US, Russian defense ministers speak about war against Ukraine.

8:26 PM

House Speaker rejects Biden's request for additional $24 billion in Ukraine aid.

"It is not the place of Joe Biden to make that decision now, we have a newly elected president, and we are going to wait and take the new commander in chief’s direction on all that, so I don’t expect any Ukraine funding to come up now," U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said.

7:53 PM

Drones

Russian drone strikes on Ukraine are surging — how bad can it get?

7:22 PM

Ukrainian drone hits special police regiment building in Chechnya, Kadyrov claims.

A drone attack hit a special police regiment building in the center of the city of Grozny in the Chechen Republic on Dec. 4, Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov claimed, Russian state-controlled news agency RIA Novosti reported.

6:33 PM

Ukraine state-owned enterprises weekly — Issue 156

6:29 PM

Video

Could Ukraine build a nuclear bomb? We asked an expert.

The Kyiv Independent’s reporter Oleg Sukhov sat down with Robert Kelley to discuss whether the weapon Ukraine gave up would be of much use now and if the country still has the capacity to produce a nuclear device.

6:18 PM

Ukraine has 'hard decisions' to make about further mobilization, Blinken says.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken described mobilization as "critical" for Ukraine, adding that despite having funds and ammunition, people are needed to repel Russian aggression.

5:47 PM

Ukraine Business Roundup — Historic tax increase signed 44 days late

5:42 PM

Russia gathers 300 boats to cross Dnipro River amid attempted attacks in Kherson Oblast, military says.

Russian troops are storming the Kherson direction in an attempt to gain a foothold on some islands in the Dnipro River delta, Vladyslav Voloshyn, the spokesperson for the Ukrainian military's Southern Command, told Suspilne on Dec. 4.

5:23 PM

Ukraine’s gas transit operator prepared for Russian attacks after transit deal expires, operator says.

With a deal to transport Russian gas through Ukraine expiring at the end of 2024, Ukraine’s gas transit network could soon come under Russian attacks, warned Dmytro Lyppa, CEO of the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine.

5:14 PM

Ukraine Reforms Tracker Weekly — Issue 3

3:39 PM

Russia’s Oreshnik strike aftermath was a carefully orchestrated psyop, media reports.

The propaganda offensive was coordinated between government, military, and intelligence officials, as well as PR experts, the Moscow Times wrote.

3:19 PM

Bulgaria supplies arms, ammunition to Ukraine in its 7th aid delivery.

The exact list of supplies, provided in accordance with a decision on military support in late 2022, remains classified.

2:51 PM

NATO must provide 'whatever air defense we can give' to Ukraine, Rutte says.

NATO countries will do all they can to provide Ukraine with air defenses necessary to protect its infrastructure but there is no surplus of such systems, Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Dec. 4.

2:05 PM

Controversial bill on state leaks fails to pass parliament.

The legislation was lambasted by the media and activists as an attempt to hamper investigations into corruption and other illicit activities by officials.

2:02 PM

Opinion

Opinion: Georgia’s fight for democracy is at a breaking point

1:50 PM

Opinion

Opinion: Does a savage war of partition await Ukraine?

1:31 PM

Ukraine's new Palianytsia missile-drone enters serial production, minister says.

"A new start-up implemented the Palianytsa missile project, which has already entered serial production thanks to the support of the Defense Ministry," Defense Minister Rustem Umerov wrote in a piece published by the LB.UA outlet.

1:09 PM

Russia, Belarus to set up joint military training centers, official claims.

Russia and Belarus are planning to set up three training centers to jointly train soldiers, Gennady Lepeshko, the Belarusian security and defense senior official, claimed on Dec. 3, state-controlled news outlet Belta reported.

12:42 PM

Abducted mayor tortured to death in Russian captivity, governor says.

Yevhenii Matvieiev, the mayor of the occupied Dniprorudne town, was tortured to death in Russian captivity, Zaporizhzhia Oblast Governor Ivan Fedorov said on his Telegram channel on Dec. 4.

12:12 PM

As NATO ministers meet, some members continue to oppose membership invitation for Ukraine.

An undisclosed NATO source told the Ukrainian Suspilne outlet that the U.S. and Germany continue to oppose inviting Ukraine at the moment.

11:23 AM

Ukraine, EU sign agreement on up to 35 billion euro loan covered by Russian assets revenue.

Ukraine's Finance Ministry and the EU signed a memorandum and an agreement to attract up to 35 billion euros ($36.7 billion) as part of the G7 loan, the ministry said on Dec. 4.

11:01 AM

German FM doesn't rule out deploying troops to Ukraine in case of ceasefire.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told journalists that in order to achieve long term peace in Ukraine, security guarantees such as Ukraine’s NATO membership and deployment of international troops, including German ones, are conceivable.

10:39 AM

Russian attacks against Kherson, Donetsk oblasts kill 6, injure 16 over past day.

Ukrainian air defenses shot down 29 of the 50 Russian drones overnight, the Air Force said. Eighteen drones were lost, and one flew to occupied territories, according to the statement.

10:05 AM

Chinese man arrested in US on suspicions of arms shipments to North Korea.

A Chinese man illegally residing in the U.S. was arrested for illegally shipping weapons to North Korea from the U.S., the Justice Department said in a statement on Dec. 3.

10:00 AM

Opinion

Opinion: What Ukraine can expect from the European Parliament’s new term