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Reuters: China received 22 shipments of liquefied natural gas last year from two export projects in Russia sanctioned by the United States and European Union, shiptracking data showed.
Bloomberg: At least three tankers carrying Russian crude are heading for Reliance Industries’ plant on India’s west coast after the refiner began modest purchases following a brief pause due to heightened US scrutiny (archive).
The Kyiv Independent: Russian forces occupied 4,336 square kilometers (1,674 square miles) of Ukrainian territory in 2025, accounting for less than 1% of the country, the Ukrainian open-source mapping project DeepState reported in a year-end assessment published on Jan. 1.
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CNN: The CIA has assessed Ukraine was not targeting a residence used by Putin in a recent drone attack in the north of his country, according to US officials, undercutting an assertion the Russian leader had made to Trump in a Monday phone call. The CIA’s director John Ratcliffe briefed Trump on the assessment Wednesday, the officials said.
Reuters: Ukrainian drones struck energy and industrial targets across the Russian regions of Krasnodar, Tatarstan and Kaluga overnight, local officials said on Thursday, and the Ukrainian military confirmed it had carried out two of the three attacks.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) faked the death of Denis Kapustin, commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps, and claimed the bounty placed on his head by Russia's intelligence service, HUR chief Kyrylo Budanov revealed on Jan. 1.
Reuters: Russia has asked the U.S. to stop its pursuit of an oil tanker that was heading to Venezuela and is now fleeing the U.S. Coast Guard in the Atlantic Ocean, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
The Insider: Rosneft head Igor Sechin has once again emerged victorious from a behind-the-scenes struggle for key positions in the leadership of the FSB. His close associate, General Ivan Tkachev, has been appointed head of the FSB’s Department of Military Counterintelligence.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine has deployed two additional Patriot air defense systems to protect its cities and critical infrastructure, the Defense Ministry announced on Jan. 1.
Reuters: A Russian drone attack damaged power infrastructure in several Ukrainian regions overnight, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday, while Moscow accused Ukraine of carrying out a deadly new year attack in a Russian-controlled part of Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent: Russian forces struck the Feldman Eco-Park near the city of Kharkiv, wounding and killing dozens of animals, Oleksandr Feldman, a Ukrainian member of parliament and founder of the eco-park, reported on Jan. 1.
ISW: The Russian military command largely prioritized efforts to seize the remainder of Donetsk Oblast and establish a buffer zone in northern Sumy and Kharkiv oblasts in 2025 but failed to accomplish these goals.
Reuters: Finnish police on Wednesday seized a ship sailing from Russia on suspicion of sabotaging an undersea telecoms cable running from Helsinki to Estonia across the Gulf of Finland, an area hit by a string of similar incidents in recent years.
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