- Russia shatters Ukraine holiday season with massive missile barrage (washingtonpost.com)
- Russia bans anti-war candidate from challenging Putin (bbc.com)
- Ukrainian spies vow to stab Russia ‘with a needle in the heart’ (politico.eu)
- Russia shoots down 35 Ukrainian drones as both sides step up attacks (theguardian.com)Putin says Biden claim Russia aims to attack Nato is ‘nonsense’ but warns of ‘problems’ with Finland (theguardian.com)
