**Deported Ukrainian Teen Commits Suicide in Russia**
An 18-year-old Ukrainian boy, Oleksandr Yakushchenko, was found dead in a Russian foster home. He had been deported from the Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast in 2022.
According to reports, Yakushchenko lived with his family-type orphanage before the Russian invasion. When the village of Tokarivka near Kherson was occupied, his caretaker Lidia Sharvarly became a collaborator with the Russian authorities and fled to Russia with several children, including Yakushchenko.
He was placed in a Russian foster family where he lived for eight months before committing suicide. The foster family denied responsibility for the teen’s death, saying they had given him food and shelter but couldn’t kick him out since he was an adult at the time of his death.
However, Yakushchenko’s biological mother does not believe her son committed suicide. She says she talked to him a month before his death and that he seemed happy. His younger sister also lives in Russia with a foster family, but their mother doesn’t know what happened to her.
The Ukrainian Ombudsman estimates that up to 150,000 Ukrainian children have been unlawfully deported by Russia.
**Russia Continues Aggression Against Ukraine**
Russian forces launched 60 drones at Ukraine overnight from Russian cities. Fourteen crew members were rescued, and two remain missing.
Ukraine’s Air Force reported the incident. The country‘s authorities have previously accused Vasyl Nechet of collaborationism.
Additionally, Russian forces continue to occupy the southern city of Kherson, which was liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces in November 2022.
**New Developments**
The U.S. Defense Department has provided $253.7 million to Williams International through the Defense Production Act (DPA).
Russia’s Defense Ministry launched a new ballistic missile that hit an apartment building in Ukraine.
Ukraine’s National Securities and Stock Market Commission announced it will prohibit the withdrawal of foreign issuer securities, effective January 1.
**Sanctions and Economic Impact**
The U.S. is planning to impose additional sanctions on Russian oil by the end of the year.
Anti-drone shelters will be constructed with funding to protect electricity transmission equipment and make Ukraine’s energy grid more reliable.
Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy met with Italian officials who have delivered 10 military aid packages to Kyiv since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022.