This Tuesday marks 293 days since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. kyiv is confident that the solidarity of the international community will not only include civilian assistance, but also anti-aircraft weapons, in the face of the incipient battle with “General Winter”. Meanwhile, members of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) and the National Police have neutralized more than 480,000 explosive objects scattered throughout the country since the Russian invasion began on February 24.
Ukraine passes a law on racial minorities to pave the way for EU membership
The Ukrainian Parliament has passed a law on national minorities, which was one of the key requirements for its accession to the EU. Thus, the institution has carried out with 324 votes in favor the repeal of the old bill.
The new standard is intended “improve the protection of the rights of national minorities”including “the rights to self-identification, the use of national minority languages, education, participation in political, economic, social and cultural life, etc.”, reported the New Voice of Ukraine newspaper.
The objective of the law is to pass the procedures for accession to the European Union. Oleksandr Korniyenko, First Vice-President of the Ukrainian Parliament, stated that “we have voted in favor of all the necessary laws to pave the way for EU membership.”
Today, the @ua_parliament voted for all the necessary laws that pave the way for us to join the EU. We are looking forward to positive decisions for Ukraine. Ukraine is Europe! ???? pic.twitter.com/TBswZl3KSs
— Oleksandr Korniyenko (@OlekKorn) December 13, 2022
Lithuania extends the state of emergency on the border with Russia and Belarus until 2023
The Lithuanian Parliament has approved an extension until March of the state of emergency on the border with Russia and Belarus, in response to the war in Ukraine.
This special regulation allows authorities to stop and search both vehicles and civilians in border areas, as well as at other control points, such as airports or train stations. In addition to Poland and Latvia, Lithuania shares a border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, on the shores of the Baltic Sea, and with belarus, one of Moscow’s main allies, which this Tuesday has mobilized in southern Ukraine. Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, Vilnius views the conflict as a threat to its security.
The Paris Forum agrees to send 1,000 million euros to Ukraine to face the winter
Nearly 70 countries and institutions have committed to send €1 billion in humanitarian aid to help Ukraine to spend the winter, while Russian forces continue to attack its power grid. This was agreed at a world meeting sponsored by France, the Paris Forum, to discuss what the international community can offer between now and March to maintain the supply of water, food, energy, sanitation and transport during Ukraine’s typically icy winter. .
The French Foreign MinisterCatherine Colonna, said they were engaged more than a billion euros and added that the participation of non-Western countries such as Qatar and Cambodia showed increasing support for Ukraine.
“This is a powerful signal to show that the civilized world supports Ukraine,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told reporters.
About 1 billion euros to support ?? in the winter period was announced at the conference in Paris on the initiative of @EmmanuelMacron. The aggressor will not succeed in plunging us into cold and darkness. With the support of our friends, we will persevere. pic.twitter.com/9TIq7BnPaE
— Denys Shmyhal (@Denys_Shmyhal) December 13, 2022
Ukraine broadcasts a video with instructions to surrender to the Russians using drones
Ukraine has published a video that calls for the surrender of Russian soldiers and that it spreads using drones. These same, in addition, will guide to a meeting point with the Ukrainian side. The decision to use quadcopters responds to the fact that it makes the surrender of Russian soldiers safer, according to “Ukrainska Pravda”.
Thus, first of all, soldiers interested in turning themselves in should contact via Telegram “I want to live”, the Ukrainian state project created to offer a way of safe surrender to Ukrainian forceswhich will provide further instructions and, if necessary, the coordinates of the starting point.
