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Russia backs Maduro, says disputes must be settled through dialogue
Roman Petrenko — 3 January, 12:17
Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned what it called US armed aggression against Venezuela on 3 January and said it is deeply concerned.
Source: Russian media outlet RBC
Quote: "This morning, the United States carried out an act of armed aggression against Venezuela. This causes deep concern and condemnation. We proceed from the fact that all partners who may have claims against one another must seek ways to resolve problems through dialogue.
We are ready to support them in this. Latin America must remain a zone of peace, as it declared itself in 2014. And Venezuela must be guaranteed the right to determine its own fate without any destructive, let alone military, interference from outside."
Details: Russia's Foreign Ministry said that Moscow also supports convening a UN Security Council meeting on Venezuela.
Ukrainska Pravda
Roman Petrenko — 3 January, 12:17
Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned what it called US armed aggression against Venezuela on 3 January and said it is deeply concerned.
Source: Russian media outlet RBC
Quote: "This morning, the United States carried out an act of armed aggression against Venezuela. This causes deep concern and condemnation. We proceed from the fact that all partners who may have claims against one another must seek ways to resolve problems through dialogue.
We are ready to support them in this. Latin America must remain a zone of peace, as it declared itself in 2014. And Venezuela must be guaranteed the right to determine its own fate without any destructive, let alone military, interference from outside."
Details: Russia's Foreign Ministry said that Moscow also supports convening a UN Security Council meeting on Venezuela.
Ukrainska Pravda
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Russians hit high-rise building in Kharkiv: 31 people injured – photo, video
Oleksandr Shumilin, Tetyana Oliynyk — 2 January, 20:27
Russian forces have struck a high-rise residential building in the city of Kharkiv, injuring people and causing significant damage.
Source: Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Quote from Terekhov: "The enemy has carried out a strike on central Kharkiv… They hit a high-rise residential building in the city's Kyivskyi district. Early reports indicate that there are casualties and substantial destruction."
Details: Zelenskyy said later, citing early reports, that two missiles had been used in the attack.
Quote from Zelenskyy: "Early reports suggest two missiles were fired. Straight into a residential area. One of the buildings has been badly damaged. A rescue operation is ongoing now and all the necessary services have been deployed. The exact number of casualties is not yet known."
Ukrainska Pravda
Oleksandr Shumilin, Tetyana Oliynyk — 2 January, 20:27
Russian forces have struck a high-rise residential building in the city of Kharkiv, injuring people and causing significant damage.
Source: Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Quote from Terekhov: "The enemy has carried out a strike on central Kharkiv… They hit a high-rise residential building in the city's Kyivskyi district. Early reports indicate that there are casualties and substantial destruction."
Details: Zelenskyy said later, citing early reports, that two missiles had been used in the attack.
Quote from Zelenskyy: "Early reports suggest two missiles were fired. Straight into a residential area. One of the buildings has been badly damaged. A rescue operation is ongoing now and all the necessary services have been deployed. The exact number of casualties is not yet known."
Ukrainska Pravda
Russia may be preparing 'large-scale provocation with human casualties,' Ukraine's intelligence warns
January 2, 2026 2:21 pm
Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service warned on Jan. 2 that Russia may be preparing "a large-scale provocation with human casualties" as part of its efforts to disrupt the U.S.-mediated peace talks.
The Foreign Intelligence Service said that it predicts with "high probability" that Russian special services may be planning armed provocation, expected to take place on the eve or on the day of Christmas according to the Julian calendar, Jan. 7. The potential provocation may happen at a religious building or other sites of high symbolic significance, either in Russia or in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, it added.
Moscow has recently been spreading disinformation in an apparent attempt to undermine the U.S.-led peace negotiations. Russia claimed that a Ukrainian drone attack targeted Russian President Vladimir Putin's residence on Dec. 29. Both Ukraine and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency denied that such an attempted attack had occurred.
The Foreign Intelligence Service claimed that Moscow is expected to try to falsify evidence of Ukraine's involvement by leaving fragments of Western-made strike drones at the site of the provocation.
"Exploiting fear and committing terrorist acts with human casualties under a 'foreign flag' is entirely consistent with the modus operandi of the Russian special services," the Foreign Intelligence Service said in a Telegram post.
