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The Guardian: The Danish government has accused Russia of being behind two “destructive and disruptive” cyber-attacks in what it describes as “very clear evidence” of a hybrid war.

United24 Media: The United States and European countries have finalized a comprehensive post-war security framework aimed at ensuring Ukraine’s long-term defense and regional stability, Bloomberg reported on December 18.

The Kyiv Independent: A Russian strike drone hit a civilian car traveling across a bridge in Odesa Oblast on Dec. 18, killing a woman and injuring her three children, Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper said.

Reuters: Russia's government has ordered Russian Railways to sell a 62-floor central Moscow skyscraper to help the railway monopoly pay off some of its $50 billion debt.

CNN: Russian personnel with links to the country’s military and security services have engaged in spying in European waters while working covertly on ships carrying Russian oil, Western and Ukrainian intelligence sources exclusively told CNN.

ERR: Estonia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs handed over a protest note to the Russian embassy on Thursday after three Russian border guards crossed into Estonian territory without permission.

The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian forces counterattacked near Lyman in Donetsk Oblast, destroying what they described as an entire Russian regiment — a unit that can number roughly 2,000 troops on paper — and improving their positions, Ukraine’s Third Army Corps reported Dec. 18.

The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's Security Service struck a Russian military airfield in occupied Crimea, reportedly destroying air defense equipment worth hundreds of millions of dollars, the agency said on Dec. 18.

Britain imposed sanctions on Thursday on more Russian oil companies and Canadian-Pakistani billionaire Murtaza Lakhani as part of efforts to ramp up pressure on Moscow over the war in Ukraine. The government targeted 24 individuals and entities, including what it described as Russia's largest remaining unsanctioned oil companies: Tatneft, Russneft, NNK-Oil and Rusneftegaz.

Reuters: The European Union on Thursday imposed sanctions on 41 more ships in Russia's shadow fleet, taking the total of designated vessels to almost 600. The ships are now banned from entering EU ports and can no longer receive a broad range of services related to maritime transport, the EU Council said.

AFP: A Russia-controlled court in Ukraine's Donetsk region has sentenced a British citizen to 13 years for fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine, a Russian prosecutor said on Thursday, a verdict condemned by Britain.

Kyiv Post: A new analytical report by the KSE Institute, prepared jointly with the Centre for Liberal Modernity and a group of international legal experts, concludes that the European Union’s reparations loan for Ukraine does not create new material legal risks for EU member states or financial institutions.

Reuters: Ukrainian peace negotiators are en route to the United States and plan to meet the U.S. negotiating team on Friday and Saturday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday.

The Moscow Times: Finnish authorities have seized a seaside villa owned by sanctioned Russian billionaire Boris Rotenberg in the town of Hanko over unpaid property taxes amounting to several thousand euros, public broadcaster Yle reported Wednesday.

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