Development of Ukrainian drones, return to scheduled blackouts: highlights of the day
A Ukrainian attack drone underwent a series of tests, Kyiv and four regions are returning to scheduled blackouts, and Russia carried out new strikes with civilian casualties. We have collected the main news from today.
Development of Ukrainian drones
Ukroboronprom successfully conducted a series of tests of a Ukrainian strike drone with a range of 1,000 kilometers. Now they are moving to the stage of testing under the influence of electronic warfare. The concern hopes to test the drone in combat by the end of 2022.
Return to scheduled blackouts
From December 5, Kyiv city, Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk oblasts will return to the schedules of stabilization power outages, DTEK energy company reported. However, they stressed that the situation in the power system remains difficult.
Anti-Ukrainian information campaign in Poland
Recently, the Russian information campaign has intensified in Poland, which aims to provoke the reluctance of Poles to help Ukraine. The intensification of propaganda was felt after the downing of a missile on the Polish border.
"Russian narratives immediately began that Ukraine is a threat to Poland, that the West's support for Kyiv is a failure and that Ukrainian missiles destroy Ukrainian cities and cause casualties," said a representative of the Polish government.
Death of Georgian volunteers
On December 3, five Georgian volunteer fighters were killed in Donetsk Oblast near Bakhmut: Avto Rurua, Roland Kvaratskhelia, Romeo Pichkhaya, Merab Aladashvili and Badri Markelia. The group of soldiers was surrounded.
New strikes
Russian troops once again launched missile and artillery strikes on the territory of Kupyansk and Vovchansk districts of Kharkiv Oblast. As a result, a 72-year-old man died in the village of Hatyshche.
Also, since the morning, the occupation troops have fired five times at Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. A 23-year-old man died in Kapulivka village. He was working in his yard when a Russian shell hit him.
Russian shells hit a pre-trial detention center in Kherson. Some of the premises were damaged, there are wounded among the staff. It was also reported that over the past day, on December 3, Russians shelled Kherson Oblast 46 times: one person was killed, there are wounded.
In addition, today in Kherson Oblast, Russian soldiers killed a 65-year-old woman with a machine gun, who was crossing the Dnipro river by boat with her husband, leaving their summer cottage.
Russia launch esfewer Iranian drones
Russia has suspended the launch of Iranian kamikaze drones Shahed-136. This is because of the cold weather, which adversely affects the materials from which the drones are made, the command of the Armed Forces said.
In other news:
- the Kremlin recommended the regions and state companies to show "restraint" in spending on the celebration of the New Year and to support "patriotic artists".
- During their stay at the airport of Hostomel near Kyiv, Russian forces managed to steal spare parts from the famous Ukrainian aircraft An-225 "Mriya", which was destroyed in February.
- Archimandrite of the UOC-MP Nikita (Storozhuk), who was involved in a recent scandalous search by the Security Service of Ukraine, was ordained a bishop — one of the highest ranks of the clergy.
- In Kherson, water supply has been restored for 70% of residents, and electricity — for 85%.
- Starting from January 1, Russians plan to withdraw the hryvnia from circulation in the temporarily occupied territories of Luhansk Oblast — it will be possible to pay only in rubles.
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