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52+ min ago (705+ words) President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accepted the Peace Light of Bethlehem from the scout organizations of Ukraine. The light will then be passed on to defenders, hospitals, schools, churches, and rescue workers. Zelenskyy accepts Bethlehem Peace Light from scout organizations of Ukraine President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accepted the Peace Light of Bethlehem from the scout organizations of Ukraine. The light will then be passed on to defenders, hospitals, schools, churches, and rescue workers. "Every year, we receive the Peace Light of Bethlehem from Ukraine's scout organizations, and today we continued this tradition. It is an important symbol of goodness and unity, one that carries special meaning now. From here, the light will be passed on to our defenders, to hospitals, schools, churches, and emergency responders," Zelenskyy wrote on his Telegram channel on Thursday following a meeting with…...

1+ hour, 25+ min ago (493+ words) Intel, AMD, Texas Instruments and Mouser Electronics face mounting legal pressure as Ukrainian plaintiffs argue the companies failed to stop their chips from flowing into Russian weapons. Multiple Ukrainian civilians have filed lawsuits in Texas against major US chipmakers, claiming the firms failed to prevent their microchips from being deployed in Russian missiles and drones targeting Ukrainian cities. According to Bloomberg, five civil lawsuits were filed Wednesday in Texas state court targeting Intel, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Texas Instruments and Mouser Electronics " a distributor owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. The suits argue the companies displayed "willful ignorance" as restricted US-made chips were diverted through third parties into Russian and Iranian weapons systems despite sanctions. "These companies know their chip technology is making its way into Russia," attorney Mikal Watts, who filed the suits alongside the law firm Baker & Hostetler,…...

2+ hour, 2+ min ago (424+ words) Five Russian oil refineries set ablaze, four airfield strikes, a Lukoil offshore rig ablaze in the Caspian Sea " all in one night " noisily contradicted Trump's claim that "Ukraine has no cards." On Dec. 11, 2025, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) launched its largest-scale, widest-reaching and most ambitious combined kamikaze drone operation against its giant northern neighbor, Russia, of the entire Russo-Ukrainian War. There was no official comment from Kyiv about the strikes. Russian air watch information platforms shortly before midnight on Wednesday-Thursday were the first to report an extraordinarily large number of Ukrainian drones, most propeller-powered but some jet-powered, were heading into Russia. Ukrainian civilian air defense watch platforms tracking the outgoing raid into Russian airspace showed that jet-propelled kamikaze aircraft accounted for about 20 percent of the total aircraft launched. By the count of energy infrastructure targets hit in a single…...

2+ hour, 3+ min ago (204+ words) A group of children managed to return from the temporarily occupied part of Kherson region to the territory controlled by Ukraine, said head of Kherson Regional Military Administration, Oleksandr Prokudin. "The children are 4 to 16 years old. Together with them, an adult who has the status of a child deprived of parental care was evacuated," Prokudin wrote on Telegram on Thursday, without specifying the number of returned children. According to him, the children went through threats, pressure and requests for "re-education", but now they receive the necessary psychological, medical and social support. "The return took place within the framework of the initiative of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Bring Kids Back UA and thanks to the hard work of Save Ukraine," Prokudin said. This year, 270 children were returned from the temporarily occupied communities of Kherson region. As reported, as of…...

2+ hour, 5+ min ago (812+ words) KYIV, Ukraine " Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was due to hold urgent talks Thursday with leaders and officials from about 30 countries that support Kyiv's efforts to obtain fair terms for halting nearly four years of war following Russia's full-scale invasion. The leaders of Germany, Britain and France were among those expected to take part in the meeting of Ukraine's allies, dubbed the Coalition of the Willing, via video link. Zelenskyy indicated the talks were hastily arranged as Kyiv officials scramble to avoid getting boxed in by U.S. President Donald Trump, who has disparaged the Ukrainian leader, painted European leaders as weak, and set a strategy of improving Washington's relationship with Moscow. In the face of Trump's demands for a swift settlement, European governments are trying to help steer the peace negotiations because they say their own security is at stake. Trump said…...

