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The United Nations estimates that more than 14.6 million people, or 40% of the population in Ukraine, will need humanitarian assistance this year, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported on Jan. 9.

CBC: Canada's immigration minister says a Russian antiwar activist will be granted Canadian citizenship after all despite a conviction in Russia that got her pulled from a previous ceremony.

Reuters: The U.S. is seeking bids from contractors to help establish a domestic supply of a uranium fuel enriched to higher levels for use in a next generation of reactors, a fuel currently only available in commercial levels from Russia.

POLITICO: Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton wants to set up a massive €100 billion EU defense fund, he said on Tuesday. He also insisted the bloc will meet its target of supplying a million artillery shells to Ukraine by the spring.

The Kyiv Independent: Putin signed a decree granting citizenship to a former Bosnian Serb soldier accused of committing war crimes and other foreign nationals, the Russian government announced on Jan. 9.

AP News: A top trans-Atlantic security and rights watchdog has criticized Belarus’ refusal to allow the group to observe its parliamentary vote, saying that it defies the country’s international obligations.

Reuters: Ukrainian manufacturers have ramped up output of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to the extent that Kyiv's current drone procurement budgets are not sufficient to buy everything being produced, Ukraine's technology minister said on Tuesday.

RFE/RL: The Amadea is a $325 million super yacht docked in the U.S. Pacific coast port of San Diego, seized by the U.S. government as the property of sanctioned Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov. Now, another Russian tycoon is fighting in U.S. federal court to recover the luxury vessel, claiming that he is the Amadea’s real owner.

POLITICO: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is hoping that Wednesday's NATO-Ukraine Council meeting will be followed with prompt commitments to help his country's air defenses fend off waves of devastating Russian air attacks.

AP News: Russia’s recent escalation of missile and drone attacks is stretching Ukraine’s air defense resources, a Ukrainian air force official said Tuesday, leaving the country vulnerable in the 22-month war unless it can secure further weapons supplies.

Reuters: Hackers linked to Ukraine’s main spy agency have breached computer systems at a Moscow-based internet provider in retaliation for a Russian cyber attack against Ukrainian telecom giant Kyivstar.

Business Insider: Russian soldiers are so badly equipped that they're resorting to stealing clothing, backpacks, and razors from each other, the wife of a serviceman told Radio Liberty.

Ukrainska Pravda: Estonia will continue to provide military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 0.25% of its gross domestic product over the next four years.

Reuters: The Italian city of Modena on Tuesday blocked the use of a public hall to host a private event on the reconstruction of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, saying it appears to openly support Russia's war in Ukraine.

Bloomberg: A secret meeting took place last month between Ukraine, its Group of Seven allies and a small group of Global South countries to try to rally support for Kyiv’s conditions for holding peace talks with Russia (archive).

Reuters: Ukraine's power grid operator said on Tuesday severe winter weather left more than 1,000 towns and villages without electricity in nine regions and urged residents to conserve power as the energy system has been weakened by Russian strikes.

RBC-Ukraine: In the European Parliament, a petition has been initiated to deprive the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, of the right to vote in the EU Council, according to Petri Sarvamaa, a Member of the European Parliament.

Reuters: Ukraine has a deficit of anti-aircraft guided missiles nearly two years after Russia's full-scale invasion, Air Force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat said on Tuesday.

Meduza: Russian consulates in some countries designated as “unfriendly” by the Kremlin might not organize polling places for the upcoming presidential election, potentially leaving Russians living abroad with no clear way to vote.

Reuters: A U.S. citizen has been detained in Russia on drugs charges which can carry up to 20 years in prison, a Moscow court said on Tuesday.

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