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Combat Operations

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 30.12 Ukraine MOD 30 Dec 2022
• Russia Continues 'Kamikaze' Drone Attacks; Ukraine Says All 16 Were Downed RFE/RL 30 Dec 2022 -- Air-raid sirens blared in Kyiv early on December 30 as another wave of drones launched by Russia at Ukraine's capital and other cities were intercepted, a day after Moscow carried out one of its heaviest air attacks since it invaded its neighbor more than 10 months ago.

Ukraine

• Zelenskyy: Ukrainian Air Defenses Stronger Than Ever VOA 30 Dec 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that Ukraine continues to endure and repel waves of Russian air attacks and that Ukrainian air defenses have been made "stronger than ever."
• In the new year Ukrainian air defense will become stronger, more effective - address of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 30 Dec 2022
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting of the Staff President of Ukraine 30 Dec 2022
• Andriy Yermak discussed with Ukrainian defenders released from Russian captivity the work of the Coordination Headquarters on the treatment of prisoners of war President of Ukraine 30 Dec 2022

Russia

• British Defense Ministry Notes 'Continued Churn of Senior Russian Officials' VOA 30 Dec 2022 -- Britain's Defense Ministry said Friday in an update on Russia's invasion of Ukraine that "The continued churn of senior Russian officers probably reflects internal divisions regarding the Russian Ministry of Defence's future conduct of the war."
• Over 3,000 Killed Civilians Found in Mariupol: Russian Investigative Committee Sputnik 30 Dec 2022 -- Russia has found more than 3,000 killed civilians in Mariupol after taking control over the city, the Russian Investigative Committee told Sputnik.

United States

• US Reportedly Mulling Sending Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine in Future Aid Package Sputnik 30 Dec 2022 -- The United States is considering including Bradley Fighting Vehicles in a future US military assistance package for Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.

NATO

• NATO chief calls for more arms for Ukraine to help it 'prevail' against Russia Press TV 30 Dec 2022 -- NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg had called on members of the military alliance to supply more weapons to Ukraine, saying it is in their "security interests" to make sure Kiev prevails in the protracted war against Russia.

United Nations

• Update 138 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 30 Dec 2022 -- A 330 kilovolt (kV) back-up power line to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) was disconnected late yesterday due to damage caused by shelling, in the latest incident underlining the facility's fragile supplies of electricity from the grid, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi said today.

Foreign Reactions

• UK military support for Ukraine continues with delivery of counter explosive ordnance equipment UK MOD 30 Dec 2022 -- Hundreds of metal detectors and bomb de-arming kits have been donated to help clear minefields and unexploded ordnance as part of the latest package.
• UK Sends Counter Explosive Ordnance Equipment to Ukraine: Defense Ministry Sputnik 30 Dec 2022 -- The United Kingdom has delivered over 1,000 metal detectors and 100 bomb demining kits to Ukraine as a part of the latest military aid package in 2022, the country's defense ministry said on Friday.
• Belarus: 'Unlikely' downed Ukrainian missile entered airspace by accident Press TV 30 Dec 2022 -- The Belarusian government has accused Ukraine of "provoking a regional conflict," saying it was "unlikely" that a Ukrainian air defense missile downed on Thursday had entered Belarusian airspace by accident.
• Ukrainian ambassador summoned to Belarus foreign ministry to receive formal protest Press TV 30 Dec 2022 -- Belarus has summoned Ukraine's ambassador after its military downed a Ukrainian S-300 missile that crashed into a farming land near the village of Harbacha in the southwestern region of the country.

News Reports

• Facts about Russia-Ukraine conflict: Zelensky says Ukraine's reconstruction to be Europe's major economic project People's Daily 30 Dec 2022 -- The following are the latest developments in the Ukraine crisis: