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Reuters: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday plans a last-ditch plea to U.S. lawmakers to keep military support flowing as he battles Russia, in visits to the White House and Capitol Hill.
The Guardian: Europeans are generally open to the idea of Ukraine joining the EU, despite the costs and risks, but lukewarm at best about the bloc’s prospective enlargement to also take in Georgia and countries in the western Balkans, according to a survey.
ISW: Russia will likely use the March 2024 presidential "election" to further establish a veneer of legitimacy for its occupation of Ukraine as it has done during the illegal 2022 annexation referenda and the 2023 regional elections.
CNN was granted rare access to one of dozens of Ukraine’s First Person View drone teams, along the riverbank outside of Kherson city, to observe the attacks being made by this rudimentary but game-changing technology.
Reuters: The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday passed a ban on imports of Russian uranium as lawmakers seek to add pressure on Moscow for its war on Ukraine, though the measure has waivers in case of supply concerns for domestic reactors.
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Reuters: More than a hundred senior European lawmakers will send a joint letter to their counterparts in the United States on Tuesday, pleading for Congress to unlock further military aid to Ukraine at a time U.S. lawmakers have struggled for a deal.
The International Monetary Fund’s executive board approved the disbursal of $900 million in aid to Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent: Hungary's position on Ukraine's EU accession remains unchanged, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Facebook on Dec. 11, following a meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
Reuters: European Union countries are close to agreeing a deal on a proposed 12th package of sanctions on Russia focused on a Russia-origin diamond ban and new measures to stem the flow of Russian oil.
European Council imposed restrictive measures against 6 persons and 5 entities involved in Iran's development and production of unmanned aerial vehicles used in Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine.
Novaya-Europe: Russia has imported at least 1,000 luxury cars worth a total of €93 million via Belarus in breach of EU sanctions since the start of the war in Ukraine, Verstka revealed in a joint investigation with Belarusian media outlet Buro.
BBC News: Ukraine's counter-offensive hopes did not come true, a top security official has conceded. But Oleksiy Danilov, who co-ordinates the country's war cabinet, insisted: "That doesn't mean that victory won't be on our side."
Reuters: Russia is increasing its missile and drone attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine and the White House expects Moscow to target energy facilities as winter approaches, national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Monday.
The Kyiv Independent: Denmark is spearheading the reconstruction of war-torn Mykolaiv Oblast, investing in local businesses, and aiming to rebuild the commercial landscape to benefit both nations economically.
Le Monde: Condemned to heavy sentences, ordinary Russian citizens opposed to the war in Ukraine are joining the list of political prisoners by the dozens.
The Kyiv Independent: Sweden announced a new humanitarian aid package for Ukraine worth 1.4 billion Swedish krona ($133 million), Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said at a press conference on Dec. 11.
POLITICO: Europe needs to take responsibility for its own security amid signs that American military backing for Ukraine is starting to wane, United Kingdom Defense Secretary Grant Shapps warned on Monday.
Reuters: Slovak truckers resumed a partial blockade of the country's sole freight road crossing with Ukraine on Monday afternoon, the Ukrainian border service said.
POLITICO: EU leaders should back Ukraine with significant extra financing this week to avoid a "double block" to support for Kyiv on both sides of the Atlantic, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte warned Monday.
Bloomberg: Argentina agreed to host a summit with Latin American leaders early next year as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy seeks to win support from the so-called Global South in the war with Russia, Ukraine said.
Reuters: Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been removed from the penal colony where he had been imprisoned since the middle of last year and his current whereabouts are not known, his allies said on Monday.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia is trying to capture the village of Synkivka in Kharkiv Oblast, hoping to pave the way for the blockade of nearby Kupiansk, Ground Forces Commander Oleksandr Syrskyi reported on Dec. 11.
Amnesty International: Russia’s aggression against Ukraine resulted in widespread and systemic violations of children’s right to education.
Reuters: A month-long blockade of Ukrainian border crossings by protesting Polish truck drivers was briefly lifted on Monday at one crossing, but by evening police said the road leading to it was again impassable.
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