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Morning Headlines
CNN: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reaffirmed that Ukraine is not willing to concede territory to Russia, as talks over a US-proposed peace plan continue without a clear end in sight.
Reuters: Ukraine's sovereignty must be respected and its security guaranteed for the long term in any peace deal with Russia, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa said on Monday.
Politico: Japan has rebuffed the EU’s offer to join its plan to use frozen Russian state assets to fund Ukraine — dashing the bloc's hopes of securing global support for the initiative.
ISW: Russia is reportedly planning to foment protests in Ukraine, likely to support the longstanding Kremlin narrative that the Ukrainian government is illegitimate.
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Reuters: Ukraine will share a revised peace plan with the U.S. on Tuesday that is aimed at ending Russia's war, after talks in London between President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the leaders of France, Germany and Britain.
Reuters: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the leaders of France and Germany discussed the "positive progress" made to use frozen Russian sovereign assets to support Ukraine, Downing Street said on Monday.
RTE: Ireland’s Minister for Justice has said that drones identified over Dublin Bay last week during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit were not the work of amateur drone enthusiasts and were "generated for the purpose of putting pressure on EU and Ukrainian interests".
The Kyiv Independent: President Volodymyr Zelensky on Dec. 8 named the candidates for the position of Presidential Office head, following the dismissal of his former chief of staff Andriy Yermak.
Reuters: Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban have agreed that Turkey will guarantee that Russian gas can continue to flow to Hungary, Orban said on Monday.
The Moscow Times: A Dutch court has frozen the assets of TurkStream operator South Stream Transport as part of a bid by Ukrainian businesses to recover losses stemming from Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, the Vedomosti newspaper reported Monday.
The Insider: Birch wood from Russia is being supplied to the European Union in circumvention of sanctions, according to an investigation by the German broadcaster SWR. The raw materials are routed through China, where they are relabeled.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian forces destroyed 20 fuel tanks — 70% of the total — in a drone strike on Russia's Temryuk Seaport in Krasnodar Krai on Dec. 5, the General Staff reported Dec. 8.
Dutch News: The Dutch government has pledged an extra €700 million in support for Ukraine from money left over in the defence and foreign affairs ministries’ budgets.
Politico: The UK Ministry of Defence plans to develop autonomous vessels that operate AI technology alongside warships and aircraft to better protect Britain’s undersea cables and pipelines from Moscow.
Reuters: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said negotiators remain split over territorial concessions in a U.S.-brokered peace plan, Bloomberg News reported on Monday.
The Moscow Times: A judge in the occupied Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on Monday sentenced four Russian soldiers to prison for the torture and killing of an American man who had fought alongside pro-Moscow forces.
WSJ: Putin has often proclaimed that Russia must lead the world in artificial intelligence. In reality, the country is stuck on the sidelines as others pull ahead (archive).
Reuters: Leaders from seven EU member states on Monday urged the EU to move ahead quickly with the proposal to use frozen Russian assets to provide financing to Ukraine.
RBC-Ukraine: France has stated that it is not ready to include those Russian assets held in French private banks in the planned reparations loan for Ukraine - roughly 18 billion euros, according to the Financial Times. France explains its decision by pointing to legal restrictions on the use of frozen private assets.
Reuters: Trump's new global security roadmap has dropped any reference to denuclearising North Korea as a goal, fuelling speculation that Washington may be angling to boost the chances of a diplomatic breakthrough with Pyongyang in 2026.
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