The Daily Populous Monday December 16th, 2024 evening edition
Authored by voanews.com and submitted by eaglemaxie

Norway announced Monday $242 million in new military aid for Ukraine, including help securing access to the country’s vital Black Sea ports.

“It is essential to protect the Ukrainian population and Ukrainian infrastructure from attacks by Russia’s Black Sea Fleet,” Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said in a statement. “It is also important to protect exports by sea of grain and other products, which generate crucial revenues for Ukraine.”

The aid includes funding for training Ukrainian soldiers as well as mine clearance operations.

Norway’s Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram said mines are a “significant threat” in the Black Sea and that the aid will help Ukrainian forces detect and defuse mines near the coast.

Ukraine’s military said Monday it shot down 27 of the 49 drones that Russian forces deployed in overnight attacks.

The intercepts took place over the Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi and Sumy regions, the Ukrainian air force said.

Cherkasy Governor Ihor Taburets said debris from a destroyed drone damaged power lines, but caused no casualties.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Monday its forces destroyed three Ukrainian aerial drones over the Kursk region.

Some information for this story was provided by Reuters

BubsyFanboy on December 16th, 2024 at 12:03 UTC »

Thank you, Norway.

rinengan on December 16th, 2024 at 11:00 UTC »

I already see negative comments already. Why dont they give more, this is so little compared to us. This is an additional, not the only aid they are giving. And comparing US to tiny norway? the annual GDP of norway is probobably 1 % of the US.. Take this as a good news instead of a negative thing!

RespectedAuthority on December 16th, 2024 at 10:54 UTC »

Norway has made an additional 120+ billion Euros from gas and oil exports since the war started.

We need to do more for Ukraine. Kongsberg makes some dope AA weapons and some cool drone technology, and we (Norway) should be flooding Ukraine with this equipment.