Result 13.12: Kyivstar returned and shot down 10 missiles

On the night of December 13, the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down 10 enemy UAVs and 10 ballistic missiles. Almost all UAVs were shot down in the Odessa region, and all ten ballistic missiles were shot down over Kiev. In the capital, 53 people were injured in the night attack. 20 of them, including two children, were hospitalized. Missile debris fell in residential areas on the left bank. In particular, in the Dnieper region, the facade of a residential building was damaged by rocket debris. Private residential buildings were also burnt in two places.

Subscribers of the mobile operator Kyivstar on Wednesday began to report the continuity of its network. Subscribers are also advised to restart their phone or turn airplane mode on and off to restore communication. Later, the company officially announced the integration of voice communications. They also reported that Russian hackers managed to breach the protection due to the account of one of the company’s employees. The investigation is ongoing.

Norway will provide Ukraine with additional financial and humanitarian aid totaling $800 million. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stere said this at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky during his visit to Oslo. According to Stere, the money will go to the wages of nurses, doctors, teachers, other workers and various social projects.

Also, the Danish government will provide Ukraine with a new support package totaling 1 billion euros. Danish Prime Minister Matte Frederiksen said this at a press conference in Oslo. Frederiksen will present the new support package to his parliament for approval on Thursday.

Russian hackers from the Solntsepek group took full responsibility for the cyberattack on the Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar. They claim that they attacked Kyivstar because “the company provides communications to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as government agencies and law enforcement agencies of Ukraine.” In this regard, the SBU confirmed the participation of Russian hackers in the attack on Kyivstar, although it did not name a specific group.

EU leaders must make a “bold decision” at the December 14-15 summit: agree to start membership negotiations with Ukraine and continue its financial and military support. The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, wrote about this in a letter of invitation to the heads of state and government of the EU member states. The President of the European Council added that EU leaders must also make “important decisions on other applicants for membership, while working to make our Union fit for the future and ready to receive new members.”

The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky spoke about the details of the conversation with the Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban. According to Zelensky, during the conversation he confirmed to Orban that he has no reason to block Ukraine’s membership in the EU. “I asked him to give me at least one reason. Not three, not five, not 10. Give me one reason. And I’m waiting for an answer,” said Zelensky.

The New Year’s menu of traditional dishes costs about UAH 2,879.15 for a family of four, which is 8.4% more expensive than in the past. This is confirmed by the calculations of the center of the Institute of Agrarian Economics. The price of potatoes this year has increased by 75.9% compared to last year. The price of green peas remained at the level of last year – 45 UAH per 0.5 kg. Prices for other salad ingredients have dropped.

The leader of the Freedom Party and potential Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Geert Wilders, on Wednesday, November 13, called the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, a dictator. Russian television channels hailed Wilders’ election victory as a victory for Moscow, as he had previously praised Vladimir Putin. “Putin is a terrible dictator,” the politician said today. At the same time, Wilders believes that military support should not be given to Ukraine while “we cannot defend our country.”