Ukraine

• December 23, 2025

  Mass Russian Strike Hits Kyiv: More Than 500 Drones Shot Down

  As mass overnight Russian air attacks on Kyiv reportedly targeted the city area with more than 650 drones and 38 missiles, the Ukrainian military said it shot the vast majority down. At least three died in strikes across Ukraine, according to the office of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

• December 23, 2025

  Russia Strikes Kyiv, Energy Targets As Zelenskyy Warns Of Possible Christmas Attacks

  Russia carried out a series of overnight air attacks on Kyiv and key energy infrastructure targets as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Ukrainians to prepare for the possibility of Christmas day strikes.

• December 22, 2025

  Amid Manpower Shortage, Women of Ukraine's "Bucha Witches" Unit Play Key Defense Role

  In the Kyiv region, the volunteer civilian defense force helps defend Ukrainian territory. A volunteer named Yulia, part of a predominantly female unit nicknamed the Bucha Witches, explained why she felt drawn to join the defense force, crediting her 10-year-old daughter with motivating her.

• December 22, 2025

  Moscow Car Bomb Marks Latest Assassination Of High-Ranking Military Officer During Ukraine War

  A senior Russian general has been killed in a car bombing in Moscow, the latest in a series of attacks on military officials and pro-war figures since the start of the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost four years ago.

• December 22, 2025

  Russia Keeps Hard Line On Peace Talks While Ukraine Reports Civilian Abductions

  The Kremlin maintained its a hard line on a peace deal, rejecting undisclosed changes proposed by Kyiv and its European allies, as separate US-Russia and US-Ukraine talks wrapped up in Florida.

• December 21, 2025

  Kremlin Says Little Chance Of Ukraine Peace Deal By Christmas As Florida Talks Conclude

  A senior Kremlin official played down the chances of swift progress on Ukraine peace talks as separate meetings in Florida between US and Russian envoys and US and Ukrainian officials wrapped up on December 21.

• December 20, 2025

  Zelenskyy Says US Has Proposed Direct Talks With Russia, Ukraine, As Diplomacy Accelerates

  The Kremlin’s senior negotiator in talks on ending the war in Ukraine, Kirill Dmitriev, said he was on his way to Florida for fresh meetings with US counterparts on December 20 – hours after a Russian strike on Ukraine’s Odesa region killed eight people and injured 27.

• December 19, 2025

  EU-Backed Loan To Ukraine Leaves Putin's Money Untouched And Puts Taxpayers On The Hook

  After 16 hours of summitry in Brussels, EU leaders shelved a proposal to use frozen Russian assets to help finance support for Ukraine. In short, Putin’s money remained untouched and the bloc's tax payers are on the hook.

• December 19, 2025

  Putin Projects Confidence On Ukraine War While Repeating Demands In 4 1/2-Hour Press Event

  Russian President Vladimir Putin used a marathon annual appearance to project confidence about Russia's position on the battlefield in its war on Ukraine and gave no signal that Moscow is ready to make substantial concessions in the name of peace.

• December 19, 2025

  EU Agrees To $106 Billion Loan For Ukraine After Shelving Russian Asset Proposal

  The EU agrees to provide a 90 billion-euro ($106 billion) interest-free loan to Kyiv to help fund the war-torn country after failing to agree on a proposal to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine's economic and military needs in the coming years.

• December 18, 2025

  More Than 'Young Pigs': Putin's Street Slang Targets Western Leaders

  The specific wording of Russian President Vladimir Putin's address to a military meeting on December 17 is telling. His use of the street slang term "podsvinki" seemingly deliberately plays to his domestic audience by suggesting European leaders are submissive to US machinations.

• December 18, 2025

  Putin’s ‘Swine’ Swipe: A Bid To Divide The West And Blame Europe If Peace Efforts Fail

  Amid a US push for a deal to end Moscow’s war against Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin used a high-profile military meeting to label unspecified European leaders “podsvinki,” which roughly translates as young pigs or young swine. Here’s why he said it.

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