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07:26

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, Russian troops have committed 49,592 war crimes against Ukraine and its citizens. – Press service of the National Police of Ukraine

08:04

At night on December 19, Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 30 out of 35 Iranian «Shahed-136» kamikaze drones launched by Russian aggressors. – Press service of the Air Force Command of UA Armed Forces

08:30

Russian aggressors fired missiles at the Donetsk region on December 18. 3 people were killed. 4 citizens were injured. – Pavlo Kyrylenko, Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration

08:57

Total combat losses of Russian aggressors in Ukraine from 24 February to 19 December (approximation): 98800 troops; 2988 tanks; 5969 armored vehicles; 1953 artillery systems; 410 MLRS; 212 anti-aircraft warfare systems; 281 aircraft; 264 helicopters; 4592 military auto vehicles and fuel tanks; 16 military boats; 1657 tactical UAVs; 175 special military equipment; 653 cruise missiles. – General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

09:01

On December 18, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a Russian command post, 2 enemy ammunition depots, and a Russian radar system Zoopark-1 in different regions of Ukraine. – General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

10:08

At night on December 19, Russian troops attacked Kyiv and the region with Iranian «Shahed-136» kamikaze drones. Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 18 out of 23 kamikaze drones. In the Ukrainian capital, a critical infrastructure facility and civilian objects in the Solomianskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts were damaged. In the Kyiv region, enemy drones hit local infrastructure objects and private houses. 3 people were injured and hospitalized. – Press service of the Kyiv City Military Administration

13:38

Due to the morning Russian missile attack, Obukhivskyi, Vyshhorodskyi, and Buchanskyi districts in the Kyiv region are partially de-energized. Only critical infrastructure is connected to an electricity supply at the moment. – Oleksii Kuleba, Head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration

14:01

Over the last two days, 7 more ships left Ukrainian ports in Odesa through the “grain corridor”. 182 thousand tons of Ukrainian agricultural products are on board, heading to countries of Europe, Africa, and Asia. – Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine

16:28

The Armed Forces of Ukraine conduct military operations on the territory of the country-aggressor Russia. The targets of the Ukrainian Army are the objects of the Russian troops used to attack Ukraine. – Vadym Skibitskyi, A representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine

18:00

In the last 24 hours, Russian troops shelled the Kyiv, the Dnipropetrovsk, the Kherson, the Mykolaiv, the Donetsk, the Kharkiv, the Luhansk, and the Sumy regions. 5 people were killed. 14 citizens were injured [conservative estimates, real numbers are likely higher]. – Information from Regional Military Administrations

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A boy runs through a playground covered in debris after a Russian strike in the town of Selydove, the Donetsk region. November 2023.

By Anatolii Stepanov / AFP / Getty Images

Pedestrians walk past exhibited destroyed Russian military vehicles blanketed in snow in front of the St Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv. November 2023.

By Roman Pilipey / AFP / Getty Images

A 60-foot-long photograph of Irpin’s car cemetery has been erected in Little Ukraine, Manhattan, as a reminder that Russia’s war against Ukraine continues.

By Philip Buehler

A Ukrainian schoolboy is doing his homework at a Kyiv metro station during an air raid alert.

Photo from UNICEF Ukraine / Instagram

Numerous shell craters in a field on the frontline near Bakhmut, the Donetsk region, covered with snow. November 22, 2023.

By Alex Babenko / AP Photo

Burnt Russian military equipment in a snowy field near Kupiansk, the Kharkiv region. In particular, the Russian army has intensified its attacks on the Kupiansk-Lyman axis lately. November 21, 2023.

By Ozge Elif Kizil / Anadolu / Getty Images

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