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Ukrinform: The first legislative initiative concerning Ukraine this year, calling for recognizing the Kremlin's actions in its war against Ukraine as genocide, has been submitted to the lower chamber of the 119th U.S. Congress.
The Kyiv Independent: A large fire engulfed an oil depot overnight on Jan. 8 in the city of Engels in Russia's Saratov Oblast, various Russian Telegram media channels reported.
ISW: Russian forces may attempt to leverage tactical gains within and near Toretsk and east of Pokrovsk to eliminate the Ukrainian salient southwest of Toretsk.
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AP News: The Biden administration is set to announce a massive, final weapons aid package for Ukraine as part of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s visit to Germany on Thursday to meet with representatives of about 50 partner nations.
The Kyiv Independent: The Jan. 9 Ramstein-format summit of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group will focus primarily on supporting Ukraine's defense capabilities in establishing a "credible deterrent force" through 2027, the Pentagon said on Jan. 7.
Reuters: Shandong Port Group has banned U.S.-sanctioned tankers from calling into its ports in the eastern Chinese province, home to many independent refiners that are the biggest importers of oil from countries under U.S. embargo.
France 24: Trump on Tuesday pushed NATO members to boost their defense spending to five percent of GDP, underlining his long-standing claims that they are underpaying for US protection.
Politico: NATO will send around 10 ships to guard important underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea by the end of the week, Finnish newspaper Yle reported on Tuesday. The ships will remain at sea until April and be positioned near energy and data cables to deter any sabotage attempts.
The Moscow Times: The Swedish navy said Tuesday it had recovered from the Baltic Sea the anchor of an oil tanker suspected of belonging to Russia's "shadow fleet" and damaging four underwater telecoms cables and one power cable on Dec. 25.
The Kyiv Independent: A military spokesperson on Jan. 7 denied reports of Russia taking the village of Lozova in Kharkiv Oblast, saying there had not even been any "serious clashes" in the area at the time.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian forces continue to hold positions in the western outskirts of Kurakhove in Donetsk Oblast and a local power plant, but the situation in the town is "difficult," a military spokesperson said on Jan. 7.
AFP: Ukraine said Tuesday its forces struck a Russian military "command post" in Russia's Kursk region during "combat operations", while backtracking on a claim it had launched a fresh offensive in the border area.
Defence Blog: A visible shortage of operational armored vehicles has forced Russian forces to improvise. Soldiers have resorted to repurposing motorcycles, modifying civilian trucks, and even using standard civilian cars in assault operations.
The Kyiv Independent: For the first time in the history of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, a Ukrainian-operated jet shot down six Russian cruise missiles during a single mission in December, including two with the aircraft cannon, the Air Force claimed on Jan. 7.
The Kyiv Independent: For the first time, Ukrainian first-person-view drones using a naval drone as a springboard took out three Russian air defense systems, Ukraine’s Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security said on Jan. 7.
Reuters: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will discuss the end of Russian gas transit through Ukraine with representatives of the European Commission on Jan. 9 in Brussels, Slovakia's government office said on Tuesday.
RBC-Ukraine: Operators of the 8th Regiment of the Special Operations Forces eliminated 13 North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region. One of the killed soldiers could have been an officer, according to the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Reuters: Poland is ready to supply Ukraine with electricity, Minister of Climate and Environment Paulina Hennig-Kloska said on Tuesday, referring to threats that Slovakia could cut off power supplies to its neighbour.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian forces repelled 94 Russian ground assaults in Russia's Kursk Oblast over the past day, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Jan. 7 amid escalating hostilities in the region.
Reuters: Ukrainian businesses that set up or expanded in central Europe after Russia's 2022 invasion are shifting their focus from mainly refugee to local customers as they become more established, with some now eyeing a move further west.
worth mentioning
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