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Reuters: Ukraine's allies meet in Paris on Tuesday, seeking to finalise as much as possible their contributions to future security guarantees to reassure Kyiv in the event of a ceasefire with Russia, diplomats and officials said.
CNN: The US is making plans to try to intercept a fleeing oil tanker that Russia has claimed jurisdiction over, setting up a possible confrontation between Washington and the Kremlin over the vessel’s fate.
Reuters: Reliance Industries said on Tuesday it is not expecting any Russian crude oil deliveries in January and has not received such cargoes in the past three weeks.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian drones carried out overnight attacks on several Russian regions on Jan. 6, with explosions and fires reported in multiple locations, according to Russian Telegram channels.
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The Kyiv Independent: The Ukrainian army has eliminated more than 90,000 Russian troops over the past three months, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Jan. 5 after meeting with Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who is expected to lead the Defense Ministry soon.
Reuters: Russia launched five missile strikes on Ukraine's second-biggest city Kharkiv on Monday, damaging energy infrastructure, and attacked an enterprise owned by U.S. agricultural producer Bunge in the southeastern city of Dnipro, Ukrainian officials said.
Ukrainska Pravda: Ukrainian forces are repelling a Russian assault on the village of Hryshyne on the Pokrovsk front in Donetsk Oblast. Russian forces are suffering losses but continuing to attack.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's 7th Rapid Response Corps said on Jan. 5 that it had thwarted Russia's latest attempt to launch an attack on the Kupiansk sector in northeastern Kharkiv Oblast by using the Soyuz gas pipeline.
The Moscow Times: Russian judges sentenced 100 people to life imprisonment between January and November 2025, the highest annual total in at least two decades, the state-run TASS news agency reported Monday, citing data from Russia’s Supreme Court.
Reuters: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he had appointed Canada's former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland as his economic development adviser, citing her experience in attracting investment.
The Kyiv Independent: President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Jan. 5 that Vasyl Maliuk will step down as head of Ukraine's Security Service but remain in the agency to focus on asymmetric operations against Russia.
United24 Media: Russian forces have begun equipping Shahed-type loitering munitions with man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS), marking a significant shift in the operational use of these Iranian-designed drones.
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