“Whenever my colleagues from other European capitals began to think about some peace plan, the idea crumbled immediately: you can’t negotiate with Putin because he’s so patently untrustworthy…” Source
Russia & Ukraine
“Just a flat tire. Everyone is alive, change the wheels and it will work. We didn't do much damage,” says the inspecting Ukrainian soldier looking the D20 gun. Source
Thirteen adults and one child were killed in the helicopter crash in Brovary, Kyiv Oblast, on 18 January, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported as of 15:45. Source
Dmytro Kuleba, the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, has criticised Hungarys proposal to exclude nine people from the sanctions list of the European Union, where they were initially put due to the full-scale Russian aggression against Ukraine. Source
A Ukrainian Su-25 Frogfoot twin-engine fighter jet was shot down over the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic [DPR], Russian MoD announced on December 1 Source
Russia’s head of parliament Vyacheslav Volodin has threatened Germany with expropriation measures should the West use Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine. Source
Ukraines defence forces have created a multi-level defence system in the countrys north, which will not allow Russians to go beyond the border with Belarus. Source
Ukrainian media reports that a T-90M in the area of the Luhansk region was captured. UralVagonZavod's T-90 Rroryv is the best Russian tank in serial production. Source
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to implement a ceasefire for Christmas. Source
Law enforcement officers have detained a priest in the capital of Belarus because he prayed for the defenders of Ukraine. The security forces also did not like his nationalist tattoos and passion for video games. Source
Some Russian missiles are sent to Ukraine straight from the production line, among the weapons used are missiles produced in August this year Ukrainian GUR says Source
1,189 cultural sites have been damaged in Ukraine because of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Source
The Belarusian army has received another 34 armoured vehicles from Russia, which were sent to the Brest district of Belarus. Source
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday following his conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Source
Thus, the video in social media shows the last “unexpected and incredible modification” – two air missile pods installed on the BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle. Source
Mykhailo Podoliak, Advisor to the Head of the Presidents Office, has stressed that a temporary truce can only begin when the Russian aggressor leaves the territory of Ukraine. Source
A new video of an emergency landing of a Russian Soviet-made Su-25 high-altitude attack interceptor with a marked “Z” tail has appeared on the Internet. Source
The military and political leadership of Russia is implementing measures to prevent men from leaving abroad en masse and to prepare for a new wave of mobilisation, which is expected in January. Source
200 T-90M tanks have been sent to the Luhansk front, Russian sources claim. Russian NTV TV Channel says the tanks were shipped directly from UralVagonZavod. Source
Ukrainian soldiers shot down a Russian Su-25 ground attack aircraft and a Mi-8 helicopter on Thursday, 5 January. Source