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AP News: The U.S. is preparing to send Ukraine an additional $725 million in military assistance, including counter-drone systems and munitions for its High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, which could indicate more of the longer-range missiles are headed to the battlefield.

The Moscow Times: Russia in November made its largest monthly territorial gains in the war in Ukraine since March 2022, according to an AFP analysis of data from the U.S. Institute for the Study of War on Monday.

The Daily Beast: The incoming Trump administration fills Russian state TV propagandists with glee. In mid-November, when president-elect Donald Trump started to announce his future appointees, state TV host Olga Skabeeva gushed, “All of them are totally wonderful!”

BBC News: Ukrainian troops occupying part of Russia’s Kursk region have been ordered “to hold the maximum territory until Trump’s inauguration and the start of negotiations,” soldiers in the field told BBC News.

Reuters: A group of Bulgarian nationals accused of spying for Russia targeted an investigative journalist with the Bellingcat news outlet and tried to lure him into a "honey trap" via Facebook, prosecutors told a London court on Monday.

Norway's defence ministry said on Monday it will deploy F-35 fighter jets and NASAMS air defence systems to a logistics hub in Poland which coordinates military aid for Ukraine.

RFE/RL: A Chinese company that owns a California manufacturing plant has sent hundreds of shipments of restricted dual-use electronics to Russia since the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine, including to sanctioned companies with ties to the Russian military.

Reuters: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced new military aid for Ukraine during a rare visit on Monday that he said sent a message to Putin that Berlin would stand by Kyiv for as long as needed in the war.

The Moscow Times: Putin has postponed until further notice the World Friendship Games, seen as Moscow's alternative to the Olympic Games and originally meant to take place this year.

WaPo: The Biden administration is engaged in a scramble to provide Ukraine with billions of dollars in additional weaponry, as some officials worry it will cut too deeply into American stockpiles and jeopardize military needs elsewhere (archive).

Reuters: Saudi Arabia clawed back market share of Asia's crude oil imports in November, while Russia surrendered some of its barrels in what may be an early sign of a shift in market dynamics.

Bloomberg: European Union member states are nearing a deal on a new €1.5 billion defense fund to help bolster the industry in the bloc and Ukraine over the next three years (archive).

The Kyiv Independent: Russia has fired at least 60 North Korean-supplied ballistic missiles during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a Ukrainian military spokesperson told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on Dec. 2.

Reuters: Ukraine has introduced a new system for exporting key agrarian goods, including grains, which implies a ban on shipping consignments of goods at prices below those set by the agriculture ministry.

Reuters: Ukraine must find diplomatic solutions to retake some of its occupied territory, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview with Kyodo News published on Monday.

Reuters: Ukraine will need tens of thousands of uncrewed robotic ground vehicles next year to shuttle ammunition and supplies to infantry in the trenches and evacuate wounded soldiers, a senior government minister told Reuters.

worth mentioning

Slovak PM scolds new EU top team over Ukraine support

Kremlin reportedly holds internal seminar on crafting ‘victory narrative’ and preparing for war’s end

Baltic countries sanction Georgian officials after violence against protestors

AirBaltic has ready-made plan to fly back into Ukraine once safe

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