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Reuters: Italy is preparing a new military aid package for Ukraine, two sources close to the matter told Reuters on Tuesday, in a renewed show of support for Kyiv from Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's rightist government.

The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine and the U.S. signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in ensuring the resilience of Ukraine's energy system in Brussels on Dec. 3, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said. The document, signed by Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the NATO foreign ministers' meeting, includes U.S. aid totaling up to $825 million.

Reuters: NATO will step up intelligence sharing and improve the protection of critical infrastructure in the face of "hostile" acts of sabotage against allies by Russia and China, NATO chief Mark Rutte said on Tuesday.

Politico: Britain’s government argued it has not changed position on the war in Ukraine Tuesday after Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke openly about strengthening Kyiv’s hand in peace talks.

AP News: Japan’s military said it dispatched a surveillance plane and a navy ship Tuesday after spotting a Russian submarine off the coast of a southwestern island near Taiwan.

Naval News: The Russian Navy's base at Tartus in Syria is crucial to its support of the Assad regime, and its ambitions on the world stage. The dramatic shift in the front lines in Syria now puts the base at risk. There are indications that Russia may be evacuating its naval vessels.

The Moscow Times: Russia’s unleashing of the Oreshnik experimental ballistic missile on Ukraine was a propaganda operation designed by the Kremlin, the military, and intelligence agencies to reignite fear in Kyiv and Western capitals that had grown accustomed to Moscow’s nuclear saber-rattling.

The Kyiv Independent: Russia is sending private mercenaries to Syria to reinforce its troops, possibly its so-called Africa Corps, the Ukrainian military intelligence agency claimed on Dec. 3.

Reuters: Russian presidential aircraft and funds were used in a program that took children from occupied Ukrainian territories, stripped them of Ukrainian identity and placed them with Russian families, according to a report by Yale's School of Public Health.

RFE/RL: Russia is using a militaristic youth organization, Yunarmia, to foster the loyalty of teenagers in occupied parts of Ukraine and prepare them to fight in Moscow’s war against their native country.

Bloomberg: India has sharply reduced orders for defense equipment with Russia and is now buying more from Western suppliers, officials said, a significant policy shift for a nation traditionally reliant on arms from Moscow (archive).

Reuters: Carlsberg will sell its Russian assets to two longstanding employees of Baltika Breweries, the Danish brewer said on Tuesday, after a government document seen by Reuters showed Moscow had approved the 34-billion-rouble ($320 million) deal.

Meduza: The Putin administration has reportedly instructed regional officials to create programs aimed at preparing war veterans for government roles — or to just straight up give them the jobs.

AFP: Ukraine said Tuesday that its forces had repelled a Russian effort to cross a key waterway on the eastern frontline, as Moscow's army claimed to have seized two more villages in its grinding advance.

Ukraine will refuse any kind of security guarantees substituting NATO membership, according to a Foreign Ministry statement on Dec. 3.

Reuters: Russian drones struck critical infrastructure in Ukraine's western Ternopil and Rivne regions overnight, the Ukrainian air force said on Tuesday.

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