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hromadske talked to the Ukrainian Ambassador to NATO Natalia Galibarenko about the prospects of obtaining weapons, on which partners had so far imposed a political taboo, about the reaction of partners to Russian strikes on civilian infrastructure and NATO's readiness to respond to the Kremlin's nuclear threats.

The Orthodox Church of Ukraine allowed this year to hold a Christmas service on December 25, the Kryvyi Rih district was shelled at night, and another victim of the attacked column was found inKharkiv Oblast. Here is what you may have missed from the previous night.

The Verkhovna Rada abolished conscription for military service during martial law and recognized Ichkeria as temporarily occupied by Russia, and the occupiers declared a difficult situation in Kherson Oblast. We collected the main news from today.

Italy provides Ukraine with a new package of military assistance, the ombudspersons of Ukraine and Russia met during the exchange of prisoners, and power supply was cut off in Mykolaiv at night after explosions. Here is what you may have missed from the previous night.

In the morning, Russian troops struck a number of regions of Ukraine, using, in particular, Iranian drones; the EU allocates another €500 million to the Armed Forces and launches a training mission; 108 women returned from Russian captivity. We have collected the main news from today.

In Melitopol, the Russian occupiers forcibly mobilized up to 3,000 citizens, in the south, the Armed Forces of Ukraine killed at least 50 Russian troops and shot down 9 kamikaze drones in the space of an hour. Here is what you may have missed from the previous night.

Iran plans to transfer to Russia an additional batch of drones and short—range ballistic missiles; Israel's Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Nachman Shai, called for military aid to Ukraine; Russians are intensifying filtering measures on the temporarily occupied territories of Kherson Oblast and have begun the process of evacuating their “state institutions”. We collected the key news for today.

“My dearest people in the world, I am writing to inform you that I am alive and well and everything is fine with me. I am in captivity on the territory of the Russian Federation. I know what issues concern you the most: they treat us well, they feed us well (3 times a day), I am not sick, they let us read books, we take a walk in the fresh air... 02.06.2022. Klimovich Dmitrii Vadimovich”

At the proving ground in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation, there was a shooting, as a result of which the mobilized Russians were killed; the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the southern front destroyed 14 Russian invaders and their hardware. Here is what you may have missed from the previous night.

The Russian occupying forces hit an infrastructure facility in Kyiv Oblast and struck Donetsk Oblast 21 times. A series of explosions rang out in occupied Sevastopol, and an oil depot was on fire in Russian Belgorod. The Defense Forces repelled Russian attacks in the areas of 11 settlements. We collected the key news for today.

Since the beginning of the hostilities, most of the doctors left Izium. For 10,000 residents of the occupied city, there are only two dozen medics left. They dared to work under the barrels of Russian machine guns. Overcoming the fear for their lives in the destroyed city, they had to look for food, water, and medicine. Despite everything, they continued to rescue the wounded and sick.

The US announced a new $725 million aid package; the occupiers attacked Zaporizhzhia with kamikaze drones and missiles, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the south destroyed the ammunition depot. We collected the main news for the night of October 15.