The Russian occupying forces are seeking to capture the village of Synkivka with assault companies in order to pave the way for the blockade of the town of Kupiansk. They are currently deploying reserves in the area.
Source: Oleksandr Syrskyi, the Comm…
The Russian occupiers are continuing to actively attack on the Avdiivka, Bakhmut, Lyman, Marinka and Shakhtarsk fronts. About a hundred combat clashes occurred at the contact zone over the past day alone.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Uk…
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Finland’s Central Police have begun pre-investigation checks on Yan Petrovsky, also known as Vojislav Torden, who is suspected of terrorist crimes in Ukraine.
Source: European Pravda with reference to Finnish broadcaster Yle
Details: Deputy Prosecutor …
Ukraine’s Defence Forces repelled 12 Russian attacks on the Bakhmut front and 11 on the Avdiivka front, and a total of 45 combat clashes took place during the day.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:0…
Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has urged the international community to strongly condemn Russia’s intention to hold presidential elections in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT) of Ukraine.
Source: MFA statement
Details: The ministr…
The Ukrainian Air Force warned there was a threat of a missile attack in five oblasts on the morning of 9 December, with the warning being in place for more than 20 minutes.
Source: an air-raid warning map; Air Force
Details: In addition to the constan…
About 20 representatives of the Ukrainian community in Finland came to the country’s Ministry of Justice on 8 December, protesting against its refusal to extradite Russian militant Yan Petrovsky.
Source: European Pravda with reference to Yle
Details: T…
A Finnish court ruled that Yan Petrovsky, a Russian-Norwegian national also known as Voislav Torden, cannot be extradited to Ukraine to stand trial because conditions in Ukrainian prisons do not meet standards set by the European Convention on Human Ri…
8 December, 2023 Yan Petrovsky in 2015 in Donbas. Photos from open sources
Finland did not allow the extradition to Ukraine of one of the leaders of the Russian neo-Nazi Rusich Group, Yan Petrovsky.
This is due to the conditions in Ukrainian prisons….