❗️Officially: The State Border Service of Ukraine reports that 🎅Santa crossed the border of 🇺🇦Ukraine pic.twitter.com/qEk3getXUw
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) 30 décembre 2024
Officially: Ukraine's State Border Service reports that Santa has crossed the border of Ukraine.
189 Ukrainian defenders were freed from Russian captivity. The US pledged $3.4 billion in direct budget support and $2.5 billion in military aid to Ukraine. FM Andrii Sybiha met with a Syrian rebel leader in Damascus.
Russia stockpiled missiles and drones for new energy strikes despite Ukrainian attacks on drone depots and military bases. Despite Kyiv’s successful strikes, Russia appears focused on escalating its winter campaign to cripple vital Ukraine's energy systems.
Russian channels report that Ukrainian kamikaze drones are attacking temporarily occupied Crimea.
"We've been waiting for you for 3 years!"
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) 30 décembre 2024
A Ukrainian defender reunites with his family after years in Russian captivity.
📹Pavliuk Yuliia Facebook pic.twitter.com/yupHin7lru
"We've been waiting for you for 3 years!" A Ukrainian defender reunites with his family after years in Russian captivity. Pavliuk Yuliia Facebook
On 30 December, 189 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) returned home ahead of New Year. Many of the released prisoners had spent over two and a half years in Russian captivity. The defenders have acute chronic illnesses, consequences of mine-explosive injuries, and severe wounds.
It's the Inception of Russian war propaganda of hatred – using anti-Semitic tropes while portraying Zelensky as Hitler. Braindeadness within braindeadness.
Ukraine brought back 189 Ukrainian citizens from Russian captivity on Dec. 30 in one of the largest prisoner exchanges during the full-scale war. 150 Russian military service members were released from Ukrainian captivity as part of the exchange.
The child's poster says: "My New Year's wish: dad's exchange, 36th Brigade." Dad returned home today! : diana. rospora/Instagram
As Russian troops maintained an advantage on the ground, Ukraine sought to even the odds in the air. In 2024, Ukrainian forces relied on drones, striking targets thousands of kilometers deep inside Russia.
