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Ukraine's military denies reports that Pokrovsk, Myrnohrad encircled by Russian forces
Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces said on Dec. 5 that neither Pokrovsk nor its sister city Myrnohrad is encircled, stressing that defense units are expanding logistics routes and maintaining control over key positions in the area.

At least 3 injured in Russian missile, drone strikes on Kyiv Oblast
Three people have been injured in a Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv Oblast overnight on Dec. 6, local officials reported.

US Treasury extends waiver allowing Lukoil gas stations outside of Russia to operate, despite sanctions
The Trump administration on Dec. 4 extended a waiver that lets Lukoil-branded gas stations abroad stay in business, softening elements of the sanctions imposed on the firm in October.

Ukraine war latest: HUR says it destroyed Russian Su-24 tactical bomber, other targets in occupied Crimea
Ukraine's military intelligence agency, HUR, said its drones hit a Russian Su-24 tactical bomber as past of a series of eight "accurate strikes" on military targets inside Russian-occupied Crimea on Dec. 5.

Russian forces reportedly execute yet another Ukrainian POW
The Prosecutor General's Office said that the wounded soldier tried to take cover, but the Russian soldier "finished him off with a shot from an assault rifle."

War Notes: From the battlefield
Editor’s note: To mark the fourth birthday of the Kyiv Independent, the War Notes newsletter team decided to pass one edition of the newsletter to a special guest writer, who could capture the time and place we are at in Russia's war against Ukraine from a new perspective. You can subscribe to War Notes and the Kyiv Independent’s other newsletters here. About the author: Dimko Zhluktenko is a drone operator in Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces and co-founder of military aid volunteer organizati

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