The Kyiv Independent:
January 2, 2026 2:21 pm
Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service warned on Jan. 2 that Russia may be preparing "a large-scale provocation with human casualties" as part of its efforts to disrupt the U.S.-mediated peace talks.
The Foreign Intelligence Service said that it predicts with "high probability" that Russian special services may be planning armed provocation, expected to take place on the eve or on the day of Christmas according to the Julian calendar, Jan. 7. The potential provocation may happen at a religious building or other sites of high symbolic significance, either in Russia or in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, it added.
Moscow has recently been spreading disinformation in an apparent attempt to undermine the U.S.-led peace negotiations. Russia claimed that a Ukrainian drone attack targeted Russian President Vladimir Putin's residence on Dec. 29. Both Ukraine and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency denied that such an attempted attack had occurred.
The Foreign Intelligence Service claimed that Moscow is expected to try to falsify evidence of Ukraine's involvement by leaving fragments of Western-made strike drones at the site of the provocation.
"Exploiting fear and committing terrorist acts with human casualties under a 'foreign flag' is entirely consistent with the modus operandi of the Russian special services," the Foreign Intelligence Service said in a Telegram post.
The Kyiv Independent:
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UNITED24 Media?
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Ukraine’s intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov says he has accepted President Zelenskyy’s offer to lead the Office of the President.
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Ukraine’s intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov says he has accepted President Zelenskyy’s offer to lead the Office of the President.
didn't even bother to send out fake text alerts...
Valdai Residents Report No Signs of Claimed Ukrainian Drone Attack on Putin Residence
Residents of the town of Valdai in Russia’s Novgorod region said they neither heard nor saw signs of a large-scale drone attack overnight on Monday despite official claims that nearly 100 Ukrainian drones targeted President Vladimir Putin’s residence there.
Fourteen residents told the independent outlet Mozhem Obyasnit that they received no text alerts warning of a drone threat and did not hear any buzzing sounds or explosions characteristic of a drone attack.
“There was no noise that night, no explosions, nothing,” one resident was quoted as saying. “If something like that had happened, the whole town would have been talking about it.”
Putin’s Valdai residence, known as Dolgiye Borody, lies northeast of the town and is separated from it by Lake Valdai.
Residents told Mozhem Obyasnit that they usually know when the Russian president visits his residence due to the heavy helicopter traffic accompanying his arrival.
Moscow Times
Valdai Residents Report No Signs of Claimed Ukrainian Drone Attack on Putin Residence
Residents of the town of Valdai in Russia’s Novgorod region said they neither heard nor saw signs of a large-scale drone attack overnight on Monday despite official claims that nearly 100 Ukrainian drones targeted President Vladimir Putin’s residence there.
Fourteen residents told the independent outlet Mozhem Obyasnit that they received no text alerts warning of a drone threat and did not hear any buzzing sounds or explosions characteristic of a drone attack.
“There was no noise that night, no explosions, nothing,” one resident was quoted as saying. “If something like that had happened, the whole town would have been talking about it.”
Putin’s Valdai residence, known as Dolgiye Borody, lies northeast of the town and is separated from it by Lake Valdai.
Residents told Mozhem Obyasnit that they usually know when the Russian president visits his residence due to the heavy helicopter traffic accompanying his arrival.
Moscow Times
Russia publishes fake drone flight map days after claim of "attack on Putin residence"
Alona Mazurenko — 31 December, 11:46
Two days after claiming that Ukrainian UAVs had attempted to attack one of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's residences, Russia's Defence Ministry has published a fake map showing the alleged route of the Ukrainian drones. The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine has outlined facts indicating that the Russian claims are not credible.
Source: Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine; map published by Russia's Defence Ministry
Details: The Russian map purports to show the flight path of the Ukrainian drones that allegedly attempted to attack Putin's residence.
The Russians claim that they destroyed 50 drones in Bryansk and Smolensk oblasts, while insisting that the UAVs were heading towards Putin's residence.
The Russians also claim that another 41 drones were destroyed in Novgorod Oblast.
Putin's residence is in Russia's northwestern Novgorod Oblast, 20 km from the town of Valdai, near the village of Dolgiye Borody.
Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service believes Russia is conducting an information operation aimed at derailing agreements between the presidents of Ukraine and the US.
