Poland appears closer to sending German-built Leopard tanks to Ukraine, with or without the approval of Berlin. Patience in western capitals is wearing thin with German intransigence to assist Ukraine.
Read MoreRussia staged another attack on Kyiv with Iranian-built drones. All five were shot down. Air defenses also destroyed 10 attack drones targeting Dnipropetrovsk & Zaporizhzhia regions. Almost half-a-million people in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa and surrounding region remain without power
Read MoreMoscow says three military personnel were killed early on December 26 by debris from a downed Ukrainian drone, which was shot down and fell over a military base in Russia's southwestern Saratov region. Russian forces bombarded scores of towns in Ukraine on Christmas Day as Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was open to negotiations
Read MorePitched battles continue in the east, where Moscow's offensive has centered on the cities of Bakhmut and Avdiyivka in Donetsk, Ukraine's General Staff reports, as a regional official reported that Russians are leveling a famous theater to the ground in the southern city of Mariupol.
Read MoreA wave of Russian drones attacked Kyiv overnight and into the early hours of Monday morning, triggering air raid sirens twice. In all, Ukraine’s air defence managed to shoot down 30 out of 35 incoming drones.
Read MoreEuropean Union member states failed to agree on a ninth package of Russia sanctions in talks. US citizen held since June is among dozens released in a prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia.
Read MoreHeavy shelling and artillery fire were reported in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region overnight. Russia will continue targeting Ukraine’s power supply, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said
Read MoreStrikes on Russian targets continue as Ukraine recovers from a fresh wave of Russian missile attacks. The deficit in the energy system remains at the level of 19% of the projected consumption.
Read MoreUkrainian repair crews continue to scramble to return power to millions of homes following devastating Russian missile attacks this week on infrastructure facilities, while Kyiv said near-constant Russian bombing was affecting a handful of population centers in the east. In a rare public spat involving Ukrainian leaders, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy criticized the mayor of Kyiv for doing what he said was a poor job setting up emergency shelters to help those without power and heat after Russian attacks.
Read MoreBlasts at a Russian-operated airfield in Crimea this week have "significantly degraded" its navy's Black Sea fleet. Several expert sources say the strike was performed by Ukrainian special forces
Read MoreUS President Joe Biden has pledged a further $1-billion in weaponry and aid for Ukraine as the leaders of France, Germany, Romania and Italy make their way to Kyiv
Read MoreMore experts are predicting that the current phase of the war in Ukraine may drag on for quite some time. Meanwhile, Canada’s foreign affairs minister is forced to repeatedly apologize for an embarrassing slip up which had one of her senior officials attend Russia Day party
Read MoreThe Biden Administration has reportedly approved the delivery of long-range multiple launch rocket systems to Ukraine. This happens as divisions appear in Europe over approaches to bring an end to the war.
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