I am using previous version of client v.0.17.9.2 and running sometimes just to get sync with network and it works;  "current number of blocks  1382830" with date 13 dec 2023.

after seeing your post I started client and it get 2 connection with nodes with even older version of client: v0.14.2

...but thats all, client can not get more connections and synchronise to current date - it seems it doesn't work anymore