The Ukrainian intelligence service has noted that a number of facts indicate that the story about an attack on Putin's residence is fake:
local residents in Novgorod Oblast did not report a drone attack or any consequences of an attack at any time on 29 December;
there is no factual evidence (wreckage, photos, videos) of downed UAVs, and the Kremlin has been unable to present any for almost a day since its information operation began;
Russia's Defence Ministry has twice amended its reports to match the Kremlin's narratives, initially reporting 18 UAVs from Ukraine's defence forces and later increasing the number to 23.
Ukrainska Pravda
Alona Mazurenko — 31 December, 11:46
Two days after claiming that Ukrainian UAVs had attempted to attack one of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's residences, Russia's Defence Ministry has published a fake map showing the alleged route of the Ukrainian drones. The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine has outlined facts indicating that the Russian claims are not credible.
Source: Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine; map published by Russia's Defence Ministry
Details: The Russian map purports to show the flight path of the Ukrainian drones that allegedly attempted to attack Putin's residence.
The Russians claim that they destroyed 50 drones in Bryansk and Smolensk oblasts, while insisting that the UAVs were heading towards Putin's residence.
The Russians also claim that another 41 drones were destroyed in Novgorod Oblast.
Putin's residence is in Russia's northwestern Novgorod Oblast, 20 km from the town of Valdai, near the village of Dolgiye Borody.
Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service believes Russia is conducting an information operation aimed at derailing agreements between the presidents of Ukraine and the US.
The Ukrainian intelligence service has noted that a number of facts indicate that the story about an attack on Putin's residence is fake:
local residents in Novgorod Oblast did not report a drone attack or any consequences of an attack at any time on 29 December;
there is no factual evidence (wreckage, photos, videos) of downed UAVs, and the Kremlin has been unable to present any for almost a day since its information operation began;
Russia's Defence Ministry has twice amended its reports to match the Kremlin's narratives, initially reporting 18 UAVs from Ukraine's defence forces and later increasing the number to 23.
Ukrainska Pravda
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re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
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Ukraine must withdraw from Donbas for ceasefire, Kremlin says
STANISLAV POHORILOV — 29 December, 13:14
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said that the Kremlin's condition for halting hostilities is Ukraine's complete withdrawal of its armed forces beyond Donbas.
Source: Russian state-owned media Interfax; TASS, a Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency
Details: Peskov said that the "responsible" decision by Ukraine on Donbas, mentioned a day earlier by Yuri Ushakov, aide to Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, meant a full pull-out of Ukraine's forces beyond Donbas.
Quote: "Of course. It is the withdrawal of the regime's armed forces from Donbas beyond the administrative borders."
More details: Peskov was also asked whether this applied only to Donbas or to Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
Quote: "Here I have already said that we will not comment in full and will not go into a public discussion of individual provisions.
Russia is thinking about ending the military conflict in the context of achieving its goals."
Ukrainska Pravda
STANISLAV POHORILOV — 29 December, 13:14
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said that the Kremlin's condition for halting hostilities is Ukraine's complete withdrawal of its armed forces beyond Donbas.
Source: Russian state-owned media Interfax; TASS, a Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency
Details: Peskov said that the "responsible" decision by Ukraine on Donbas, mentioned a day earlier by Yuri Ushakov, aide to Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, meant a full pull-out of Ukraine's forces beyond Donbas.
Quote: "Of course. It is the withdrawal of the regime's armed forces from Donbas beyond the administrative borders."
More details: Peskov was also asked whether this applied only to Donbas or to Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
Quote: "Here I have already said that we will not comment in full and will not go into a public discussion of individual provisions.
Russia is thinking about ending the military conflict in the context of achieving its goals."
Ukrainska Pravda
Ukrainian air defence downs 503 Russian aerial assets, strikes recorded at 30 locations
VALENTYNA ROMANENKO — 27 December, 13:47
Russia carried out a combined strike on critical infrastructure facilities on the night of 26-27 December using attack drones and air-, sea- and ground-launched missiles. Ukrainian air defence forces have downed 503 Russian aerial assets.
Source: Ukraine's Air Force on social media
Details: The main target of the attack was Kyiv Oblast.
