A surprise cabinet shuffle in the UK that brings an unelected former PM to lead the Foreign Office. Gaza Strip’s hospitals “must be protected,” President Biden said. Turkey joins other countries in mass deportations of Afghan refugees.
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Russia 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
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Moscow 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
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Pitched 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.
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A 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.
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Heavy 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
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Strikes 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.
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Shelling by Russian forces struck several areas in eastern and southern Ukraine overnight as authorities continued to work to restore power, water, and heating after weeks of Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure and as temperatures plunge with the beginning of winter.
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Ukrainian 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.
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Power has been restored nearly everywhere in Ukraine after more than 10 million customers lost service Thursday, a utility official said. But supply issues persist in many areas, including Kyiv and Odesa. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met with Zelensky in Kyiv on Saturday, in his first visit to Ukraine since becoming British leader.
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Russian-occupied Melitopol was rocked by a large explosion Tuesday. President Volodymyr Zelensky presented a 10-point peace plan to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Ukrainian officials and local residents moved to stabilize conditions in the freshly recaptured southern city of Kherson, as Russian symbols were being torn down and with the restoration of Ukrainian radio and television service and a new police presence.
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After an extraordinary offensive by Ukrainian forces, Russia evacuated some 30,000 troops from the Kherson region - along with substantial amounts of fighting equipment. Residents joined soldiers in Kherson's central square Friday evening to sing patriotic songs around a large camp fire. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed it as an "historic day.”
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Ukrainian troops retook a wide swath of territory from Russia on Monday, pushing all the way back to the northeastern border in some places, and claimed to have captured many Russian soldiers as part of a lightning advance that forced Moscow to make a hasty retreat. A Ukrainian presidential adviser said there were so many prisoners of war that the country was running out of space to accommodate them.
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US officials said Ukraine was making "slow but meaningful progress" against Russian forces - while Ukraine's President Zelensky said he has "good news", claiming the recapture of several settlements from Russia.
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British military intelligence said Saturday that Ukraine’s advance on three fronts was likely to have “achieved a degree of tactical surprise; exploiting poor logistics, administration and leadership in the Russian armed forces.” Meanwhile, the Kremlin is offering Russian railway workers enticing bonuses to fight in the war in Ukraine.
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Russian forces have suffered heavy losses during a Ukrainian offensive aimed at recapturing territory in the southern region of Kherson. Russian energy giant, Gazprom, says it can’t restart the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline to Europe due to an oil leak and complications created by western sanctions.
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Air raid sirens were triggered in many regions of Ukraine Sunday as the Russian side continued its bombardment by long range cruise missiles. The grain deal signed in Istanbul appears to have been threatened by violations from the Russian side after it bombed the port area in Odesa
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Crucial peace talks begin in Istanbul today however expectations for a breakthrough are extremely low. President Zelensky has sent mixed signals about his own red lines regarding territory.
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