[Vesti] December 1 is the 281st day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that is happening in the country on this day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
07:00 . The main thing from the morning summary of the General Staff:
During the day, the Russians launched 2 missile strikes on civilian targets in Kamyshevakh, Zaporozhye region, carried out 41 air strikes and 28 shelling with MLRS on the positions of our troops and settlements, including Kherson.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed the attacks of Russian troops in the areas of settlements: Novoselovskoe, Stelmakhivka and Belogorivka of the Luhansk region and Belogorovka, Yakovlevka, Bakhmut, Kurdyumovka, Krasnogorovka, Kamenka, Vodianoe, Pervomayskoye and Maryinka of the Donetsk region.
Aviation of the Defense Forces in 24 hours delivered 17 strikes on areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment of the enemy, as well as 4 strikes on the positions of its air defense systems.
Ukrainian units shot down a UAV (probably of the Orlan-10 type).
During the day, missile and artillery units of the Defense Forces hit: 7 areas of concentration of personnel and weapons and military equipment, a fuel and lubricants warehouse, and 5 other important objects of the Russian Federation.
08:00 . Kherson region. In Kherson, the voltage in the power grids disappeared, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich. According to him, this happened due to the powerful shelling of the city by the Russian military at night. Some arrivals were near residential buildings. Fires started in the city.
Dnipropetrovsk region. "Hails" and heavy artillery, the Russians fired at the Nikopol region 8 times a night . Several private houses and household structures, a gas pipeline and a power line were damaged. No casualties.
09:30 . Kherson region. There is a decrease in the number of Russian military and military equipment in Oleshki, they say in the General Staff. Russian troops have been withdrawn from individual settlements in the region and dispersed in forest belts along the section of the Oleshki-Golaya Pristan highway. The basis of the troops - mobilized.
12:00 . Donetsk region. The Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly attacked the railway station in Ilovaisk, according to the so-called. "DNR".
13:30 . Donetsk region. In the so-called. "DPR" announced the next exchange of prisoners of war 50 to 50 . The Ukrainian side has not yet commented on this information. Previously, all statements of the so-called. "heads of the DPR" Pushilin about the exchange were confirmed.
15:00 . Poltava region. Explosions in Kremenchug.
16:00 . A total of 50 Ukrainian defenders returned from captivity , Andriy Yermak said. The defenders of Mariupol and Azovstal returned, being in Olenivka prisoners, wounded, including in battles in the Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporozhye directions.
17:17 All 30 NATO member countries agree on the need for Ukraine to join the Alliance. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Olha Stefanyshina at the Kiev Security Forum.
17:50 On the afternoon of December 1, Russian invaders fired artillery at the city of Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region - several high-rise buildings were damaged, there is a victim. This was announced by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Valentin Reznichenko in Telegram.
18:19 The threat of missile strikes on Ukraine's critical infrastructure remains. This is reported in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
18:40 Joe Biden appealed to Congress with a request to provide Ukraine with 37 billion dollars. This was stated by US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland.
19:04 Oleksandr Usyk donated $50,000 for generators for Ukrainian hospitals. This is reported by the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
19:33 In November, the Russian Federation launched 239 cruise missiles and 80 Shahed-136 drones in Ukraine. Air defense forces managed to shoot down 72% of missiles and 80 percent of drones. This was stated by the representative of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexei Gromov during a briefing.
19:59 The Russians have no chance to plunge Ukraine into darkness, - DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko. He also believes that Ukraine is ready for the next missile attacks.
20:23 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that they had taken control of the village of Kurdyumovka in the Donetsk region.
20:47 In the Bakhmut direction, Russian troops are concentrating their main efforts to conduct offensive operations. The main thing from the evening summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
21:13 NATO will put pressure on Hungary, which, due to issues of national minorities, is blocking Ukraine's participation in political meetings of the allies.
21:42 On December 1, President Volodymyr Zelensky conferred the rank of Major General on Vasyl Malyuk, who is now acting head of the Security Service.