Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, opening of Notre Dame: December 7 highlights

Zelenskyy met with Trump and Macron

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the newly elected President of the United States, Donald Trump, and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, in the Elysee Palace. It lasted only 35 minutes.

Zelenskyy called the meeting "good" and "productive".

Notre Dame Cathedral was opened in France

Notre Dame officially opened its doors for the first time in five and a half years after a devastating fire in 2019. About 50 heads of state and government were invited to the solemn ceremony, including Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The Archbishop of Paris opened the Cathedral by knocking three times on its door with a staff made of its burnt beams. Later, the address of the Pope was read out there and its 13-meter organ sounded.

The second batch of F-16 fighters from Denmark arrived in Ukraine

The second batch of Danish F-16 fighters has already arrived in Ukraine.

The first batch of planes provided by the Danes are already intercepting Russian missiles and saving Ukrainian infrastructure. In total, the country promised to provide 19 fighters.

The Ministry of Culture dismissed the head of the Strategic Communications Center, who is accused of supporting Medvedchuk

By its order, the Ministry of Culture dismissed the acting director of the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security Serhiy Bykov. He is accused of working for the former MP Viktor Medvedchuk, although Bykov himself denied all the accusations.

Prior to this, the department promised that after the re-registration of the Center was completed, the Ministry of Culture would conduct an open and transparent selection to appoint a new manager.

Ukrainian naval drones attacked Russian targets in occupied Crimea

Fighters of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed Russian surveillance systems located on captured gas platforms near the coast of temporarily occupied Crimea with the help of naval drones.

Russian attacks: the death toll has increased in Kryvyi Rih, and the killed children have been identified in Zaporizhzhia

The number of dead as a result of the Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih on the evening of December 6 has increased to three.

In Zaporizhzhia, as a result of an attack on December 6, according to preliminary data, two children were killed. Law enforcement officers continue to identify other victims.

Other news

• Oleksandr Lomako, the secretary of the Chernihiv City Council, who acts as the head of the city, announced his resignation because "the heads of the military administrations besieged the city."
• SpaceX received a contract from the Pentagon to expand Ukraine's access to a more secure version of Starlink.
• The Chancellor of Austria stated that Vienna, as the capital of a neutral country, is ready to accept possible peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.