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Combat Operations

• Russia Launches 'Massive' Attack On Ukraine's Energy Facilities RFE/RL 12 Dec 2024 -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has criticized the Biden administration for giving Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia with powerful U.S. missiles, claiming it is intensifying the war.
• Russia Closes In On Key Ukrainian City As Zelenskiy Visits Front Line RFE/RL 12 Dec 2024 -- Russian forces continue to creep closer to the strategic eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk amid a surge in diplomacy to end Europe's biggest war in decades.

Ukraine

• The President's Office Continues Work on Legislative Changes for MSEC Reform President of Ukraine 12 Dec 2024
• Ukraine and the United Kingdom Held the Fourth Round of Negotiations on the Agreement on Transitioning to a Stronger and Deeper Partnership President of Ukraine 12 Dec 2024
• The President Honored the Memory of Those Killed in the Missile Strike on Zaporizhzhia President of Ukraine 12 Dec 2024
• In Zaporizhzhia, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Held a Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff Meeting and Received a Briefing on the Security Situation in the Region President of Ukraine 12 Dec 2024
• We Must Make Every Effort to Ensure That Each Day Brings Us Closer to Peace – Address by the President President of Ukraine 12 Dec 2024
• In the Zaporizhzhia Region, the President Discussed Changes in Training for Mobilized Soldiers and Drone Supply with Battalion and Company Commanders President of Ukraine 12 Dec 2024
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy Visited Ukraine's First Underground Frontline Surgical Unit President of Ukraine 12 Dec 2024
• On Land Forces Day, the President Visited a HIMARS Division on the Zaporizhzhia Front President of Ukraine 12 Dec 2024

Russia

• Comment by Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov President of Russia 12 Dec 2024 -- During yesterday's telephone conversation with President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban suggested carrying out a major prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine ahead of Christmas, as well as declaring a Christmas ceasefire.
• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (12 December 2024) Russia MoD 12 Dec 2024 -- The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.

United States

• Fact Sheet on U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine - December 12, 2024 DOD
• Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine DoD 12 Dec 2024 -- Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced a new Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs as part of the surge of security assistance the President directed to put Ukraine in the best possible position.

NATO

United Nations

• Update 265 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 12 Dec 2024 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) remains committed to maintaining a presence at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) to help prevent a nuclear accident during the military conflict, despite this week's drone attack on one of its armoured vehicles during a regular rotation of IAEA teams stationed at the site, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today.

Foreign Reactions

• IT Coalition established by Estonia and Luxembourg to help Ukraine has raised about 500 million euros in its first year of operation Estonia MoD 12 Dec 2024 -- Today's IT Coalition Steering Group meeting in Luxembourg summed up the Coalition's first year of support for Ukraine and reviewed Ukraine's top priorities for the coming year.
• Lithuania transferred trailers and ammunition to Ukraine Lithuania MND 12 Dec 2024 -- Lithuania continues rendering unwavering support to Ukraine. This week the country will received trailers for tracked vehicles and ammunition.
• Berlin Declaration Spain MFA 12 Dec 2024 -- "We, Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom as well as the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, have come together with the Foreign Minister of Ukraine today at a watershed moment in Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine."
• 2024 has been another year of Russian aggression against Ukraine and OSCE principles: UK statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 12 Dec 2024 -- Ambassador Holland sets out some of the examples of Russia's aggression against Ukraine and its OSCE commitments that we have witnessed so far in 2024.

News Reports

• Noted Russian Missile Designer Reportedly Shot Dead Near Moscow RFE/RL 12 Dec 2024 -- A senior official from a Russian company that develops cruise missiles used by Moscow in its war with Ukraine has reportedly been shot and killed just outside the capital.