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Understanding Russia’s relentless assault on Bakhmut-- US plans to send Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine -- Most Ukrainians will donate part of their New Year’s budget to army, charity -- 85% of Ukrainians believe victory in war with Russia requires liberating all territories, including Crimea and Donbas -- and more

Waterboarding, electrocution and a kidnapped son: Ex-general tells of torture in Kherson -- Iran plans to send missiles to Russia despite Western pressure -- Russia built nearly 400 cruise missiles since February -- Ukrainian troops may be preparing for their fourth counteroffensive -- Russia trying to overwhelm Europe with new refugee wave -- -- and more

Putin could use peace talks with Ukraine as a cover to rearm, recruit troops -- Russian forces shell rescuers delivering water in embattled Bakhmut -- At least 232 Zaporizhzhia Oblast residents are in Russian captivity -- War in Ukraine wake-up call for EU military capabilities -- Ukraine has defused over 300,000 explosives since Feb. 24 -- and more

More than 1.5 million people without power in Odesa Oblast following latest Russian attack -- Ukraine hits Russian base in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, injuring 150 Russian soldiers -- Russia shells maternity hospital in Kherson -- Iran’s support for Russian military ‘likely to grow’ in coming months -- and more

Official: Over 13,000 Ukrainian children illegally deported to Russia -- Russian troops assault Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant’s staff -- Russian troops have effectively destroyed Bakhmut -- Russia likely started using new batch of Iranian drones in Ukraine -- Russia likely started using new batch of Iranian drones in Ukraine -- and more

For those who say that 'we want peace, negotiations', we always say that we already went through it with Hitler -- Russia places Grad rocket launchers next to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant reactor -- Kremlin has likely not abandoned its maximalist goals in Ukraine despite Dmitry Peskov’s comments on Russian territorial objectives -- Turkish company to supply Ukraine with electricity via Romania, Moldova -- and more

Putin setting conditions for 'protracted war of conquest' in Ukraine -- Ukraine reports downing 14 Iranian-made drones overnight -- Ukraine used home-modified Soviet drones to strike Russian bases -- Putin ally steals 400,000 acres of Ukrainian farmland -- Why we choose to publish stories about misconduct in the Ukrainian military -- and more

Russia continues missile production despite Western sanctions -- Electricity deficit in Ukraine at 19% after latest Russian attack -- Defense secretary says US is not preventing Ukraine from developing long-range strike capabilities --Ukraine's air defense downs all 8 Russian drones in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast -- and more

Russian attack causes electricity cut-offs in Moldova -- Ukraine downs 60 Russian missiles amid another mass strike on energy system -- How Russia loses allies, influence amid its aggression against Ukraine -- Russia’s 6th mass attack on Ukraine’s energy system -- Russia says 3 soldiers killed by Ukrainian drone attacks deep into Russian territory -- and more

Russia has stolen, destroyed $1.9 billion worth of agricultural products in Ukraine -- Russia uses prohibited chemical weapons against Ukrainian soldiers -- Russia forces elderly people to receive Russian passports in occupied Kherson Oblast -- Keeping tacit approval of war among population likely to be increasingly difficult for Kremlin -- and more

Pressure on Putin over nukes forces him to change war tactics -- Kremlin signals Putin to visit occupied Donbas -- Russia illegally harvests $1 billion worth of Ukrainian wheat in occupied territories -- Russia using more newly-produced missiles as existing stockpiles run low -- Russian document indicates that mobilization continues despite government's statements -- and more

As many as 17 Ukrainian diplomatic missions abroad have received either letter bombs or blood-stained envelopes -- Satellite image shows main cemetery in Mariupol grown significantly -- Germany to provide Ukraine with 7 more Gepard tanks to ‘take pressure off’ debate on Patriot systems -- Ukraine receives HAWK air defense systems from Spain -- and more