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ISW: Kremlin-affiliated milbloggers are acknowledging significant Ukrainian successes in the Kupyansk direction and criticizing the Kremlin and the Russian military command for providing false battlefield reports.
CNN: While Moscow has not carried out any direct attacks against NATO allies in Europe – experts say this is partly because Russia knows it couldn’t defeat the alliance with its current capabilities – there are increasing signs that this could change in the future.
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Ukrainska Pravda: Estonia's Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna has said that the country will not hesitate to respond decisively if Russia attacks.
United24 Media: India’s Reliance Industries has resumed purchases of discounted Russian crude oil after a brief pause triggered by US sanctions, sourcing oil from non-sanctioned suppliers and routing it to its domestic-focused refinery in Gujarat, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
RBC-Ukraine: Germany has made its largest tranche to support Ukraine, transferring more than €160 million to the Energy Support Fund, according to Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine Mykola Kolisnyk.
AP News: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would be willing to withdraw troops from the country’s eastern industrial heartland as part of a plan to end Russia’s war, if Moscow also pulls back and the area becomes a demilitarized zone monitored by international forces.
United24 Media: Russia may be getting help from Chinese satellite imaging data to carry out strikes on energy targets in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
Ukrainska Pravda: Russia will seek key changes to the latest US peace plan to end its war on Ukraine, including more restrictions on Kyiv’s military, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
The Moscow Times: Russia added 341 minors to its national register of “terrorists and extremists” in 2025, marking the highest annual figure in at least seven years, the exiled news outlet Vyorstka reported Wednesday.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's Armed Forces are expected to receive a total of three million first-person-view drones by the end of 2025, nearly 2.5 times more than last year, Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Dec. 24.
Reuters: Ukraine's food exports have already been harmed by intensified Russian attacks on ports this month, which could lead to a significant drop in trade despite efforts to divert shipments to rail, a Ukrainian farmer's union said on Wednesday.
RFI: Ukraine won some concessions in the latest version of a US-led draft plan to end the Russian invasion, revealed by President Volodymyr Zelensky, though key questions remain over territory and whether Moscow could accept the new terms.
Reuters: Russia plans to put a nuclear power plant on the moon in the next decade to supply its lunar space programme and a joint Russian-Chinese research station as major powers rush to explore the earth's only natural satellite.
BBC: Three people - including two police officers - have been killed in an explosion in Moscow, Russian authorities have said.
The Moscow Times: A Russian-backed court in occupied Ukraine on Wednesday sentenced a Colombian man to 19 years in prison for fighting for Kyiv's army.
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