A surprise cabinet shuffle in the UK that brings an unelected former PM to lead the Foreign Office. Gaza Strip’s hospitals “must be protected,” President Biden said. Turkey joins other countries in mass deportations of Afghan refugees.
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Russia staged another attack on Kyiv with Iranian-built drones. All five were shot down. Air defenses also destroyed 10 attack drones targeting Dnipropetrovsk & Zaporizhzhia regions. Almost half-a-million people in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa and surrounding region remain without power
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Moscow says three military personnel were killed early on December 26 by debris from a downed Ukrainian drone, which was shot down and fell over a military base in Russia's southwestern Saratov region. Russian forces bombarded scores of towns in Ukraine on Christmas Day as Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was open to negotiations
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Pitched battles continue in the east, where Moscow's offensive has centered on the cities of Bakhmut and Avdiyivka in Donetsk, Ukraine's General Staff reports, as a regional official reported that Russians are leveling a famous theater to the ground in the southern city of Mariupol.
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A wave of Russian drones attacked Kyiv overnight and into the early hours of Monday morning, triggering air raid sirens twice. In all, Ukraine’s air defence managed to shoot down 30 out of 35 incoming drones.
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Heavy shelling and artillery fire were reported in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region overnight. Russia will continue targeting Ukraine’s power supply, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said
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Strikes on Russian targets continue as Ukraine recovers from a fresh wave of Russian missile attacks. The deficit in the energy system remains at the level of 19% of the projected consumption.
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Shelling by Russian forces struck several areas in eastern and southern Ukraine overnight as authorities continued to work to restore power, water, and heating after weeks of Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure and as temperatures plunge with the beginning of winter.
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Ukrainian repair crews continue to scramble to return power to millions of homes following devastating Russian missile attacks this week on infrastructure facilities, while Kyiv said near-constant Russian bombing was affecting a handful of population centers in the east. In a rare public spat involving Ukrainian leaders, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy criticized the mayor of Kyiv for doing what he said was a poor job setting up emergency shelters to help those without power and heat after Russian attacks.
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Russian-occupied Melitopol was rocked by a large explosion Tuesday. President Volodymyr Zelensky presented a 10-point peace plan to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Ukrainian officials and local residents moved to stabilize conditions in the freshly recaptured southern city of Kherson, as Russian symbols were being torn down and with the restoration of Ukrainian radio and television service and a new police presence.
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Ukrainian troops retook a wide swath of territory from Russia on Monday, pushing all the way back to the northeastern border in some places, and claimed to have captured many Russian soldiers as part of a lightning advance that forced Moscow to make a hasty retreat. A Ukrainian presidential adviser said there were so many prisoners of war that the country was running out of space to accommodate them.
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British military intelligence said Saturday that Ukraine’s advance on three fronts was likely to have “achieved a degree of tactical surprise; exploiting poor logistics, administration and leadership in the Russian armed forces.” Meanwhile, the Kremlin is offering Russian railway workers enticing bonuses to fight in the war in Ukraine.
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Trilateral talks Thursday in Lviv between Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations ended with no major takeaways - amid fears that the situation at the Russian occupied nuclear power plant near Zaporyzhzhia is spiraling out of control. Kharkiv comes under heavy Russian missile attack
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Ukrainian forces appear closer than ever to encircling occupied Kherson and regaining the key city in the right bank of the Dnipro River. An ammunition dump is said to have been hit by the Ukrainians.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has met Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for talks expected to focus on Russia’s war in Ukraine. Russian forces at Europe's largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine are employing "terror tactics" by using the site to launch rocket attacks on civilians. Amid calls for her resignation, Canada’s foreign affairs minister has denied Ottawa abandoned its Ukrainian staff in Kyiv in the run-up to Russia’s invasion.
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An agreement has been signed in Istanbul that could free up the movement of Ukraine grain to world markets. However much depends on the compliance of Russia and many other factors. Meanwhile, Ukrainian parliamentarians give themselves a salary hike as other - such a teachers - struggle on abysmal salaries.
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Hopes for a permanent ceasefire in Ukraine dimmed Wednesday after peace talks in Turkey failed to deliver promising results. Ukrainian and western leaders cast doubt on Russian intentions
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Crucial peace talks begin in Istanbul today however expectations for a breakthrough are extremely low. President Zelensky has sent mixed signals about his own red lines regarding territory.
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