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[00:16:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: President of Canadian company Tallysman Wireless Gyles Panther confirmed that his company’s products were found in the Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones that Russia has been using to attack infrastructure in Ukraine, the Globe and Mail reported. https://t.co/LSdxVzJpML

[00:31:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Russia says 3 soldiers killed by Ukrainian drone attacks deep into Russian territory. Russia's Defense Ministry said that 4 soldiers had been injured by the alleged drone attacks on the Dyagilevo airfield near Ryazan and the Engels-1 airfield in Saratov Oblast on Dec. 5.

[00:31:35] Twitter KyivIndependent: Ukraine has neither confirmed nor denied its responsibility for the incidents. If carried out by Ukraine, the attacks are the country's most ambitious inroads into Russian territory so far - 600-700 kilometers from Ukrainian-controlled areas.

[01:31:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Governor: Russia strikes Zaporizhzhia. Zaporizhzhia Oblast Governor Oleksandr Starukh reported that Russia attacked the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia overnight on Dec. 6. One of the missiles hit the Stepne community.

[01:31:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: Critical infrastructure facilities and residential buildings were damaged as a result of the attack. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties, Starukh said.

[02:46:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Russia won't give up control over Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to create nuclear safety zone.

[02:46:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: "Russian withdrawal from Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant or transferring control over it to some 'third party' is out of the question," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Dec. 5.

[02:46:35] Twitter KyivIndependent: The International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi said on Dec. 2 that he hoped to reach an agreement with Russia and Ukraine on protecting the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, currently occupied by Moscow troops, by the end of this year.

[04:16:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Governor: Russia fires at Sumy Oblast 84 times on Dec. 5. Sumy Oblast Governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyi said that Russian forces targeted Shalyhyne, Krasnopillia, Bilopillia, Myropillia, and Esman communities.

[04:16:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: Russian forces struck a men’s monastery in the Shalyhyne community, damaging an administrative building and farm buildings. Livestock in the monastery’s farm died from shrapnel wounds, the governor added.

[04:16:35] Twitter KyivIndependent: In the Bilopillia community, a garage, one tractor, and three cars were damaged as a result of Russia’s attacks, Zhyvytskyi said.

[06:01:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Ukraine repels Russian attacks near 7 settlements in Donetsk Oblast. Over the past day, Ukrainian forces repelled Russian attacks near Verkhnokamianske, Bakhmut, Andriivka, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Kurdiumivka, and Krasnohorivka in Donetsk Oblast, the General Staff said.

[06:01:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: According to the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, Russia’s military launched 17 airstrikes and 38 MLRS attacks against Ukraine over the past 24 hours.

[06:01:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: Ukraine’s military hit two command centres and eight Russian concentrations of military equipment and personnel over the same period, the General Staff added.

[06:16:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Russian governor reports drone attack in Kursk Oblast near airfield. Kursk region Governor Roman Starovoit said that an oil storage tank near Kursk airfield caught on fire as a result of a drone attack. According to the governor, there were no casualties.

[07:01:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Governor: Russian forces injure 9 civilians in Donetsk Oblast on Dec. 5. Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko reported that four people were wounded in Ivanivske, three in Bakhmut, one in Maksymilianivka, and one in Toretsk.

[07:01:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: According to the governor, it is still impossible to determine the exact number of victims in Mariupol and Volnovakha.

[07:31:33] Twitter DefenceU: "The defence of Ukraine and protection of its sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability shall be entrusted to the Armed Forces of Ukraine." The Constitution of Ukraine, Article 17 Total combat losses of the enemy from Feb 24 to Dec 6: https://t.co/kFlmZMXMZJ

[07:46:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Russian attacks kill 1 person in Kharkiv Oblast. Russian troops shelled Kharkiv Oblast's Chuhuivskyi, Kharkivskyi, and Kupianskyi districts, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported on Dec. 6. A 68-year-old man was reportedly killed in Obukhivka, Kharkiv Oblast.

[08:46:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Dec. 6, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/H2lXfdLF9p

[08:46:33] Twitter DefenceU: RT @oleksiireznikov: I congratulate our service members on Armed Forces Day! Hundreds of thousands of brave men and women are protecting our nation from genocide. It is an honor for me to work with you in this difficult hour of the largest war of the 21st century. A war we will win. https://t.co/uftodOXxku

[09:01:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ UK Defense Ministry: Explosions at Russian air bases may be ‘some of the most strategically significant failures of force protection.’ After explosions at Engels Air Base and Dyagilyaevo airfield on Dec. 5, Russia may reportedly move its bombers to dispersal airfields. https://t.co/Ii3zCg3Hfh

[09:01:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: Russia will also likely penalize the Russian officers “deemed responsible for allowing the incident,” the U.K. Defense Ministry said.

[09:01:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: French President Emmanuel Macron is not credible anymore. His latest baffling statement on national television about giving “security guarantees” to Russia has caused a rightful outrage in the international community. https://t.co/axLjowg6PQ

[09:46:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Reuters: Latvia cancels license of Russian independent TV channel Dozhd. The Latvian broadcasting regulator canceled Russian independent TV station Dozhd’s (Rain) license on Dec. 6, reported Reuters, citing Ivars Abolins, the Latvian broadcasting regulator’s chairman.

[09:46:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: “In connection with the threat to the national security and public order, (the regulator) has made a decision this morning to annul the broadcast license of TV Rain,” Abolins said, adding that the channel’s broadcast will end on Dec. 8.

[10:01:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Prosecutor General’s Office: Russia’s war has killed 443 children, injured 853 since Feb. 24. Russia’s large-scale strike across Ukraine injured a 1-year-old girl in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on Dec. 5, reported the Prosecutor General’s Office.

[10:01:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: The number of children killed and injured is reportedly higher as it does not include casualties in Russian-occupied territories or where hostilities are ongoing. Russian attacks on Ukraine have also reportedly damaged 2,719 educational facilities and completely destroyed 332.

[10:16:33] Twitter DefenceU: .@ZelenskyyUa Our Armed Forces protect our homeland, and this gives the strongest possible motivation. They fight for freedom, and this always increases any strength. They defend the truth, and therefore the future of Ukraine.

[11:16:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Police: Russian forces launch 5 missiles on Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, in past day. According to law enforcement, Russian attacks on Bakhmut wounded civilians and hit an apartment building.

[11:31:32] Twitter DefenceU: You are the pride of our ancestors. You are the hope of our future generations. You are the shield of our civilization, the guardians of our shared freedom. We stand with you shoulder to shoulder until our inevitable Victory! Glory to the Armed Forces of Ukraine! https://t.co/DgDiqnVHcz

[12:01:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Zelensky visits front line in Donbas on Ukraine’s Armed Forces Day. “Today, the east of Ukraine is the most difficult direction, and I am honored to be here now with our defenders in Donbas,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Dec. 6.

[12:01:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: “I believe that next time we will meet in Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, and I am sure in Crimea as well,” he said. Zelensky thanked Ukraine’s military for its resilience and strength, calling the army an “outpost of our (Ukraine’s) independence.”

[12:46:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: This video published by Andriy Yermak, the head of the President's Office, shows Ukrainian prisoners of war released in the recent exchange with Russia. In total, 60 Ukrainian defenders returned home on Dec. 6, Ukraine's Armed Forces Day. https://t.co/SN5VMhmTdX

[13:16:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: The exchange took place on Dec. 6, Ukraine's Armed Forces Day. “This is the best news on the holiday because the heroes must be alive,” said Andriy Yermak, the head of the President's Office. https://t.co/r6afsLqkAf

[13:31:33] Twitter DefenceU: Armed Forces of Ukraine, a force to be reckoned with.

[14:01:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: Zelensky visits front line in Donbas on Ukraine’s Armed Forces Day. “Today, the east of Ukraine is the most difficult direction, and I am honored to be here now with our defenders in Donbas,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Dec. 6. https://t.co/DEWaKabKSo

[14:01:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: “I believe that next time we will meet in Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, and I am sure in Crimea as well,” he said.

[14:01:35] Twitter KyivIndependent: Zelensky thanked Ukraine’s military for its resilience and strength, calling the army an “outpost of our (Ukraine’s) independence.” Dec. 6 is Ukraine’s Armed Forces Day. Photo: President's Office

[14:01:37] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ NYT: Russia continues missile production despite sanctions. Some cruise missiles used by Russia were produced no earlier than October, the New York Times reported, citing Conflict Armament Research, a UK analyst group that tracks illegal weapons in conflicts.

[14:01:41] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Intelligence: Russia has enough missiles left for several new waves of mass strikes on Ukraine. Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine's Intelligence Directorate, said that Russia continues to produce new missiles but the number of new weapons is incompatible with how many they use.

[14:31:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Hungary blocks 18 billion euros of EU assistance for Ukraine. Czech Finance Minister and EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council President (ECOFIN) Zbyněk Stanjura said that the EU is currently looking for another mechanism to start allocating funds to Ukraine.

[15:31:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: "I ask those who continue to send these packages and terrorize our embassies to relax and stop wasting time and money on postage stamps. You won't achieve anything with this," Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Dec. 6. https://t.co/Zu3dj4kgkp

[15:46:32] Twitter DefenceU: Stay strong! Stronger than steel! https://t.co/Dvv6AnJXx0

[15:46:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️President's Office: 1 killed in Russian strike on infrastructure facility in liberated Kherson. Emergency services are working at the scene, according to Deputy Head of the President's Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko.

[16:01:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: Russia fired more than 70 cruise missiles at targets across Ukraine on Dec. 5 with a total value of $400-500 million, according to Forbes. https://t.co/Rf7yqdAvQ3

[16:31:39] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Prosecutors discover another Russian detention facility in Kherson Oblast. Russian occupiers allegedly used the facility to detain over 100 people with pro-Ukrainian views. The detainees could be subjected to physical and psychological pressure. Prosecutor General's Office https://t.co/y0gANakspV

[17:01:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Health Ministry recommends suspending elective surgeries, hospitalizations due to blackouts. The move will reduce the load on Ukrainian hospitals and allow them to provide emergency care during possible electricity cut-offs, the Health Ministry said.

[17:31:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️PM Shmyhal: Electricity deficit in Ukraine at 19% after latest Russian attack. Energy workers will eliminate the consequences of Russia’s Dec. 5 strike on energy infrastructure in the coming days but the capacity deficit will last, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.

[17:31:38] Twitter Ukraine: Today is Armed Forces of Ukraine Day. We thank all of our brave men and women who have stood up to defend Ukraine and the entire Europe from Russian aggression. Among them, Ukrainians of all walks of life. Thanks to them we know: light will prevail over darkness https://t.co/BSyE7Jb3an

[18:01:32] Twitter DefenceU: The cruel winter is here. My rage will keep me warm. My armoured beast will bring the heat. https://t.co/rXrbCmxT3U

[18:46:35] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukrainian media expert declines German press freedom award over Russian co-recipient.

[18:46:37] Twitter KyivIndependent: Oksana Romaniuk, the head of the Institute of Mass Information, rejected the Johann-Philipp-Palm-Award for Freedom of Speech and the Press due to the award also being given to Russian journalist Alexei Venediktov, whom she called “an official Kremlin liberal.”

[18:46:45] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Governor: 1 injured in Russian strike on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. A Russian strike hit an industrial enterprise in the city of Kryvyi Rih, injuring a worker, according to the oblast governor, Valentyn Reznichenko. Details on damage are being clarified, he said.

[19:31:32] Twitter DefenceU: A paradox: On December 5, the day of a massive missile attack on Ukraine, Putin froze russian pension contributions for another year. According to even modest estimates, this strike cost half a billion USD. Of all russians, pensioners are the most supportive of the war.

[19:31:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Central bank: Ukraine’s foreign reserves surpass pre-war level.

[19:31:35] Twitter KyivIndependent: Ukraine's foreign currency assets amount to $27.95 billion as of Dec. 1, an increase of 10.7% since November due to the inflow of international aid, lower volumes of currency net sales and moderate payments of the state debt in foreign currency, according to the National Bank.

[19:46:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️National Bank: Ukraine’s foreign reserves surpass pre-war level.

[19:46:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: Ukraine's foreign currency assets amount to $27.95 billion as of Dec. 1, an increase of 10.7% since November due to the inflow of international aid, lower volumes of currency net sales and moderate payments of the state debt in foreign currency, according to the National Bank.

[20:31:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Explosions reported in Dnipro. Local media report the work of Ukrainian air defense against Russian drones in the area. Air raid alerts are currently active in Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava, Mykolaiv, Odesa, and Kirovohrad oblasts.

[20:31:33] Twitter DefenceU: Russian rep at the UN: "If the threat originating from Ukraine can not be eliminated peacefully, russia will do it by military means." russia calls 9 months of destruction, atrocities and genocide…peace. Turns out “peace” with putin's russia is scarier than war. Pure Orwell.

[20:31:35] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Germany blocks Polish offer to place Patriot air defense systems in Ukraine.

[20:31:37] Twitter KyivIndependent: Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Dec. 6 that he was disappointed by the decision, made after speaking with his German counterpart Christine Lambrecht, as “the deployment of Patriots in western Ukraine would increase the security of Poles and Ukrainians.”

[21:31:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Norway to allocate 14.5 million euros to military assistance for Ukraine. Norway will make a voluntary financial contribution to the European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine, according to the Council of the European Union.

[21:31:51] Twitter KyivIndependent: President Volodymyr Zelensky paid an unannounced visit to Donetsk Oblast on Dec. 6, Ukraine's Armed Forces Day. https://t.co/WzyYH875TA

[22:16:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️State Department: US neither ‘enabling’ nor ‘encouraging’ Ukraine to strike targets in Russia. The U.S. has not supplied Ukraine with weapons to use beyond its borders and is not encouraging the country to conduct such strikes, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said.

[22:16:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: “We are providing Ukraine with what it needs to use on its sovereign territory, on Ukrainian soil, to take on Russian aggressors that have crossed over the border,” added Price.

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[23:16:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: Departing Swedish diplomat Fredrik Wesslau speaks about the war crimes investigation process from the inside, and about the recent EU initiative to establish a special international tribunal for the crime of aggression. https://t.co/7KcHdyvx0G

[23:46:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Sirens reportedly activated at Russia's Engels Air Base. Air raid sirens were activated late on Dec. 6 at an airfield in Russia's city of Engels, the day after explosions rocked two Russian airbases, including Engels, hundreds of kilometres from Ukraine.

[23:46:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: Russia's state news agency TASS quoted First Deputy Head of the Engels District Yevgeny Shpolsky, who said that the sirens sounded on the territory of a military unit and "there is no threat to civilian infrastructure."

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