The Ukrainian military has claimed to have destroyed a total of 15 Russian army ships in the Black Sea since the start of the war.
Twelve others were damaged, the army said.
The attacks also targeted war shipments near annexed Crimea, adding a giant landing shipment and a submarine.
The European Union’s decision to start accession talks with Ukraine is “in jeopardy,” a senior official said.
“The leaders (. . . ) learned that it was expensive,” they said.
In a possible further blow, the official said there was no agreement to give Kiev another €50bn (£43m).
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the Finnish president for offering Ukraine a new military package.
The newest defence is worth €100 million (£87 million).
This brings Finland’s total army to €1. 5 billion (£1. 3 billion).
“This aid strengthens not only Ukraine but also the security of Finland and the rest of our Europe,” Zelensky said on social media.
Thousands of Ukrainian citizens have been left without electricity due to shelling and unrest at power plants, the Ukrainian government said today.
Some consumers were also left with fuel due to the conflict.
Here’s a look at what happened in the other regions of the country:
More than 28,000 consumers were left without power due to shelling in Kherson, the Ukrainian government said.
The government added that more than 700 consumers remain without access to the force due to flooding caused by the Kakhovka Dam explosion in June.
About 122 settlements still have electricity in the east, the government said.
More than 17,600 consumers remain active in the region.
Power restored power to 950 consumers overnight.
Residents of one of Russia’s border villages were also left without fuel after a medium-pressure oil pipeline was damaged.
About 150 consumers are combustible due to damage to the fuel equipment of automobiles.
A further 85 consumers consume herbal fuel for technical reasons.
More than 13,000 consumers remained active in the region.
In addition, 1,000 consumers remain disconnected. Electrical corporations were able to repair 14,600 consumers per day.
The UK Ministry of Defence published an updated territorial map of the situation in Ukraine.
It shows where Russian forces have regrouped, where Ukrainian troops are most likely to attack, as well as territories conquered through Russia since last year.
Ukraine’s largest personnel company has said its force plants need more missile defense systems to operate safely, according to its CEO.
Ukraine has been provided with hundreds of transformers, miles of cables, and thousands of diesel turbines since the start of the war in Europe, members of the Soviet Union, and the former communist bloc.
This has provided the country with essential light and warmth throughout the winter, when temperatures drop to freezing.
Each of DTEK’s thirteen power plants supplies power to more than seven million Ukrainian families.
Each of them is fire coming from Russia, which attacks the country’s network of forces.
As a result, 50% of the company’s capacity was damaged, destroyed or occupied, causing power outages, Timchenko said.
Generators at 8 of the thirteen plants have been restored and two are under repair.
Earlier this week we reported that Alexander Kozlov, Russia’s Minister of Natural Resources, was in North Korea.
During his visit, he met with Tok Hun, the North Korean prime minister.
This comes as Moscow and Pyongyang have stepped up cooperation following their leaders’ summit in September.
Kozlov and senior Russian officials arrived in North Korea on Tuesday and were photographed leaving the country last night.
Both countries have denied U. S. accusations that they reached a deal on weapons for the war in Ukraine.
As a follow-up to our next article, the Kremlin accused Finland of going the Russian route.
Helsinki says Moscow is in favor of the influx of migrants, as tensions between the two countries deteriorated after Finland joined NATO.
Finland has announced that it will put up barriers at 4 border crossings with Russia from midnight.
The Kremlin strongly denies the allegation.
Finnish border guards said barriers would be erected at four of the crossing points to “prevent entry. ”
According to the authorities, about a hundred of them had arrived from Russia as of noon today.
Border crossings expected to be blocked include:
Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted photographs of Ukrainian troops on the banks of the Dnieper River.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the Ukrainian president thanked them for “their strength and their advancement. “
Earlier in the day, Ukrainian marines said they had achieved a number of successes on the ground, established several beachheads and conducted more riverside operations.
Andriy Kovalyov, spokesman for the General Staff, stated that the troops had managed to “eliminate” the Russians from their positions on the left bank of the river and consolidate there.
“One of the main goals of these fighting cadres is to push the enemy as far away from the right bank as possible to protect the Ukrainian civilian population, especially Kherson, from constant Russian shelling,” he said.
Russia did not immediately react to today’s Ukrainian news.