On Friday, December 8, the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens from the Gaza Strip to a safe territory has been going on all day, and nearly 40 more Ukrainians are now safe.
Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved additional military aid for Ukraine, the possibility of use of Bulgarian air space for F-16 training for Ukrainian pilots, and for a limited number of Ukrainian military personnel to be authorised to transit or stay in Bulgaria for training.
President Volodymyr Zelensky chaired a Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff meeting to discuss the situation in southern Ukraine and in all sectors in Donetsk region.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has signed the law on amendments to some laws of Ukraine on the consideration of expert opinion of the Council of Europe and its bodies on the rights of national minorities (communities) in certain areas.
Throughout the day, 77 combat clashes took place between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops. The enemy is unsuccessfully attacking in the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Maryinka and Zaporizhzhia sectors.
Most often, after the liberation of the temporarily occupied territory, the Ministry of Health is faced with the fact that health care facilities have been destroyed, medical equipment and products have been obliterated by the invaders.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba of Ukraine called on partners to strongly condemn the decision of the International Olympic Committee regarding the admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes to the summer Olympics in Paris under a neutral flag.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine took part in the inaugural meeting of the International Coalition for the return of Ukrainian children illegally deported and forcibly relocated to the Russian Federation from the temporarily occupied territories.
The National Assembly of Bulgaria, on December 8, voted to override the veto imposed by President Rumen Radev on the agreement between the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Bulgaria and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on the supply of Soviet-era armored personnel carriers (APCs) to Ukraine, ratified by parliament last month.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine spoke with the Prime Minister of Estonia, Kaja Kallas to discuss the importance of maintaining EU’s political and financial support for Ukraine.
The leader of the Polish Civic Coalition, Donald Tusk, believes the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, openly took up the Russian position, from which Poland also suffers.
The Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) admitted Russians and Belarusians to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris under a neutral flag.
The Supreme Court of Finland ruled to immediately release from custody Voyislav Torden (Yan Petrovsky), a Russian national known as one of the leaders of the Rusich neo-Nazi group, who is suspected of terrorist crimes in Ukraine.