Indian PM Narendra Modi urged diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine, pledging India's support and saying that no conflict can be solved on a battlefield. The German government has come under increasing pressure at home to roll back its support for Ukraine and push harder for negotiations to try to end its war with Russia
Read MoreRussia has used ballistic missiles and launchers supplied by North Korea in Ukraine, U.S. says. A new report documents more than $7.8 million in payments from at least 20 foreign governments — including China, Saudi Arabia and Qatar — to businesses owned by then-President Trump during two years of his term.
Read MoreRussian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his defence minister to impose a 36-hour ceasefire on the Ukrainian front line. However it has been rejected as a cynical move by the Ukrainian leadership. The US and Germany have agreed to send heavy armoured fighting vehicles to Ukraine
Read MoreUkrainian Armed Forces have liberated Velikiy Potemkinsky Island, according to Euro Solidarity’s Oleksij Honcharenko. This is an island between the left and right banks of the Dnipro near Kherson. Police say 25 torture chambers discovered in liberated areas of Kharkiv Oblast.
Read MoreThree Ukrainian emergency services workers have been killed when a mine exploded while they were de-mining parts of the southern Kherson region. The Christmas Eve Russian raid on Kherson has killed at least 10 people, wounded 58 and left bloodied corpses on the road, authorities say.
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