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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 14.12 Ukraine MOD 14 Dec 2022
• Ukraine Says It Downed 13 Russian Drones Sent to Attack Kyiv VOA 14 Dec 2022 -- Ukraine said Wednesday it thwarted a Russian attack on Kyiv with its air defense system, shooting down 13 incoming explosive-laden drones, although wreckage from some of the aerial intercepts damaged five buildings.
• Ukraine Endures Attacks Across Entire Front Line Leaving Little Hope For Cease-Fire By Year's End RFE/RL 14 Dec 2022 -- Russia maintained pressure along the entire front line in Ukraine on December 14 as Kyiv was targeted by a wave of Russian drones early in the day and Kherson was hit by deadly shelling.

Ukraine

• We are preparing agreements that will strengthen Ukraine's defense capabilities - address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 14 Dec 2022
• The most effective protection of freedom, human rights and the rule of law is to hold to account all those who started the war - President of Ukraine at the presentation of the Sakharov Prize President of Ukraine 14 Dec 2022
• President held another meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief President of Ukraine 14 Dec 2022
• 'All Their Flags Are Stained With Blood': Zelenskiy Urges 'Complete Isolation' For Russian Athletes RFE/RL 14 Dec 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has argued strongly against allowing Russian athletes to compete in international sporting events even under a neutral flag.

Russia

• 'For Russia's Victory': Moscow Places Ukraine's Occupied Crimea Region On All-Out War Footing RFE/RL 14 Dec 2022 -- In a publicity gesture in November, Sergei Aksyonov - the Russian-installed head of Ukraine's Crimea region - visited frontline Russian forces on mainland Ukraine last month and delivered to them socks and other basic goods.
• US Patriot systems in Ukraine would be 'legitimate target', warns Russia Press TV 14 Dec 2022 -- In a stern warning, Russia on Wednesday said US Patriot missile defense systems would be a legitimate target for its strikes if Washington authorizes them to be delivered to support Kiev.

United States

• US finalizing plans to send Patriot missile systems to Ukraine: Report Press TV 14 Dec 2022 -- The United States is reportedly finalizing plans to send Patriot missile systems to Ukraine, going against a warning by Russia against deployment of the weapons to the ex-Soviet republic, where Moscow is waging a war.
• Ukraine to get 1 bln USD from partners to go through winter season: PM People's Daily 14 Dec 2022 -- Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Tuesday that Ukraine will get 1 billion U.S. dollars from its partners to go through the winter cold season, the government press service reported.

NATO

United Nations

• IAEA Missions To Be Dispatched To All Ukraine's Nuclear Power Plants RFE/RL 14 Dec 2022 -- Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said an agreement on moving heavy weapons from Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant is still being worked out but said a decision had been made to send IAEA teams to all Ukrainian nuclear power plants.
• Almost 7 million children in Ukraine at risk as attacks on energy infrastructure cause widespread blackouts and disruption of heating and water UNICEF 14 Dec 2022 -- Continuing attacks on critical energy infrastructure in Ukraine have left almost every child in Ukraine - nearly seven million children - without sustained access to electricity, heating and water, putting them at increased risk as temperatures continue to drop and winter deepens, UNICEF warned today.
• Ukraine: Winter's downward spiral documented by UN agencies UN News 14 Dec 2022 -- Nine months after Russia invaded Ukraine, rural households are increasingly forced to scale down or abandon agricultural activities, according to a new survey released on Wednesday by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Foreign Reactions

• Resilience, recovery and reconstruction: Council of Europe adopts new Action Plan for Ukraine Council of Europe 14 Dec 2022 -- The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers has adopted a record €50 million Action Plan for Ukraine for 2023-2026.
• Ukraine: Statement by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell on the Sakharov Prize awarded to the brave people of Ukraine European External Action Service (EEAS) 14 Dec 2022 -- "We welcome today's awarding of the 2022 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought of the European Parliament to the brave people of Ukraine in the ceremony in Strasbourg."
• Ukraine's 'Brave' People Receive European Parliament's 2022 Sakharov Prize RFE/RL 14 Dec 2022 -- Representatives of Ukraine have received the European Parliament's 2022 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought on behalf of "the brave people of Ukraine" amid their battle to repel invading Russian forces.
• Russia has attempted to break the foundations of European security: UK statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 14 Dec 2022 -- Ian Stubbs (UK delegation to the OSCE) thanks Belgium as OSCE FSC chair for focusing on Russia's unprovoked, barbaric and illegal invasion of Ukraine.
• Iranian DM says Ukraine presents no evidence for use of Iranian drones by Russia People's Daily 14 Dec 2022 -- Iranian Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani said that Ukraine has not presented any evidence for its claim that Russia has used Iranian military drones in the Ukraine war, Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday.

News Reports

• Satellite Images Of Russian-Occupied Crimea Pinpoint Potential Military Targets For Ukraine RFE/RL 14 Dec 2022 -- Recent satellite images of Russian-occupied Crimea obtained by RFE/RL show airfields, air-defense sites, and ships that defense experts say could rank as prime targets for the Ukrainian military as it seeks to weaken Moscow's forces and recapture territory they have seized.
• VOA Interview: Former Ukrainian President Poroshenko VOA 14 Dec 2022 -- Former Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko told VOA during a recent visit to Washington that he has held meetings with international partners, calling on them to neither trust nor be afraid of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
• Facts about Russia-Ukraine conflict: IAEA to send permanent technical missions to all nuclear plants in Ukraine People's Daily 14 Dec 2022 -- The following are the latest developments in the Ukraine crisis: