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Day 1030 · The Russia-Ukraine war

19 December 2024

4 events recorded (0 confirmed), and 1 statement counted apart.

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December 2024 in brief

Guided bombs hit a car service station in Zaporizhzhia, killing 10 people, Governor Ivan Fedorov said, and a ballistic missile attack on Kyiv killed one and cut heating to 630 residential buildings, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko. [1][2] Russia kept up strikes on the power system, with Zelensky saying 93 missiles and almost 200 drones were launched in one attack, and a Christmas morning strike seriously damaged DTEK thermal power plants. [1][3] A drone badly damaged an IAEA vehicle on its way to a staff rotation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which Zelensky said was Russian, and WHO recorded attacks on health facilities in places including Dnipro and Shostka. [1][2][3] Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of Russia's radiological, chemical and biological protection forces, was killed by a bomb in Moscow; Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused Ukraine of terrorist methods, and anonymous SBU sources told CNN the service was behind it. [1] South Korea's intelligence service said at least 100 North Korean soldiers had been killed and more than 1,000 wounded in Kursk, while Zelensky put Ukrainian soldiers killed at 43,000 and Russia's defence minister claimed Ukraine had lost almost one million people. [1][2] The sides carried out a prisoner exchange that Moscow put at 150 for 150 and Kyiv said returned 189 Ukrainians, and the five-year gas transit deal expired, ending Russian gas flows to Europe through Ukraine. [1][2] In Europe, the Leiden dataset recorded damage to the Estlink 2 power cable by the tanker Eagle S, which Finland investigated. [1]

Written from the records it cites; every figure appears in a cited record.

Places in this day's records

Places in this day's records: Kostiantynivka, Kryvyi Rih, Kursk Oblast; 1 event not on the map. Kostiantynivka: 1 recordKryvyi Rih: 1 recordKursk Oblast: 1 recordKursk Oblast

3 places · 1 event not on the map

Kostiantynivka · Kryvyi Rih · Kursk Oblast

Said

South Korea's National Intelligence Service told lawmakers at least 100 North Korean soldiers had been killed and over 1,000 injured in Kursk, and that Pyongyang might send more troops.

Government of South Korea
19 Dec · to a domestic audience
Reported by ABC News

Unresolvable

Said: 1 statement, not counted as events

Said

Government of South Korea: South Korea's National Intelligence Service told lawmakers at least 100 North Korean soldiers had been killed and over 1,000 injured in Kursk, and that Pyongyang might send more troops.

Domestic audience · ko