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Exclusive: Finnish president warns Europe that US likely talked with Russia while negotiating with Ukraine
The discussion reflected growing concern in European capitals over Washington's posture as the latest peace push moves forward.
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Ukraine’s lights still burn, even if not all the time
About the author: Chris Hennemeyer is a longtime humanitarian worker who spent nearly 40 years in crisis zones across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Balkans, Haiti, and briefly Ukraine. Since retiring in 2022, he has spent half of each year volunteering in Ukraine. I wake in the early morning here in Odesa, dark and still, the kind of quiet that means the power is out and the noisy belching generators haven’t yet started up. A look at my phone reveals that the Russians fired 705 air-borne

Zelensky reports 'long and substantive call' with Witkoff, Kushner
"Ukraine is determined to keep working in good faith with the American side to genuinely achieve peace. We agreed on the next steps and formats for talks with the United States," Zelensky wrote on Dec. 6.

Chornobyl protective shield 'lost its primary safety functions' after Russian drone strike, UN nuclear agency warns
Russia’s drone strike caused a fire that burned the outer cladding of the shelter.

Why Ukraine rejects Russia's 600,000 army cap demand
Russia failed to break Ukraine’s army on the battlefield, and now it’s trying to do it through a peace plan that would cap Ukraine’s forces at 600,000. Some argue that Ukraine would shrink its army — currently estimated at about 800,000 — after the war anyway.

Zelensky to visit London amid push for peace
Zelensky will also meet with the leaders of France and Germany in the British capital on Monday.

Ukrainian drones score 'successful hit' on Russia's Ryazan Oil Refinery, General Staff says
It's the ninth time this year that the facility has been struck.

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Successful strikes by Ukraine's military intelligence agency destroyed a Russian MiG-29 fighter jet and an Irtysh radar system in Russian-occupied Crimea, the agency said.
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