The Air Force's air surveillance troops detected and tracked 559 aerial attack assets – 40 missiles and 519 drones of various types. These included:
519 attack drones, including Shahed-type drones and other UAVs launched from the cities of Kursk, Oryol, Millerovo, Shatalovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia and from the settlement of Hvardiiske in occupied Crimea; about 300 of them were Shahed-type drones
10 Iskander-M ballistic or Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles launched from Ryazan and Bryansk oblasts in Russia
7 Iskander-K or Kalibr cruise missiles launched from Rostov Oblast and from the Black Sea
21 Kh-101 cruise missiles launched from airspace over Vologda Oblast in Russia
2 Kh-22 cruise missiles launched from airspace over the Black Sea
As of 13:00, air defences had shot down or suppressed 503 aerial assets:
474 Shahed-type drones and drones of other types
6 Iskander-M ballistic or Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles
4 Iskander-K or Kalibr cruise missiles
19 Kh-101 cruise missiles
The Air Force reported that hits were recorded by 10 missiles and 25 attack drones at 30 locations. Debris from downed targets fell at 16 locations.
Ukrainska Pravda
VALENTYNA ROMANENKO — 27 December, 13:47
Russia carried out a combined strike on critical infrastructure facilities on the night of 26-27 December using attack drones and air-, sea- and ground-launched missiles. Ukrainian air defence forces have downed 503 Russian aerial assets.
Source: Ukraine's Air Force on social media
Details: The main target of the attack was Kyiv Oblast.
The Air Force's air surveillance troops detected and tracked 559 aerial attack assets – 40 missiles and 519 drones of various types. These included:
519 attack drones, including Shahed-type drones and other UAVs launched from the cities of Kursk, Oryol, Millerovo, Shatalovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia and from the settlement of Hvardiiske in occupied Crimea; about 300 of them were Shahed-type drones
10 Iskander-M ballistic or Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles launched from Ryazan and Bryansk oblasts in Russia
7 Iskander-K or Kalibr cruise missiles launched from Rostov Oblast and from the Black Sea
21 Kh-101 cruise missiles launched from airspace over Vologda Oblast in Russia
2 Kh-22 cruise missiles launched from airspace over the Black Sea
As of 13:00, air defences had shot down or suppressed 503 aerial assets:
474 Shahed-type drones and drones of other types
6 Iskander-M ballistic or Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles
4 Iskander-K or Kalibr cruise missiles
19 Kh-101 cruise missiles
The Air Force reported that hits were recorded by 10 missiles and 25 attack drones at 30 locations. Debris from downed targets fell at 16 locations.
Ukrainska Pravda
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Ukraine's parliament begins work on law for elections under martial law
December 26, 2025, 01:03 PM
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada has started work on a bill to define the procedure for holding elections during war, as announced at an online meeting of the working group on Dec. 26.
The first meeting of the special working group, chaired by parliament's first deputy speaker Oleksandr Korniyenko, has now taken place.
Officials said the legislature has begun preparing a bill on holding elections under martial law.
The working group includes 62 members: lawmakers, representatives of the Central Election Commission, soldiers and judges.
Meetings are planned every two weeks, with the next tentatively scheduled for early January.
Elections in Ukraine during war
On Dec. 18, Zelenskyy said he is ready for presidential elections in response to a U.S. request. At the same time, the issue of parliamentary and local elections has not yet been raised.
On Dec. 22, Servant of the People faction leader David Arakhamia said the Verkhovna Rada is forming a working group to "quickly process the issue" of possible presidential elections under martial law.
Ukraine's parliament speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk approved creating the working group on Dec. 23, to be led by first deputy speaker Oleksandr Korniyenko. Arakhamia later said the Central Election Commission resumed work on the State Voter Register, which may indicate gradual preparations for elections.
On Dec. 23, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine could hold a referendum on the 20-point peace agreement simultaneously with elections. He stated that the agreement could also be submitted to parliament, with security guarantees taking effect only after ratification or public approval.
NV
December 26, 2025, 01:03 PM
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada has started work on a bill to define the procedure for holding elections during war, as announced at an online meeting of the working group on Dec. 26.
The first meeting of the special working group, chaired by parliament's first deputy speaker Oleksandr Korniyenko, has now taken place.
Officials said the legislature has begun preparing a bill on holding elections under martial law.
The working group includes 62 members: lawmakers, representatives of the Central Election Commission, soldiers and judges.
Meetings are planned every two weeks, with the next tentatively scheduled for early January.
Elections in Ukraine during war
On Dec. 18, Zelenskyy said he is ready for presidential elections in response to a U.S. request. At the same time, the issue of parliamentary and local elections has not yet been raised.
On Dec. 22, Servant of the People faction leader David Arakhamia said the Verkhovna Rada is forming a working group to "quickly process the issue" of possible presidential elections under martial law.
Ukraine's parliament speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk approved creating the working group on Dec. 23, to be led by first deputy speaker Oleksandr Korniyenko. Arakhamia later said the Central Election Commission resumed work on the State Voter Register, which may indicate gradual preparations for elections.
On Dec. 23, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine could hold a referendum on the 20-point peace agreement simultaneously with elections. He stated that the agreement could also be submitted to parliament, with security guarantees taking effect only after ratification or public approval.
NV
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by cypher on 12/26/25 at 11:28 am to Chromdome35
"They [Russians] see our lines - our interceptor lines, which we are using quite effectively - and they are trying to bypass them. They are doing it, by the way, with the help of Belarus - Belarusian territory - and technically with the assistance from Belarus as well."
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STANISLAV POHORILOV — 25 December, 14:10
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has confirmed that Air Force units have carried out a successful strike with Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles on the Novoshakhtinsk oil products plant in Russia's Rostov Oblast on 25 December.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Details: The Ukrainian military said that multiple explosions have been recorded. The target has been hit and the scale of the damage is being confirmed.
The Novoshakhtinsk plant is one of the largest suppliers of petroleum products in southern Russia and is directly involved in supporting the armed forces of the Russian Federation. The facility supplies the Russian troops with diesel fuel and aviation kerosene.
Ukrainska Pravda
STANISLAV POHORILOV — 25 December, 14:10
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has confirmed that Air Force units have carried out a successful strike with Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles on the Novoshakhtinsk oil products plant in Russia's Rostov Oblast on 25 December.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Details: The Ukrainian military said that multiple explosions have been recorded. The target has been hit and the scale of the damage is being confirmed.
The Novoshakhtinsk plant is one of the largest suppliers of petroleum products in southern Russia and is directly involved in supporting the armed forces of the Russian Federation. The facility supplies the Russian troops with diesel fuel and aviation kerosene.
Ukrainska Pravda
Russian attack on Ukraine leaves three oblasts almost completely without power
Andrii Muravskyi — 23 December, 10:49
Consumers in Ukraine's Rivne, Ternopil and Khmelnytskyi oblasts have been almost completely cut off from power as a result of a large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine's power grid on the morning of 23 December.
Source: Ukraine's Ministry of Energy
Quote: "Over the course of the night and in the morning, Russia launched another large-scale attack on Ukraine's power grid, the ninth since the beginning of the year. As a result, consumers in Rivne, Ternopil and Khmelnytskyi oblasts have been almost completely without electricity as of this morning."
Details: There are also outages caused by the attacks in Vinnytsia, Chernihiv and Zhytomyr oblasts and in Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv oblasts.
Emergency repair work will begin as soon as the security situation allows.
The ministry added that in Odesa Oblast, efforts are ongoing to deal with the aftermath of several consecutive large-scale strikes on the region's energy infrastructure, and a significant number of consumers remain without power. The energy companies are doing everything possible to bring damaged equipment back into operation as quickly as they can.
Ukrainska Pravda
Andrii Muravskyi — 23 December, 10:49
Consumers in Ukraine's Rivne, Ternopil and Khmelnytskyi oblasts have been almost completely cut off from power as a result of a large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine's power grid on the morning of 23 December.
Source: Ukraine's Ministry of Energy
Quote: "Over the course of the night and in the morning, Russia launched another large-scale attack on Ukraine's power grid, the ninth since the beginning of the year. As a result, consumers in Rivne, Ternopil and Khmelnytskyi oblasts have been almost completely without electricity as of this morning."
Details: There are also outages caused by the attacks in Vinnytsia, Chernihiv and Zhytomyr oblasts and in Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv oblasts.
Emergency repair work will begin as soon as the security situation allows.
The ministry added that in Odesa Oblast, efforts are ongoing to deal with the aftermath of several consecutive large-scale strikes on the region's energy infrastructure, and a significant number of consumers remain without power. The energy companies are doing everything possible to bring damaged equipment back into operation as quickly as they can.
Ukrainska Pravda
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