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    Pokrovsk in Russia's grip as sister city stares down encirclement

    Pokrovsk in Russia's grip as sister city stares down encirclement

    Ukraine's great fortress city of Pokrovsk has officially fallen — as far as Moscow is concerned.

    More than five weeks after Russian troops first started to swarm into the southern outskirts of the Donetsk Oblast city, Pokrovsk has been decisively …

    Fokin Transforms Lviv Heavy Mechanized Brigade

    Since October 2025, when Major Volodomyr Fokin arrived as the commander of the 125th Heavy Mechanized Brigade, major reforms have begun, with Fokin beginning to transform the brigade into shape…

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    Putin doesn't care about Russia – he enjoys war #shorts

    Putin doesn't care about Russia – he enjoys war #shorts

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    FIRES in Russia's rear – Ukrainian drones ATTACK! Putin threatens with a non-existent fleet

    FIRES in Russia's rear – Ukrainian drones ATTACK! Putin threatens with a non-existent fleet

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    A Russian opposition figure tries — and fails — to mythologize Zelensky

    A Russian opposition figure tries — and fails — to mythologize Zelensky

    Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, President Volodymyr Zelensky has come to occupy a singular place in the global imagination: not merely as Ukraine’s president, but as the voice through which the country’s courage and endurance are …

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    How fragmented sanctions prolong the war and empower Russia’s defense industry

    How fragmented sanctions prolong the war and empower Russia’s defense industry

    About the author: Mariya Chukhnova is an international security and stability expert at The Critical Mass, an international security think tank based in Alexandria, Virginia.

    Nearly four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, its …

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    Putin lies to Russians about Kupiansk and surrounded battalions #shorts

    Putin lies to Russians about Kupiansk and surrounded battalions #shorts

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    ❗️The world feels that there is a chance to end the war, says Zelenskyy #shorts

    ❗️The world feels that there is a chance to end the war, says Zelenskyy #shorts

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    25,000 losses per month! Ukrainian servicemen repel occupiers' assaults near Pokrovsk

    25,000 losses per month! Ukrainian servicemen repel occupiers' assaults near Pokrovsk

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    Turkish company whose oil tanker was damaged off Senegal says it will halt all Russia-related operations

    Turkish shipping company Besiktas Shipping says it is stopping all cargo operations connected to Russia, Reuters reported, citing a company statement.

    In late November, the company’s oil tanker Mersin was damaged by explosions while at anchor off the …

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    Explosion hits Russia’s Druzhba oil pipeline

    An explosion rocked Russia’s Druzhba oil pipeline overnight on December 3. Operatives from Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence at the Defense Ministry (known by its Ukrainian acronym GUR) were involved in the blast, according to Ukrainian …

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    Ukraine's parliament votes to adopt 2026 budget

    Ukraine's parliament votes to adopt 2026 budget

    The budget foresees Hr 4.8 trillion ($115 billion) in expenditures and Hr 2.9 trillion ($70 billion) in revenues — meaning a deficit of 18.5% of GDP, according to Kyiv-based think tank Center for Economic Strategy (CES).

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    This is just an estimation based on an average, development setup, without GPU :

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    Youth exodus — Ukraine's young people are increasingly quitting their jobs to go abroad

    Youth exodus — Ukraine's young people are increasingly quitting their jobs to go abroad

    Young people are quitting their jobs en masse following Kyiv’s decision to allow men aged 18-22 to leave Ukraine, according to a new survey from Robota.ua, a Ukrainian recruitment platform.

    Ukraine had banned men aged 18-60 from leaving the country at …

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    THE KREMLIN IS GOING CRAZY! Putin's propaganda accuses Europe of "secret militarization"

    THE KREMLIN IS GOING CRAZY! Putin's propaganda accuses Europe of "secret militarization"

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    Ushakov says US-Russia peace talks on Ukraine will remain secret as Moscow sidelines Kyiv and the EU

    Russia and the United States plan to continue discussing a peace plan in secret and will not speak publicly about new talks, the Kremlin said. Moscow also insists its position has been strengthened by the “combat exploits” of the Russian military in …

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    Kyiv and Paris are considering localizing arms production in Ukraine #shorts

    Kyiv and Paris are considering localizing arms production in Ukraine #shorts

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    How elite Russian drone units are threatening to end Ukraine’s front-line aerial dominance

    How elite Russian drone units are threatening to end Ukraine’s front-line aerial dominance

    Russia has centralized volunteer drone units like Rubikon into a professional system that is eroding Ukraine’s early edge in UAV warfare and threatening its front lines.

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    Ukraine's parliament strips Russian from 'protected minority language' list

    Ukraine's parliament strips Russian from 'protected minority language' list

    "Today we have finally restored historical justice and turned the page on years of distortions that were used for political pressure and to legitimize Russification. We have demonstrated our maturity as a European state," Language Ombudsman Olena …
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    In rare criticism, former Russian commander says Moscow was 'unprepared' for invasion of Ukraine

    In rare criticism, former Russian commander says Moscow was 'unprepared' for invasion of Ukraine

    In Russia, publicly criticizing the war can lead to criminal charges with prison sentences of up to 15 years.

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    Popular Kyiv mall to reopen amid legal tug of war

    Popular Kyiv mall to reopen amid legal tug of war

    One of Kyiv’s biggest shopping malls will slowly reopen this month after a dramatic lockdown shut out hundreds of businesses amid a dispute over the building’s management.

    The Gulliver shopping and entertainment complex will open up in stages from …

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    Ukrainian drones strike oil depot in Russia’s Tambov region, sparking large fire

    Overnight into December 3, drones struck a large oil depot in Russia’s Tambov region, sparking a fire, according to Russian Telegram channels.

    The channels said UAVs hit the Nikiforovskaya oil depot in the village of Dmitrievka shortly after …

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    Moscow's deep crisis – the Kremlin is DESTROYING RUSSIA with its war against Ukraine | In Focus

    Moscow's deep crisis – the Kremlin is DESTROYING RUSSIA with its war against Ukraine | In Focus

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    Anti-graft agency detective, investigating Ukraine's largest corruption scandal, released from custody

    Anti-graft agency detective, investigating Ukraine's largest corruption scandal, released from custody

    The Kyiv Appeals Court ordered on Dec. 3 the release of Ruslan Mahamedrasulov, a detective with Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), who had been investigating the country's largest corruption case involving the state-run nuclear power …
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    EU unveils 2 options for getting $90 billion to Ukraine in coming years

    EU unveils 2 options for getting $90 billion to Ukraine in coming years

    European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen said that the EU would cover two-thirds of Ukraine's needs over the next two years, which she said amounts to 90 billion euros, leaving the rest to international partners.

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