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'I will come after each of you' — Ukraine's prosecutor general threatens critics after resignation rumors
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Moscow files lawsuit against Euroclear as Russian assets debate continues
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FRYING Russian propaganda dumb fakes! Mutant LOCUSTS hit Kremlin! | Weapons with @StarskyUA
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Zelensky visits Kupyansk front, says battlefield gains will bolster diplomacy
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region, where fighting between Ukraine’s military and Russian forces is ongoing. Zelensky announced the visit on his Telegram channel.
“Today - the Kupyansk axis, …
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Ukraine clears northwest Kupyansk as special operation frees 40 sq km
Ukrainian Forces have cleared Russian units from the northwestern part of Kupyansk and the city’s northern outskirts, analysts said, adding that a special operation freed 40.21 square kilometers, reported DeepState.
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Ukraine’s landmark drone strike on Russian Caspian oil field raises stakes for Kazakhstan and regional energy security
Ukraine’s latest strike on Russia’s oil and gas infrastructure was a landmark attack, military analyst Aleksey Kopytko says. SBU drones reached the Caspian Sea and hit Russia’s largest field there - a move that also touches Kazakhstan, which may now …
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Bank of Russia sues Euroclear in Moscow court over frozen assets
Russia’s central bank said it has filed a lawsuit against Belgian securities depository Euroclear in the Moscow Arbitration Court, citing EU proposals to use Russian state assets held at the firm.
On Friday, December 12, the regulator called …
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Ukraine world’s deadliest conflict in 2025 despite US-brokered peace talks, analysis finds
Russia’s war in Ukraine was the world’s deadliest conflict in 2025, according to a new report that tracks conflicts globally, despite U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the nearly four-year invasion.
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Night drone attack in Dnipropetrovsk region: one man killed, one woman in intensive care #shorts
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Lithuania: NO SECURITY WITHOUT UKRAINE IN EU! Biggest victory since the WALL fell!
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Le Monde: Ukraine agrees to pull back troops and create a demilitarized zone in Donbas
Ukraine is prepared to consider creating a demilitarized zone in Donbas as part of an updated peace plan presented to the United States and European partners. The move is seen as a significant concession by Kyiv that could be key to halting the …
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Ukrainian forces encircle hundreds of Russian troops in Kupyansk
Ukrainian troops have carried out a successful operation along the Kupiansk axis and in the city of Kupyansk in Kharkiv region, the National Guard’s Khartiya Corps said.
The statement said a grouping of Ukrainian forces broke through to the Oskil …
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SBU says it detained 3 suspected Russian agents over deadly Kyiv bombing that killed National Guard serviceman
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Ukrainian drone strike hits apartment building in Tver, injuring seven, amid cross-border strikes
A drone hit a residential building in the western Russian city of Tver overnight on December 12, injuring seven people, including a child, according to Meduza, which cited the region’s acting governor, Vitaly Korolev. Eyewitness video captured the …
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Ukrainian Special Operations Forces strike Russian ships transporting Iranian weapons in the Caspian Sea
Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SSO) say they struck the vessels “Kompozitor Rakhmaninov” and “Askar-Sarydzha” in the Caspian Sea, after receiving detailed route and cargo information from members of the insurgent movement “Black Spark.”
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⚡ The US MAY GIVE Ukraine SECURITY GUARANTEES! 90,000 people without power in Odesa!
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Ukraine war latest live: Ukrainian forces encircle Russian troops in Kupiansk, recapture key areas, DeepState reported
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‘Reality speaks for itself’ — From war-torn Kupiansk, Zelensky praises troops after reports of successful Ukrainian counterattack
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“Whole world must see it.” Exhibition in memory of children Russia killed opens in Kharkiv
UKRAINE, KHARKIV — “When I got mad at him, he was upset at first, but then he came up to me and said, ‘Do you love me?’ I told him, ‘I love and adore you.’ And he asked me, ‘Which is stronger — loving or adoring?’”
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Peace plan drama — Ukraine and Europe hand US revisions as Trump grows 'sick of meetings'
Ukraine and its European partners have handed Washington their revisions to the U.S.-proposed peace framework aimed at ending Russia's war, the Kyiv Independent has learned.
The move comes amid growing U.S. pressure to advance negotiations and fresh …
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Russia’s air defenses have a Flamingo-sized weak spot, report suggests
Ukraine's domestically produced cruise missiles could help deal a devastating blow to Russia's air defense production, enabling increasingly effective long-range drone strikes against other targets inside Russia, a new report published on Dec. 12 …
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15 Ukrainians are suing US tech factories over chips in Russia's deadly weapons
It was a regular workday when the air raid alarm sounded at Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital at 11 a.m. on a Monday in Kyiv. Dr. Olga Babicheva and her colleagues moved their young patients to a room with no windows to better protect them. Six children …