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The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Winter sets in; explosions rock Russia and US basketball star Brittney Griner is released in a prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout

The Guardian - AU

Ukrainian security service accuses Orthodox cleric of supporting Russia

Ukraine's SBU security service accused a senior Orthodox Christian cleric on Friday of engaging in anti-Ukrainian activity by supporting Russian policies in social media posts.

Reuters

Ukraine is calling for a boycott of 'The Nutcracker.' Ballet companies aren't budging

Ukraine's culture minister said his country's allies could stop Russia from weaponizing its culture by temporarily boycotting Russian artists, including The Nutcracker composer Tchaikovsky.

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‘Hell. Just hell’: Ukraine and Russia’s war of attrition over Bakhmut

Soldiers say fighting in and around eastern Donetsk city is reminiscent of first world war-style trench conflict

Financial Times

Ukraine-Russia news – live: Putin warns anyone attacking Moscow will be ‘wiped out’

President Putin made latest in series of threats against West, as US warns he is expanding his nuclear arsenal

The Independent UK

U.S. to send Ukraine anti-drone, air defense aid worth $275 million

(This Dec. 8 story has been refiled to remove an extraneous paragraph)

Reuters

'The apocalypse might happen': The mayor of Kyiv has a stark warning after Russian attacks on the city’s infrastructure

'Kyiv might lose power, water, and heat supply.'

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Four 'fronts' in the Ukraine-Russia war to look out for as winter bites

Russia had expected to be victorious long before now. Its initial plan envisaged ground assaults across Ukraine in the first ten days and a rapid capitulation thereafter. But Kyiv did not fall – and Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, refused to leave the capital, saying, “I need ammunition, not a ride,”…

The Conversation

Strikes in Russia leave Ukraine allies uneasy at Putin reply

While this week’s drone attacks on Russian airfields that the Kremlin blamed on Ukraine were of largely symbolic value, Kyiv’s apparent readiness to take the war to Vladimir Putin may be constrained by nervousness among its allies over his potential reaction.

Tribune News Service

Putin vows to persist with strikes in Ukraine, ignoring West

The Kremlin says it’s up to Ukraine’s president to end the conflict in the country, suggesting terms that Kyiv has repeatedly rejected

The Independent UK

Russia says goal of Zaporizhzhia nuclear safety zone is to 'stop Ukraine shelling'

The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the main goal of a proposed safety zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine was to "stop Ukraine shelling" the facility, while Kyiv said Moscow was storing advanced weapons on the site.

Reuters

Ukraine faces 'significant' power shortages after Russian attacks

Ukraine enforced new emergency power cuts on Thursday as it tried to repair energy infrastructure damaged in Russian air strikes which the national grid operator said had caused significant supply shortages.

Reuters

Vladimir Putin acknowledges Russia's war in Ukraine is taking longer than he expected

Russian President Vladimir Putin demurred on the use of nuclear weapons, saying Russia would not be able to use such weapons if it agreed not to use them first and then came under a nuclear strike.

WEKU

Mum finds new home and job in the North East after escaping war-torn Ukraine with her two children

Maryna Rahulina, 40, and her children Margarita, nine, and Makar, six, lived with a sponsor for six months

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Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv ‘working with UN to demilitarise Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant’ – as it happened

Ukraine’s state nuclear energy firm and Kyiv government both claim Russia is using the site as a de facto weapons depot

Reuters

Ukraine gets more U.S. aid as Russia-Iran ties worry West

The United States announced new military aid for Ukraine on Friday and vowed to disrupt Russian ties with Iran, which a British envoy said involved Moscow seeking hundreds of ballistic missiles and offering unprecedented military support in return.

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin admits invasion of Ukraine taking longer than he expected

Vladimir Putin has admitted his invasion of Ukraine is taking longer than he expected as the war grinds on in the east and south of the country.

Daily Mirror

British man awarded one of Ukraine's highest honours after being sanctioned by Putin

Peter Dickinson has written constantly criticising and exposing aspects of Russia’s failing invasion for nine months. He has been awarded the Presidential Order of Merit

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The Loop: Kyiv's mayor warns of freezing winter 'apocalypse', UK PM pledges to take action on strikes planned for holiday season

What's coming up today, what Australia is searching for and the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick wrap of this morning's stories.

Reuters

Kyiv mayor brushes off Zelenskiy's criticism as 'politics'

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko on Wednesday dismissed criticism by Ukraine's president about his office's preparations for a winter of Russian air strikes, saying he believed it was driven by politics and that it looked "strange".

Reuters

Lawsuit against Russia's Wagner group seeks Ukraine reparations: lawyer

A lawsuit in Britain against Russian private military contractor Wagner could help Ukrainians seek reparations for alleged crimes committed during Russia's invasion, a lawyer whose firm filed the suit said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Kyiv winter 'apocalypse' possible says mayor Klitschko, but urges calm

Kyiv's mayor on Wednesday warned of an "apocalypse" scenario for the Ukrainian capital this winter if Russian air strikes on infrastructure continue and said although there was no need for people to evacuate now, they should be ready to do so.

Daily Mirror

Britain orders thousands of anti-tank missiles to replace stock given to Ukraine

The UK wound down its cache of Next Generation Light Anti-Tank Weapons by sending vital equipment to Kyiv to help defence forces repel Russian invaders who waged war on February 24

Reuters

U.S., amid war escalation concerns, respects Ukraine's sovereignty

The United States has made clear to Ukraine its concerns about any escalation of the war with Russia, but it respects Ukrainian sovereignty, including decisions about how Kiev uses weapons supplied by Washington, the White House's national security spokesman said.

Reuters

Suspicious packages sent to Ukrainian missions came from Germany - Kyiv

A series of suspicious packages sent to Ukrainian embassies all bore the address of a Tesla car dealership in Germany and were usually sent from post offices without video surveillance, Ukraine's foreign minister said on Wednesday.

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