In the morning Russia attacked residential buildings in Zaporizhia. One person was killed and 24 were injured, including a two-month-old baby.

UK Prime Minister arrives in Ukraine. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Keir Starmer hails ‘closer than ever’ partnership with Ukraine on Kyiv visit

Two countries to sign deal to deepen existing defence relationship and boost economic links in non-military areas

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Lithuania is sending 4,500 drones worth 5 million euros to Ukraine this week. This was reported by the Minister of Defense of Lithuania Dovilė Šakalienė.https://x.com/DSakaliene/status/1878513252390547889

Der Spiegel writes that Olaf Scholz does not agree with a new large package of military aid to Ukraine proposed by the foreign and defence ministries.

(S+) Streit in der Bundesregierung: Scholz blockiert neues Milliardenpaket für die Ukraine

Außenministerin Baerbock und Verteidigungsminister Pistorius wollen der Ukraine nach SPIEGEL-Informationen neue Milliardenhilfen für Waffen bereitstellen. Bundeskanzler Scholz hält das für unnötig.

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Biden administration to announce latest military aid package for Ukraine on 9 January. The new package will be significant but will not cover the full $4 billion in congressionally approved aid for Kyiv, according to the agency. apnews.com/article/ukra...

Biden administration set to announce 'substantial' final weapons package for Ukraine

The Biden administration is set to announce a massive, final weapons aid package for Ukraine as part of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s visit to Germany this week to meet with representatives of abou...

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Russian forces gained 4,168 square kilometers, largely comprised of fields and small settlements in Ukraine and Kursk Oblast, at a reported cost of over 420,000 casualties in 2024. www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

On the morning of 1 January, Russia attacked Kyiv with drones. Debris fell on an apartment building in the Pechersk district. Rescuers found the body of a woman under the rubble of the building, and 7 other people were injured.

Warning to Russian war criminals: #UkraineIsEverywhere

An injured North Korean solider died Friday from worsening wounds, a day after being captured by Ukraine, South Korea's spy agency confirmed. en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2024...

(2nd LD) N.K. soldier captured by Ukraine dies from worsening wounds: S. Korea's spy agency | Yonhap News Agency

(ATTN: RECASTS headline; UPDATES paras 1-5; ADDS byline)By Park Boram SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Y...

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South Korea's spy agency confirmed Ukraine's capture of a wounded North Korean soldier following a news report about Ukrainian special operations troops seizing a North Korean fighter in the first reported instance of its kind. en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2024...

(LEAD) S. Korea's spy agency confirms Ukraine's capture of injured N. Korean soldier | Yonhap News Agency

(ATTN: RECASTS headline; UPDATES paras 1-3) SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea'...

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🎄💫Despite war, Russian missiles, destruction and blackouts, Ukrainians keep fighting and dreaming.

❄️🎄Hugs from relatives, the end of the war, the return of prisoners and a meeting with Santa Claus - this is what Ukrainians dream of at Christmas.

Today, the Air Defense Forces destroyed 113 enemy air targets. In total, Russia attacked Ukraine with 184 air defense systems. X-101, X-55cm, Kalibr, X-59/X-69 missiles and Shahed drones were shot down. t.me/kpszsu/25647

Putin deliberately chose Christmas for an attack on Ukraine. "What could be more inhumane? Over 70 missiles, including ballistic ones, and more than a hundred attack drones" - Zelenskyy. According to preliminary reports, more than 50 missiles and a significant number of drones were shot down.

Kryvyi Rih. The day before Christmas 2024. Russia hits a residential building with a ballistic missile. It is now known about 9 wounded.

Kyiv. 4 days before Christmas. Russia attacks the capital of Ukraine with missiles.

Kyiv and Kryvyi Rih today after a massive Russian missile attack 💔

On the morning of 20 December, Russia launched five Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles at the Ukrainian capital. Air defence forces shot down 5 ballistic missiles and 40 drones, and another 20 drones were lost in the area. t.me/kpszsu/25153

St. Nicholas Church in Kyiv damaged by Russian missile strike. This Roman Catholic church is an architectural monument of national importance in Ukraine, built in 1909.

The national police reported that a man was killed as a result of a Russian missile attack on Kyiv. He was outside at the time of the attack. t.me/UA_National_...

One person was killed in a Russian missile strike in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv.

The head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, Andriy Kovalenko, reported in his Telegram that the Russians are launching ballistic missiles on Kyiv from Bryansk. t.me/akovalenko19...

КOVALENKO

Балістику росіяни запускають з Брянська, до відбою будьте в безпеці.

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❗️In Kyiv - a series of explosions, air defense is working. According to monitoring channels, the Russian invaders are hitting Kyiv with Korean KN-23 ballistic missiles.

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Знову чисто. Знову загроза триває. Дуже схоже на корейські балістичні KN-23.

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Putin has proposed a technological experiment to the West and Ukraine: "Let them select a target, let’s say in Kyiv, and focus all of their air defence forces there, and we will carry out an Oreshnik strike. And let’s see what happens".

U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey announced a 225 million pound ($283 million) military aid package for Ukraine. kyivindependent.com/uk-announces...

UK announces $283 million military aid package for Ukraine

According to media reports, the package includes over 92 million pound ($115 million) in equipment to support Ukraine's navy, including small boats as well as reconnaissance drones. A further 39 milli...

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For Putin, war is "action": "When everything is calm, stable, measured, we get bored, we want action - when we have action, we get scared. Horror".

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces confirmed the strike on the Novoshakhtynsky oil refinery in the Rostov region of Russia. It is used for the needs of the Russian armed forces. t.me/GeneralStaff...

Russians rob Ukrainians' homes in occupied Selydovo. As usual.

The Defence Secretary John Healey has opened the door to British troops being sent to Ukraine to help train the country’s soldiers. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...

British troops could be sent to Ukraine to train soldiers

John Healey said Britain must help Ukraine ‘motivate and mobile more recruits’ and pledges £225m support package

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General Oleksandr Syrskyi about offensive operation in Kursk Oblast: "I had no choice; I had to conduct this operation. I needed to simultaneously disrupt the offensive on Kharkiv, reduce pressure on all fronts and prevent the opening of a new front in Sumy". www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

Le commandant en chef de l’armée ukrainienne, le général Oleksandr Syrsky, dresse le bilan d’une année de « combats intenses »

Sans commenter les discussions politiques en cours autour de son pays, le général Syrsky explique la stratégie défensive déployée par les Ukrainiens face à une armée russe toujours plus nombreuse en h...

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