In the US, death of Special Forces deserter SEAL Daniel Swift during the fighting for Bakhmut has been confirmed. Since 2019, he has had the status of AWOL. Source
Europe
Units of the Rocket Forces and Artillery of the Defense Forces struck one command post, one cluster of manpower, and one electronic warfare station over the past 24 hours. Source
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, believes that Russia, led by Vladimir Putin, has chosen to be a terrorist country in the world, and the current Russian government will not be able to change this. Source
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation lost one S-400 system in Ukraine. This is the first documented case of a destroyed S-400 launcher, sources claimed Source
Rafael Grossi, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has said that the decision to deprive Russia of the status of an IAEA member state does not depend on his will. Source
Some Western countries were skeptical about Ukraine’s chances of resistance before the full-scale invasion, but they changed their mind. Source
According to Minsk's opposition Telegram channel a Russian supersonic MiG-31 fighter-bomber with a Kinzhal missile on board took off from an air base in Belarus Source
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he is glad that former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger now supports Ukraines accession to NATO and emphasised the importance of influential people exerting pressure on Vladimir Putin. Source
“Whenever my colleagues from other European capitals began to think about some peace plan, the idea crumbled immediately: you can’t negotiate with Putin because he’s so patently untrustworthy…” Source
“Just a flat tire. Everyone is alive, change the wheels and it will work. We didn't do much damage,” says the inspecting Ukrainian soldier looking the D20 gun. Source
Thirteen adults and one child were killed in the helicopter crash in Brovary, Kyiv Oblast, on 18 January, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported as of 15:45. Source
Dmytro Kuleba, the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, has criticised Hungarys proposal to exclude nine people from the sanctions list of the European Union, where they were initially put due to the full-scale Russian aggression against Ukraine. Source
A Ukrainian Su-25 Frogfoot twin-engine fighter jet was shot down over the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic [DPR], Russian MoD announced on December 1 Source
Russia’s head of parliament Vyacheslav Volodin has threatened Germany with expropriation measures should the West use Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine. Source
Ukraines defence forces have created a multi-level defence system in the countrys north, which will not allow Russians to go beyond the border with Belarus. Source
Ukrainian media reports that a T-90M in the area of the Luhansk region was captured. UralVagonZavod's T-90 Rroryv is the best Russian tank in serial production. Source
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to implement a ceasefire for Christmas. Source
Law enforcement officers have detained a priest in the capital of Belarus because he prayed for the defenders of Ukraine. The security forces also did not like his nationalist tattoos and passion for video games. Source
Some Russian missiles are sent to Ukraine straight from the production line, among the weapons used are missiles produced in August this year Ukrainian GUR says Source
1,189 cultural sites have been damaged in Ukraine because of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Source