsk, and Vremivka sectors.