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Reuters: The European Union is very close to a solution to finance Ukraine in 2026 and 2027 that would have the support of at least a qualified majority of EU countries, the chairman of EU summits, Antonio Costa, said on Tuesday.
AP News: Pope Leo XIV insisted Tuesday that Europe must have a role in any Ukraine peace deal and criticized what he said was the Trump administration’s effort to “break apart” the long-standing U.S.-European alliance.
Reuters: Japan has scrambled jets to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around the country, the Japanese defence ministry said late Tuesday, amid rising tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.
ISW: Russian forces have gained 0.77 percent of Ukrainian territory since the start of 2025 while suffering disproportionately high personnel costs.
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FT: Trump’s envoys have given Volodymyr Zelenskyy days to respond to a proposed peace deal requiring Ukraine to accept territorial losses in exchange for unspecified US security guarantees, according to officials briefed on the conversations (archive).
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine and its partners are working on three documents that form the basis of current diplomatic efforts to end Russia's war, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Dec. 9. The texts cover a framework peace agreement, security guarantees, and reconstruction.
Reuters: Ukrainian troops have been holding parts of the beleaguered city of Pokrovsk since mid-November, but some units were ordered to withdraw from impractical positions outside the city in the past week, Ukraine's top commander was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
The Insider: Russian soldiers who refuse to take part in assaults have been held for months in a basement at the Melekine resort near the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol, according to an investigation by the independent publication Astra.
Reuters: Russia's Syzran oil refinery on the Volga River halted oil processing on December 5 after being damaged by a Ukrainian drone attack.
Reuters: Finland has acquired hundreds of drone jammers and detectors, its military said on Tuesday, as countries on NATO's eastern flank strengthen their defences following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Reuters: At least half a dozen executives from top Indian arms makers, including Adani Defence and Bharat Forge, attended rare meetings in Russia this year to discuss potential joint ventures.
The Moscow Times: Russian soldiers returning from the war in Ukraine have killed or injured more than 1,000 people inside Russia since the invasion began nearly four years ago, according to a review of court rulings by the exiled news outlet Vyorstka published Tuesday.
Reuters: Suspected drones were seen flying above a French military intelligence base on three separate nights last month, the French Air and Space Force said on Tuesday, in the latest possible incursions over sensitive sites in the country.
Reuters: The TurkStream pipeline operator will be able to conduct business without issues after relocating its base from the Netherlands to Hungary, bypassing sanctions on Russian energy due to an agreement with the U.S., Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Tuesday.
UN: Civilians in Ukraine are facing almost daily attacks and growing hardship as Russia’s full-scale invasion approaches the four-year mark, UN human rights investigators said in a new report issued on Tuesday.
Reuters: South Korea's military said it had scrambled fighter jets when Chinese and Russian military planes entered and left its air defence zone on Tuesday.
Reuters: Lithuania on Tuesday declared a state of emergency and asked parliament to authorise military support for police and border guards after a wave of smuggler balloons from Belarus repeatedly disrupted air traffic in recent months.
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Slovakia dismantles whistleblower office despite EU Commission pushback
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