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Reuters: Italy's cabinet on Monday passed a law decree that allows it to continue supplying until the end of 2025 "means, materials and equipment" to Ukraine to support its war effort against Russia, a government statement said.

Ukrainska Pravda: The 3rd Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has released an investigation exposing war crimes committed by Russian troops in the village of Nevske, Luhansk Oblast.

The Kyiv Independent: The U.S. is planning to impose additional sanctions on Russian oil by the end of the year, particularly targeting Russia's so-called "shadow fleet," Vladyslav Vlasiuk, the Ukrainian president’s commissioner for sanctions, told public broadcaster Suspilne on Dec. 23.

The European Investment Bank has provided Ukraine's state grid operator, Ukrenergo, with 86 million euros to protect the country's energy infrastructure from drone strikes.

Reuters: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that more than 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed and wounded in Russia's Kursk region and warned that Pyongyang could send more personnel and equipment for Moscow's army.

The Kyiv Independent: The first unit of the Ukrainian Legion, a volunteer brigade being formed and trained in Poland, has departed for Ukraine, Ukraine's Ambassador to Poland said in an interview with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on Dec. 23.

The Insider: One of the world's largest satellite operators, the French-British company Eutelsat, continues to air Russian propaganda and military recruitment advertisements, international NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) disclosed to The Insider.

The Kyiv Independent: Berlin supplied Ukraine with 15 Leopard 1A5 tanks, one short-range and one medium-range IRIS-T air defense system with missiles, two Patriot air defense launchers, and other aid in its latest delivery, the German government said on Dec. 23.

BBC News: Sir Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelensky have agreed on the "importance of refining" the UK's training of Ukrainian forces to "bolster" the country's defence.

The Kyiv Independent: The cargo vessel Sparta sent to Syria to bring out Russian military equipment broke down in the open sea and now drifts near the shore of Portugal, Ukraine’s military intelligence claimed on Dec. 23.

The Guardian: The UK's Labour MP, who denies allegations that she helped broker a deal with Russia to build the energy project, reportedly told a government official that she was the victim of a “political hit job”.

Reuters: Ukraine's prime minister Denys Shmyhal said on Monday the country had received $1.1 billion from the International Monetary Fund, which would be used for key budget expenditure.

The Kyiv Independent: A "devastating" fire broke out at a Shahed drone warehouse at the Alabuga Special Economic Zone in Russia's Tatarstan, destroying drone parts worth $16 million, Ukraine's military intelligence said on Dec. 23.

Reuters: Switzerland adopted the latest EU sanctions package on Russia and Belarus, the government said on Monday. The move came one week after the European Union targeted Moscow's vessels and Chinese entities found to have traded with the Russian military.

The Kyiv Independent: The Czech government’s decision to wean itself off from Russian energy ensured that "we don't have to grovel before a mass murderer," Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said on Dec. 22, referring to Slovak PM Fico’s visit to Moscow.

Reuters: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday blasted Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico over his reluctance to end his country's dependency on Russian gas, calling it a "big security issue" for Europe and saying Fico declined compensation.

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