- Ukraine Situation Report: Troop Loss Catastrophe In Donetsk Outrages Russia’s Military Bloggers (thedrive.com)
- Explosions Hit Ukraine as People Prepare for New Year’s Celebrations (nytimes.com)Ukraine claims Putin considering closing Russian border (theguardian.com)Clergymen or Spies? Churches Become Tools of War in Ukraine (nytimes.com)Danish military intelligence suggests drug-induced megalomania may have influenced Putin to invade Ukraine (berlingske.dk)
- Maternity hospital in Kherson shelled in fresh attacks by Russia; Kremlin says Ukraine must accept annexations for peace (theguardian.com)U.S. Scrambles to Stop Iran From Providing Drones for Russia (nytimes.com)‘Nothing left to destroy’: Russia is fighting for land already in ruins (washingtonpost.com)
- Moscow Says Base Deep Inside Russia Attacked by Ukrainian Drone (nytimes.com)Russia Lost Hundreds of Troops, Five Tanks Over Christmas: Ukraine (msn.com)
- Ukraine Strikes Russian Forces in Donbas in Deadliest Attack in Months (wsj.com)Ukrainian air defenses shoot down 45 Shahed drones during New Year's night (news.yahoo.com)How Russia’s War on Ukraine Is Worsening Global Starvation (nytimes.com)Russia’s War Could Make It India’s World (nytimes.com)
- Putin announces plan to strengthen cooperation with Chinese armed forces (theguardian.com)Putin, unaccustomed to losing, is increasingly isolated as war falters (washingtonpost.com)Exiled chief rabbi says Jews should leave Russia while they can (theguardian.com)Xi and Putin Meet Again, Two Strongmen in a Weak Moment (nytimes.com)Russian missile strikes across Ukraine hit key infrastructure (nydailynews.com)Analysis: Zelensky came to thank the U.S. for supporting Ukraine. It is Americans who should thank him. (theatlantic.com)
- Ukraine Pushes to Recapture City in Hotly Contested Northern Luhansk (nytimes.com)Air raid warning across Ukraine; Russia bringing in large reserves near Kreminna, local official says (theguardian.com)Russian City Mourns Its Lost Soldiers, but Doesn’t Resent Putin’s War (nytimes.com)
- Ukraine must get long-term support, warns NATO chief (bbc.com)In Bucha, a Final Rampage Served as a Coda to a Month of Atrocities (nytimes.com)Russian claims its missile attacks are targeting drone production while Zelenskiy vows to keep up fight (theguardian.com)
- Wave of Russian strikes one of the “most massive” since war began, Ukrainian Defense Ministry says (edition.cnn.com)Ukraine’s air force claims it destroyed 54 Russian cruise missiles out of 69 launched (theguardian.com)Inside the Ukrainian counteroffensive that shocked Putin and reshaped the war (washingtonpost.com)Hard-Line Positions by Russia and Ukraine Dim Hope for Peace Talks (nytimes.com)
- Captured Russian tanks and equipment in Ukraine are coveted trophies — and a headache (washingtonpost.com)
