Victorious news of 301st day of war: Patriot systems for AFU, downed Russian attack aircraft, global support for Ukrainians

The US plans to transfer Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine

In the next package of military aid from the USA, Ukraine will receive Patriot air defense systems. 

The package “will contain a battery of Patriot missiles, which will be a critical asset for the defense of the Ukrainian people against barbaric Russian attacks on Ukraine's critical infrastructure. We will also train the Ukrainian military how to operate the missile battery in a third country. It will take some time, but Ukrainian forces will return to their country to operate these weapons,” says Washington. The total amount of assistance will be about USD 2 billion.

Ukraine's Armed Forces shot down a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft

Sicheslav paratroopers shot down a Russian Su-25 Grach armored attack aircraft the other day. It became the hundredth air target that was destroyed since the beginning of the full-scale war.

This is reported by the Command of the Airborne Assault Forces of Ukraine's Armed Forces. 

“The enemy's attack aircraft was brought down by the calculation of an anti-aircraft missile system,” the report says. 

More than 60 world-famous locations will turn off the lights to raise funds for generators for Ukrainian hospitals

On December 21, the world's most popular locations will turn off their lights as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine. More than 60 monuments, buildings and Christmas trees will turn off their holiday illuminations today.

In particular, the Roman Colosseum and the Sydney Opera House, the European Parliament building in Brussels and the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, the Paris and Porto city halls, the main Christmas trees in New York near Rockefeller Center and London in Trafalgar Square, as well as in Prague, Riga, Sofia, Wroclaw, Turku, and Vilnius. 

In this way, the world community is calling to join in fundraising for generators for Ukrainian hospitals.

The US Congress is working on a bill to recognize Russia as an 'aggressor state'

The draft law provides that the US president will be able to impose sanctions on any person who is “responsible for, involved in, or complicit in the crime of aggression.”

Ukraine's Armed Forces shot down the Russian Forpost drone worth USD 6 million

During the day, Ukrainian aviation launched 9 strikes on the Russian forces' personnel, weapons and military equipment. Ukrainian defenders also shot down an enemy UAV of the Forpost type worth about USD 6 million. This was reported by the Ukrainian Armed Forces' General Staff. 

The Ukrainian Defense Forces also hit the Russian command post and two areas where the occupying troops were concentrated.