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BBC News: Russia has launched a "massive strike" on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, the country's energy minister said, as explosions were reported in several cities.
Reuters: U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is preparing a $725 million weapons package for Ukraine, two U.S. officials said on Wednesday, as the outgoing president seeks to bolster the government in Kyiv before leaving office in January.
ISW: The Russian military command may have imposed controversial restrictions on the use of personal vehicles by Russian volunteers delivering military and humanitarian aid to Russian troops on the frontlines, likely as part of an ongoing force centralization effort.
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Reuters: Russia's acts of sabotage against Western targets may eventually prompt NATO to consider invoking the alliance's Article 5 mutual defence clause, the head of Germany's foreign intelligence service said on Wednesday.
WSJ: The U.S. won’t be able to spend all of the money authorized to transfer arms to Kyiv by Jan. 20, officials acknowledge (archive).
The Insider: Cyprus strips 77 investors of “golden passports” — the list includes Russian oligarchs Oleg Deripaska, Mikhail Gutseriev, and Igor Kesaev.
AP News: President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has chosen Keith Kellogg, a highly decorated retired three-star general, to serve as his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia.
Reuters: Nordic and Baltic states and Poland said on Wednesday they would in the coming months step up support for Ukraine, including to the country's defence industry, and invest in making more ammunition available.
France 24: Romanian officials will meet Thursday to discuss possible cyber threats to its elections after a far-right pro-Russian candidate took a shock lead in its presidential vote.
AP News: President Joe Biden’s administration is urging Ukraine to quickly increase the size of its military by drafting more troops and revamping its mobilization laws to allow for the conscription of troops as young as 18.
Reuters: Russia's central bank said on Wednesday it would stop foreign currency purchases in order to ease pressure on the financial markets after the rouble weakened beyond 110 to the U.S. dollar, down by one-third since early August.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian soldiers repelled an attempted Russian offensive in the Zaporizhzhia sector, General Oleksandr Pivnenko, the commander of Ukraine's National Guard, said on Nov.27.
Reuters: Poland said on Wednesday that it had detained a German citizen and charged the suspect with brokering and exporting dual-use goods to Russia.
Bloomberg: European countries still buying Russian gas are rushing to find a way to keep paying for supplies after Dec. 20 that won’t violate surprise US sanctions (archive).
Reuters: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Wednesday he would attend World War Two commemorations in Moscow in May as he accepted an invitation from Putin.
AP News: Russia said on Wednesday that it would expel one correspondent and one cameraman from Germany's ARD in a symmetrical response to German moves against journalists from Russia's Channel One that Berlin denied undertaking.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian drones and missiles attacked the seaside city of Sevastopol in occupied Crimea on Nov. 27, the city's Russian-installed proxy head, Mikhail Razvozhayev, claimed.
Bloomberg: Russia’s controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline lost the latest round of its legal fight against European Union gas market rules, in a largely symbolic court defeat for the now-shuttered project (archive).
AFP: Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Wednesday said that he wanted to create a Baltic Sea policing mission to protect infrastructure after two Baltic Sea cables were cut last week.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine has received a $4.8 billion loan from the World Bank through the PEACE project for social expenditures, Prime Minister Denys Shymhal said on Nov. 27.
The Guardian: The head of the EU executive, Ursula von der Leyen, has called for more defence spending in Europe over the next five years, as her top team was voted in by a wafer-thin majority of MEPs. European Commission president says average spending in Europe is 1.9% of GDP, while Russia’s is 9%.
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Chinese cargo ship suspected of dragging anchor to damage Baltic Sea cables
Ukraine approves homemade Oncilla-Shturm armored personnel carrier for military use
German defense chief suggests Russian involvement in Lithuania plane crash
Russia says it will respond if US places missiles in Japan
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