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AFP: South Korea's spy agency said Friday it had confirmed that a North Korean soldier sent to back Russia's war against Ukraine had been captured by Ukrainian forces.
CNN: Over the last six months, Russia’s drone attacks have increased from around 400 in May to more than 2,400 in November, according to a CNN tally of data from Ukraine’s armed forces. There have been at least 1,700 drone strikes so far in December.
ISW: Putin explicitly rejected a suggestion reportedly considered by Trump's team in early Nov. 2024 that would delay Ukraine's membership in NATO for at least a decade as a condition for ending the war in Ukraine.
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Reuters: Russian air defences downed an Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people, four sources with knowledge of the preliminary findings of Azerbaijan's investigation into the disaster told Reuters on Thursday.
The Times of Israel: Israel’s flagship carrier El Al says it has suspended all of its flights from Tel Aviv to Moscow for this week, “citing developments in Russia’s airspace.”
AFP: The EU on Thursday threatened further sanctions against Russian vessels after Finland said it was probing an oil tanker that sailed from a Russian port for the "sabotage" of a power cable linking the country and Estonia.
BBC News: Recent damage to the Estlink 2 power cable in the Gulf of Finland was likely caused by a Russian tanker believed to be a part of Moscow's "shadow fleet," Finnish police announced in a press conference on Dec. 26.
Reuters: Russian drones struck a multi-storey apartment building in the front line town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region of Ukraine on Thursday, killing two people and injuring two, regional prosecutors said.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia's sabotage groups are trying to gain a foothold and have increased the number of attacks in Kherson Oblast, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on Dec. 26.
Reuters: The Parliament in Moldova, controlled by pro-Western lawmakers, approved a 10-year defence strategy on Thursday calling for increased defence spending as part of a plan to join the European Union.
AP News: North Korean troops are suffering heavy losses in the fighting in Russia’s Kursk region and are facing logistical difficulties as a result of Ukrainian attacks, Ukraine’s military intelligence said Thursday.
The Kyiv Independent: Thailand has accepted Russia's invitation to become a BRICS partner state, Thai Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nikondet Phalangkun said at a press briefing on Dec. 26.
Reuters: NATO on Thursday called for a full investigation into the cause of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash that killed 38 people.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian troops hit a Russian command post in the town of Lgov in Kursk Oblast, allegedly killing 18 Russian soldiers, Ukraine's Center for Strategic Communications reported on Dec. 26.
The Kyiv Independent: The Ukrainian Air Force struck a plant in Kamensk-Shakhtynsky, Rostov Oblast, that produces solid propellant for ballistic missiles, Ukraine's Center for Strategic Communications reported on Dec. 26.
The Kyiv Independent: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk criticized Hungarian PM Orban for calling Putin Hungary's “honest partner” during Russia’s massive missile attacks on Ukraine on Christmas Day.
worth mentioning
Russia declares federal emergency over Black Sea oil spill
Chechnya’s Kadyrov showers family with state honours once again
Anthropologist and the BBC unmask the historian responsible for ‘denouncing’ opposition-minded Russians from behind a pseudonym
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