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The US Department of State has announced a $1,85 billion military aid package for Ukraine. In particular, the new military aid package includes Patriot air defense battery and munitions; additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS); 500 precision-guided 155mm artillery rounds; 37 Cougar Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles; 120 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs); 100,000 rounds of 125mm tank ammunition and others. – Official website of the US Department of State

On December 21, the Biden administration unveiled new curbs on technology exports to Russia’s Wagner military group. The Wagner group will now be labeled a military end user and face strict new curbs on access to technology made anywhere in the world with US equipment. – Reuters

Total combat losses of Russian aggressors in Ukraine from 24 February to 22 December (approximation): 100400 troops; 3003 tanks; 5981 armored vehicles; 1978 artillery systems; 413 MLRS; 212 anti-aircraft warfare systems; 283 aircraft; 267 helicopters; 4608 military auto vehicles and fuel tanks; 16 military boats; 4615 tactical UAVs; 178 special military equipment; 653 cruise missiles. – General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, 450 Ukrainian children have died, 864 children have been injured. Most victims among children are from the Donetsk region. – Prosecutor General’s Office

Russian occupiers shelled Kherson and the region on December 21. 1 person was killed. 6 citizens were injured. Local private houses, apartment buildings, and a shipbuilding plant were damaged. – Yaroslav Yanushevych, Head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration

Over the last 2 days, 5 more ships left Ukrainian ports in Odesa through the “grain corridor”. 221 thousand tons of Ukrainian agricultural products are on board, heading to countries of Africa and Asia. – Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine

Ukrainian law enforcement officers have found another mass burial in the liberated Kherson. In particular, 36 more graves of Ukrainian citizens killed by Russian aggressors have been discovered at the cemetery in the settlement of geologists in Kherson. – Yevhenii Yenin, First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine

Ukraine has received about $28 billion in financial aid from international partners during the full-scale Russian invasion. – Yuliia Svyrydenko, Minister of Economy of Ukraine

As of December 22, Ukrainian law enforcement officers have found 7 torture chambers and 8 places of detention in the liberated territories of Kherson and the region. Russian occupiers illegally held and tortured here Ukrainian citizens. – Andrii Kovanyi, Head of Public Relations of the Kherson regional police

On Thursday, the US Department of the Treasury announced new sanctions against Russia. In particular, the new sanctions list includes several Russian companies and research institutions related to the naval technology sector. Among them are JSC Concern “Morinformsystem Agat”, JSC Battery Company “Rigel”, JSC Central Research Institute of Marine Engineering, and others. – Official website of the US Department of the Treasury

In the last 24 hours, Russian troops shelled the Kherson, the Sumy, the Mykolaiv, the Dnipropetrovsk, the Donetsk, the Luhansk, the Zaporizhzhia, the Kharkiv, and the Chernihiv regions. 3 people were killed. 27 citizens were injured, including 2 children [conservative estimates, real numbers are likely higher]. – Information from Regional Military Administrations