Category: Updates
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12/10/2025 — Europe’s choice: Fund Ukraine now or pay a far higher price if Russia wins

From: Atlantic Council By Elena Davlikanova, Lesia Orobets When European leaders convene in Brussels on December 18, continued funding for the Ukrainian war effort will be top of the agenda. However, it remains far from clear whether the European Council meeting will result in a breakthrough. Failure to reach a consensus could have catastrophic consequences for Ukraine…
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12/10/2025 — The cost of an unjust peace in Ukraine? An emboldened China.

From: Atlantic Council By Phillip M. Ramirez In recent weeks, the Trump administration again engaged in talks aimed at ending Russia’s war in Ukraine. Trump and his envoys should be applauded for attempting to end a conflict that has dragged on for nearly four years at the cost of hundreds of thousands of lives. Unfortunately, given the…
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12/10/2025 — Oleksandra Matviichuk, Ukrainian lawyer: ‘Putin doesn’t want peace. He wants to forcefully restore the Russian Empire’

The activist who heads the Ukrainian organization Center for Civil Liberties, which won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, warns that ending the invasion will only be possible if the Kremlin feels that ‘the price of continuing the war is higher than the price of stopping it’ From: EL PAIS by ANDREA RIZZI – Saint-Vincent (Italy)…
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12/10/2025 — Zelenskyy says Ukraine will not give up territory to Russia and is ready to present peace plan to U.S.

From: CBS News By Ramy Inocencio Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared that Ukraine will not give up any territory to Russia and said components of a plan to end the war between the countries are ready to be presented to the U.S. “Russia is insisting that we give up territories, but we don’t want to cede…
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12/10/2025 — Zelensky’s Election Call Torpedoes Putin’s Main Objection

From: Professor Gerdes Explains — Putin has spent months insisting that Ukraine can’t hold legitimate elections during wartime. But Zelensky just flipped the script—calling for elections himself and stripping away Moscow’s primary talking point in one move. In this report, we break down why Zelensky did this, how it undercuts Putin, and what this means…
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12/10/2025 — Trump Demands Ukraine Elections as Zelensky Offers 90-Day Vote: Putin’s Territorial Demands Unchanged Despite Mounting Russian Casualties

From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / December 10, 2025 An American president demands Ukrainian elections while calling its leader a con artist comparable to P.T. Barnum, prompting Zelensky to offer a 90-day vote if the West guarantees security—even as his approval rating plummets to 20% and Putin demands Ukraine cede territory Russian forces haven’t captured. The Day’s…
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12/10/2025 — “Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints…”

From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 1385) Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,for those who fear him have no lack!Psalm 34:9 These days feel very dark because of the power outages (a total of 8-12 hours of electricity divided into 3 slots) and the news. Once again, I feel like I’m choking from all…
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12/8/2025 — Christmas Greetings From Belgorod Dnestrovsky

From: Lyuda Betina (Day 1384) News from UkraineWinter has arrived with its cold and grey days, yet December still carries the warm anticipation of the coming holidays. Even as air raid alerts grow more frequent and blackouts deepen, our people long for a moment of celebration. And Christmas, the holiday that brings light into the…
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12/8/2025 — Russia’s War Crisis is Worse than You Think

From: Jason Jay Smart — Russia’s war is now colliding with three hard limits at the same time: a war built on an intelligence lie, a collapsing stream of oil money, and a powerful internal region that only stays loyal as long as the cash flows. This episode begins with a rare admission on Russian…
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12/8/2025 — Africa ordered me restaurant dinners from his dugout. Then they offered him discharge. He said no.

A Ukrainian widow remembers her husband — the polymath who climbed Kilimanjaro in a day and fed baby dormice between combat missions From: Euromaiden Press BY TETIANA REDKO In Ukraine, you should always be gentle with a sad woman. You never know what’s in her heart. It is mainly men who die; women are left…