2+ hour, 8+ min ago (222+ words) On Monday, December 15, at 12.00, the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency will host a press conference entitled "Strategic results of the year." Interfax-Ukraine to host discussion 'Strategic results of the year' On Monday, December 15, at 12.00, the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency will host a press conference entitled "Strategic results of the year." Participants include political expert Kostiantyn Matvienko; Director of the Ukrainian Barometer sociological service Viktor Nebozhenko; political scientist, co-founder of the National Platform for Resilience and Cohesion Oleh Saakian (8/5a Reitarska Street). Admission requires registration the spot with press ID cards. Interfax-Ukraine to host press conference 'Reintegration of Ukrainians: cultural, identity and socio-economic aspects of return' Interfax-Ukraine to host press conference 'The future of Ukrainian boxing: the position of regional federations before the conference of the Boxing Federation of Ukraine' Interfax-Ukraine to host press conference 'We, Ukrainians…...

2+ hour, 51+ min ago (249+ words) Kyiv Post Delivers Exclusive and In-Depth News and Opinions on Politics, Economics " Get Your Daily News Brief Direct from Ukraine Today! ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 10, 2025 Latest from the Institute for the Study of War. Key Takeaways from the ISW: - The Kremlin is setting information conditions to reject any meaningful security guarantees for Ukraine by threatening Europe. - The Kremlin preemptively rejected the legitimacy of any future Ukrainian government that it does not directly control in response to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's recent statements that he is ready to hold elections before the end of Russia's war in Ukraine. - The Kremlin once again rejected the Ukrainian-proposed ceasefire on energy infrastructure strikes and signaled Russia's commitment to destroying the Ukrainian power grid in the winter months. - Available open-source information indicates that Russian forces have not yet seized Pokrovsk, but the situation…...

3+ hour, 2+ min ago (347+ words) The shutdown of the Kherson combined head and power plant (CHPP) left about 50% of the city without heating, Kherson Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Prokudin has said. Kherson power plant restoration timeline unpredictable amid constant shelling - official The shutdown of the Kherson combined head and power plant (CHPP) left about 50% of the city without heating, Kherson Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Prokudin has said. "It is impossible to predict the timing of the restoration now, the area of the CHPP. There were days when workers could not even leave the shelter for nine hours, because drones were constantly flying in and monitoring this area," Prokudin explained on the air of a national telethon. He added that work is currently underway to prepare alternative solutions. "In particular, we are considering the arrangement of heating points in shelters in Kherson, in parallel we are…...

3+ hour, 16+ min ago (374+ words) The board of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has decided for the sixth time to keep the key policy rate at 15.5% per annum to preserve interest in hryvnia instruments, maintain currency market stability, and anchor inflation expectations as inflation gradually approaches the 5% target over the policy horizon. "In the coming months, inflation will continue to decline, although at a more moderate pace due to the exhaustion of base effects. Sustaining interest in hryvnia-denominated assets will help restrain fundamental price pressures," the regulator said in a statement on Thursday. In November, both headline and core inflation slowed to 9.3% year-on-year, slightly below the forecast trajectory. Inflation eased due to increased food supply following new harvests, although inflation expectations remain elevated. The central bank also pointed out that since the beginning of the year, Ukraine has received $45.8 billion in official financing, with…...

3+ hour, 17+ min ago (689+ words) The Polish company PHU Lechmar reports that today the main part of the obligations under the contract with the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine for the supply of weapons and ammunition for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has already been fulfilled with the remaining deliveries are continuing as planned. PHU Lechmar fulfills main arms supply obligations to Border service The Polish company PHU Lechmar reports that today the main part of the obligations under the contract with the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine for the supply of weapons and ammunition for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has already been fulfilled with the remaining deliveries are continuing as planned. At the same time, the company emphasizes that information on the number of weapons and ammunition supplied is classified and its disclosure may pose…...