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Wednesday, December 31
'Russia is targeting civilians' — Casualties, outages reported following Russian drone strikes on residential buildings in Odesa
Over 170,000 people are without power after the attack, Ukraine's Energy Ministry said on Wednesday morning.
Croatia and Romania to join NATO-backed plan to purchase US weapons for Ukraine
Romania will contribute 50 million euros ($59 million), according to a press release by the Romanian government.
Malanka: Ukraine's winter ritual of masks, mischief, and good fortune
Each winter in southwestern Ukraine, villages are transformed by a riot of color, noise, and a kind of organized chaos. Costumed performers that are sometimes human, sometimes animal, sometimes entirely otherworldly wander from house to house, dancing, singing, playing instruments, cracking whips, and offering shots of alcoholic drinks. Their mission is simple but profound: to sweep away misfortune, summon laughter, and ensure abundance in the year ahead. This lively tradition is known as Mala
Ukraine claims strike on oil refinery on Russia's Black Sea coast, fires reported in occupied Luhansk
Ukraine's military reportedly struck oil depots in the various Russian and Russian-occupied regions late on Dec. 30, Russian Telegram media channels reported.
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,207,910 troops in Ukraine since 2022
The number includes 1,000 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Russian attacks kill 6, injure 23 in Ukraine over past day
The Ukrainian Air Force reported intercepting 101 of the 127 drones launched by Russia overnight.
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A day before President Volodymyr Zelensky met U.S. President Donald Trump, European leaders privately warned the Ukrainian president that the talks could go badly and urged him to "be careful," according to detailed notes from the call shared with the Kyiv Independent by a senior diplomatic source. The caution came ahead of Zelensky's Dec. 28 meeting with Trump at the U.S. president's Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago — a high-stakes encounter focused on Washington's latest push to broker a peace f
