Russia is sending private mercenaries to Syria to reinforce its troops, possibly its so-called Africa Corps, the Ukrainian military intelligence agency (HUR) claimed on Dec. 3. “Moscow’s leaders decid Source : kyivindependent. read more

Ukraine is appealing to its NATO partners to provide at least 20 air defense systems to help repel Russian aerial attacks, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said ahead of an allied meeting in Brussels on Source : kyivindependent. read more

Parliament is scheduled to vote on Dec. 3 on a new law proposing up to eight years imprisonment for accessing or disseminating confidential state register information during martial law, a bill that U Source : kyivindependent. read more

Day 1,003: Ukraine to get air defense boost from Germany by year’s end Ukraine will get another IRIS-T system, Patriot launchers this month, Scholz says. NATO countries are expected to reaffirm suppor Source : uacrisis. read more

Editor’s note: The story is being updated. Ukraine’s parliament on Dec. 3 supported the candidacy of Oleksii Chernyshov for the position of a vice prime minister and the “minister for national unity,” Source : kyivindependent. read more

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NATO’s two-day ministerial meeting will focus on providing Ukraine with enough military aid to enable it to enter any possible negotiations from a position of strength, Secretary General Mark Rutte sa Source : kyivindependent. read more

Ambassadors of the Group of Seven (G7) countries met with prominent Ukrainian journalists on Dec. 2 for a “valuable exchange” and to discuss “the current media landscape.” “Press freedom and pluralism Source : kyivindependent. read more

A court in the German city of Essen on Dec. 2 sentenced four teenagers to between eight and a half to 10 years in a youth detention center for the murder of two Ukrainian basketball players earlier th Source : kyivindependent. read more

Ukrainian troops managed to fend off Russian forces attempting to establish a foothold on the western side of the Oskil River north of the Kharkiv Oblast town of Kupiansk, the General Staff of Ukraine Source : kyivindependent. read more

Ukraine will refuse any kind of security guarantees substituting NATO membership, according to a Foreign Ministry statement on Dec. 3. “Having the bitter experience of the Budapest Memorandum behind u Source : kyivindependent. read more

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has told U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that Washington would face a “dire threat” from China, Iran, and North Korea if Ukraine is forced to accept an unfavorable Source : kyivindependent. read more

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico criticized the EU’s new leadership over their supporting words for Ukraine during a press conference on Dec. 2. Fico said he had called European Commission chief Ursu Source : kyivindependent. read more

Russian attacks against Ukraine killed at least one person and injured at least eight over the past day, regional authorities reported on Dec. 3. Moscow’s forces targeted energy infrastructure facilit Source : kyivindependent. read more

Russia has lost 745,700 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on Dec. 3. This number includes 1,780 ca Source : kyivindependent. read more

NATO countries will likely sidestep Ukraine’s call to provide the embattled country with an invitation into the military alliance during the upcoming NATO Foreign Ministerial Meeting on Dec. 3-4, Reut Source : kyivindependent. read more

According to sources from Russian media, the Kremlin has instructed regional officials to brace for the conclusion of the Russia-Ukraine war and to promote a specific “image of victory” among the popu Source : www.uawire.org/kremlin-d… read more

During an interview with Kyodo News published on Dec. 2, President Volodymyr Zelensky disputed reports in Western media that as many as 80,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed during the full-scale Source : kyivindependent. read more

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Paris and London are exploring options to support Ukraine in potential peace talks with Russia, including deploying French and U.K. troops to monitor a ceasefire along the contact line, a senior NATO Source : kyivindependent. read more