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NBC News: The collapse of Senate immigration negotiations is threatening to derail President Joe Biden's national security package, including aid to Israel and Ukraine, even as the White House makes a renewed push on Capitol Hill.

AFP: Ending US military aid to Kyiv would allow Putin to "prevail" in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Monday.

Reuters: Britain has no records or evidence to suggest that networks at the Sellafield nuclear site were the victim of a successful cyber attack by state actors, the government said on Monday following a report by the Guardian newspaper.

The Guardian: The UK’s most hazardous nuclear site, Sellafield, has been hacked into by cyber groups closely linked to Russia and China, the Guardian can reveal. The astonishing disclosure and its potential effects have been consistently covered up by senior staff at the vast nuclear waste and decommissioning site, the investigation has found.

AFP: Experts from the United States have arrived in Cyprus to help police investigate cases where Russian oligarchs were allegedly enabled to bypass sanctions, a Cypriot official said Monday.

Reuters: Poland is calling on the European Union restore permits limiting transit for Ukrainian truckers, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Monday as Polish and Slovakian truckers block several border crossings to Ukraine.

Ukrainska Pravda: The Washington Post has provided an analysis of the preparations for the Ukrainian counteroffensive. Although Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi insisted on operations along the entire front line, the United States and the West were leaning toward a surgical counterattack, specifically to cut off Russia from occupied Crimea.

BNT: A channel for transit of dual-use goods through Bulgaria to Russia has been detected, Finance Minister Asen Vassilev said on December 4.

Reuters: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban demanded on Monday that a summit of European Union leaders next week avoid any decision on Ukraine's coveted goal of getting a green light for membership talks even as the country fights Russia's invasion.

Rheinmetall has won a large-volume order for supporting Ukraine with artillery ammunition. The Düsseldorf-based tech enterprise has been tasked with supplying Kyiv with artillery rounds worth around €142 million.

AFP: Niger's military leaders said Monday that they were ending two European Union security and defence missions in the country, after earlier in the day agreeing to strengthen military cooperation with Russia.

yle: Finland’s intelligence service was aware of plans by Moscow to incite demonstrations in the Nordic country, the Finnish broadcaster Yle reported Monday.

The Moscow Times: Nepal said Monday that six of its citizens had been killed while serving as mercenaries in the Russian army, while another had been captured in Ukraine, confirming that Nepalis are fighting in Moscow's invasion. Kathmandu urged Russia to stop the use of Nepali mercenaries and send any men still serving back home.

Novaya-Europe: The management of 2GIS, a Russian digital map developer, has ordered its staff to gather data on all gay clubs in the country, an anonymous employee told independent news outlet iStories on Monday.

POLITICO: A growing number of asylum seekers arriving on the EU’s eastern frontier is forcing Baltic countries to consider border closures with Russia, due to fears the Kremlin is weaponizing desperate people to create a migration crisis on the Continent.

The New York Times obtained exclusive documents providing the fullest picture yet of Russia’s secretive prison recruiting effort, which Moscow is using to replenish the army in its war against Ukraine.

Novaya-Europe: In the occupied territories of Ukraine, embezzling Russian government funds has become common practice. Hundreds of billions of rubles have flowed in from Russia since last year, and corruption has flourished after a government mandate exempted officials and businesspeople from measures designed to ensure transparency.

Bloomberg: Russia used disinformation and unsubstantiated claims in a plan to lobby officials in at least a dozen countries as part of an unsuccessful bid to retain a seat on the board of the international chemical weapons watchdog.

Reuters: Russian forces intensified attacks on Monday on the pulverised town of Avdiivka, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow's military presses its slow advance through eastern Ukraine.

Meduza: The Russian Defense Ministry has proposed changing its medical fitness requirements for citizens with health issues that “do not have a significant impact” on their ability to perform military service.

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