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Putin\u2019s forces have captured the village of Kostiantynopolske in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, just six miles from the city of Kurakhove, which they have stormed and are threatening to encircle.
Russia<\/a> also launched 113 overnight drones into Ukraine, wounding eight people just hours after at least one person was killed in the capital of Kyiv<\/a> in a missile attack.
According to Ukraine\u2019s Air Force, 57 drones were shot down during the attacks while further 56 drones were \u201clost\u201d, likely having been electronically jammed.
On Friday, missiles hit Kyiv at around 7am local time, while a high-rise building was badly damaged. The capital\u2019s St Nicholas Church was also damaged.
Meanwhile, Russian president Vladimir Putin<\/a> has said he should have invaded Ukraine earlier as he used an end-of-year press conference to double down on his decision to start the war.
Despite the toll his war has taken on Russia\u2019s finances and the lives of its young men, Putin claimed that sending troops into Ukraine in 2022 has boosted his country\u2019s military and economic power.
Ukraine<\/a> lacks the military capability to retake all the territories occupied by Russia<\/a> since 2014, president Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> has acknowledged, as he urged the West to take stronger action to confront Moscow.
In an interview with the French newspaper Le Parisien<\/em>, Mr Zelensky made it clear that Kyiv<\/a> would not formally recognise Russian control over any Ukrainian territory<\/a>.
\u201cLegally, we cannot give up our territories. This is prohibited by the constitution,\u201d the Ukrainian president said. \u201cBut let\u2019s not use such big words. Russia actually controls part of our territory today.\u201d
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Ukrainian president rules out conceding land to Russia but calls for stronger Western intervention
The Government<\/a> has criticised Moscow\u2019s \u201cdesperate rhetoric\u201d after a senior ally of Vladimir Putin<\/a> threatened The Times newspaper over its coverage of the assassination of a Russian<\/a> general.
Dmitry Medvedev<\/a>, the former Russian president and current deputy security council chair, said journalists at The Times were \u201clegitimate military targets\u201d and should \u201cbe careful\u201d as \u201canything goes in London\u201d.
His comments followed a Times editorial in which the newspaper described the assassination of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov as \u201ca legitimate act of defence\u201d by Ukraine, which has claimed responsibility for the killing.
Read the full article here:<\/em>
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev described journalists at the newspaper as \u2018legitimate military targets\u2019.
A prominent Russian opposition politician freed as part of the largest East-West civilian prisoner swap since the Cold War says that fears of his mother\u2019s poisoning in Berlin have proven false
North Korea<\/a> has demonstrated that it could produce ballistic missiles and supply them to Russia for use against Ukraine in a matter of months<\/a>, an expert said on Wednesday.
Jonah Leff told the U.N. Security Council that researchers on the ground examined remnants of four missiles from North Korea recovered in Ukraine in July and August, including one that had marks indicating it was produced in 2024.
\u201cThis is the first public evidence of missiles having been produced in North Korea and then used in Ukraine within a matter of months, not years,\u201d he said.
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Kim Jong Un vowed his country would \u2018invariably support\u2019 Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine
The UK has pledged a new \u00a3225 million package of support for Ukraine<\/a> after the Defence Secretary<\/a> said the situation in the country is \u201ccritical\u201d.
On a trip to Kyiv, John Healey<\/a> said that the UK will \u201cstep up\u201d on international leadership on Ukraine in 2025, after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer<\/a> urged allies to maintain their support.
The package announced on Thursday involves \u00a3186 million for military equipment through the International Fund for Ukraine, including \u00a392 million for Ukraine\u2019s navy and \u00a368 million for air defence equipment.
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The package involves \u00a3186 million for military equipment through the International Fund for Ukraine.
Ukraine\u2019s missile attack in Kursk has disrupted heating and gas networks, region\u2019s governor Alexander Khinshtein wrote on Telegram.
The attack that killed six people, including a child, also disrupted the work under way to restore supplies to more than 80 residences.
Mr Khinshtein accused Kyiv of deliberating targeting civilians in the strike.
The U.S. has spent tens of millions of dollars over more than two years maintaining a $230 million mega-yacht it seized as part of efforts to crack down on oligarchs linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin during the war in Ukraine, newly unearthed documents reveal.
Ever since U.S. authorities captured the Amadea <\/em>in May 2022 in Fiji, American taxpayer funds have gone to payments like $52,717.08 on food and groceries for crewmembers, $277,200 for fuel, $1,000 on iPhone 11s for the bridge captains, and $1,216.24 for special toilet brushes, among other expenses uncovered by The Washington Post<\/em><\/a>, which sued the federal government to release information about the seizure.
Authorities believe the yacht, which has a pool, wine cellar, and outdoor cinema, belongs to Russian billionaire Suleyman Kerimov, who was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury in 2018<\/a> and has been accused of money laundering.
Read the full article here: <\/em>
U.S. must maintain yacht until the end of judicial dispute over seizure
For the world, 2024 was riven by \u2014 and in some ways defined by \u2014 conflict on two fronts.
The ripples after the previous year\u2019s Hamas<\/a> attacks in Israel<\/a> left Gaza<\/a> a shambles and tens of thousands dead, and an adjacent conflict between Israel and Hezbollah is playing out across the Lebanon landscape as the year ends.
A continent away, the Russia-Ukraine<\/a> war, which began with Russia\u2019s invasion in early 2022, rages on and evolves, claiming more casualties as it goes.
Read the full article here:<\/em>
For the world, 2024 was riven by conflict on two fronts
The Government<\/a> has criticised Moscow\u2019s \u201cdesperate rhetoric\u201d after a senior ally of Vladimir Putin<\/a> threatened The Times newspaper over its coverage of the assassination of a Russian<\/a> general.
Dmitry Medvedev<\/a>, the former Russian president and current deputy security council chair, said journalists at The Times were \u201clegitimate military targets\u201d and should \u201cbe careful\u201d as \u201canything goes in London\u201d.
His comments followed a Times editorial in which the newspaper described the assassination of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov as \u201ca legitimate act of defence\u201d by Ukraine, which has claimed responsibility for the killing.
Read the full article here:<\/em>
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev described journalists at the newspaper as \u2018legitimate military targets\u2019.
British troops may be sent to Ukraine to train up soldiers<\/a> in its war against Russia<\/a>, the defence secretary<\/a> has hinted.
John Healey<\/a> has said Britain needs to \u201cmake the training a better fit<\/a> for what the Ukrainians need\u201d and left the door open to it taking place in the war-torn country.
Ministry of Defence<\/a> (MoD) sources have previously told The Independent<\/em> discussions are ongoing about whether to send troops to the country to support it amid Russia\u2019s invasion.
Read the full article here: <\/em>
John Healey has said Britain needs to \u2018make the training a better fit for what the Ukrainians need\u2019 and left the door open to it taking place in the war-torn country
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