The Belarusian contingent deployed in the southwest of the country advances towards the Ukrainian border
The Belarusian Army contingent deployed this week around the city of Brest, in the southwest of the country, has advanced on Tuesday towards the border with Ukraine in full invasion of Russia. The Hajun project, a group monitoring military activity in Belarus, has indicated on its Telegram channel that information has been recorded on progress by the 38th Assault Brigade that was deployed in Brest. Now the contingent has advanced towards the Ukrainian border that adjoins the Volhynia region. Thus, the military are moving towards the city of Malorita, 13 kilometers from the border, and Mokrany, just three kilometers from it. Part of the transferred equipment includes amphibious vehicles, armored vehicles with personnel on board, mortars, MZKT military vehicles, an ambulance and two tankers, among others. On Monday morning, the Belarusian Ministry of Defense announced the start of a series of exercises to test the reaction capacity of the Belarusian forces in the event of an armed conflict. In addition, on December 7, the Belarusian government announced the transfer of military equipment in an attempt to deal with an alleged “anti-terrorist threat” against the country, while confirming the participation of the Russian Army in “tactical” operations on Belarusian soil. .
Iran says Ukraine has not presented evidence on Russia’s use of Iranian drones
The Government of Iran has assured this Tuesday that Ukraine has not presented evidence to support its accusations on Russia’s use of Iranian-made drones as part of the invasion, unleashed on February 24 by order of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Iranian Defense Minister Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani has revealed that experts from Tehran and kyiv have held a meeting to discuss the situation and added that “the Ukrainian side has not presented any documents on Russia’s use of drones Iranians”. “They have reserved it for the next sessions,” he stressed, while denying that Iran has delivered these devices to Russia for use in the context of the conflict, according to the Iranian news agency Tasnim.
Map of the situation in Ukraine from British Intelligence
The illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is continuing.
The map below is the latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 13 December 2022
Find out more about the UK government’s response: https://t.co/1wQ83S6FV9
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— Ministry of Defense ?? (@DefenceHQ) December 13, 2022
Zelenski: “I just want to see the sea and have a few beers”
The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, assures that he is not yet ready to know what will come when the war ends, although he says that what he would like the most is “to go to the sea and drink a few beers.” In a interview in kyiv with American journalist David Lettermanrecorded in a metro station in the Ukrainian capital, Volodímir Zelensky talks about the war his country is experiencing and the suffering of its citizens since the Russian invasion began.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine raise to more than 95,000 the Russian military “liquidated” in the war
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have raised to more than 95,000 the Russian military “liquidated” in the war, unleashed on February 24 by order of Russian President Vladimir Putin, figures much higher than those recognized so far by Moscow. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army has said that “some 95,260” Russian servicemen have been killed in combat, including 500 in the past day, before adding that 2,966 battle tanks, 1,931 artillery systems, 211 anti-aircraft defense systems and 404 self-propelled and armored multiple rocket launchers have been destroyed. Likewise, he has stressed in a message on Facebook that 281 planes, 264 helicopters, 1,617 drones, 592 cruise missiles, 16 boats and 4,549 vehicles and fuel tanks have also been destroyed. “The data is being updated. Hit the occupier. Let’s win together. Our strength is in the truth”, he has riveted. The head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, stated on November 10 that Russia has suffered “more than 100,000” casualties, including military deaths and injuries, in the framework of the invasion of Ukraine, before adding that the figures among the Ukrainian ranks “are probably similar.”
“Beat! beat! drums!—blow! bugles! blow!”
walt whitmanTotal combat losses of the enemy from Feb 24 to Dec 13: pic.twitter.com/IYeFPwgCTk
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) December 13, 2022
Pro-Russian authorities in Donetsk say they will take control of the city of Marinka “soon”
The leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, Denis Pushilin, said Tuesday that Russian forces will “soon” take control of the city of Marinka, located in this territory, in the middle of the combats registered during the last days in the zone. “The situation in Marinka is complicated, but it is moving towards the fact that this town will soon be under our control,” he said in an interview.
The US sends the first energy equipment to Ukraine
The United States has sent the first tranche of its aid for electrical equipment to Ukraine, US officials said Monday, as Washington works to support the country’s energy infrastructure against intensifying storms. Russia attacks. The first tranche of aid has been electrical equipment worth about $13 million, one of the officials said. Another source familiar with the matter said two more planes full of equipment would leave the US this week. The first tranche is part of the $53 million aid announced last month after Ukraine said it needed transformers and generators as well as air defense systems.
