US forces seized the Russian-flagged oil tanker Marinera in the North Atlantic after a two-week pursuit linked to Washington’s blockade of Venezuelan oil. Russian naval vessels, including a submarine, were nearby, and Moscow condemned the seizure as illegal.
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Donald Trump says he does not believe Russia’s claim that Ukrainian drones attacked Vladimir Putin’s residence in Valdai, saying US officials found no evidence Ukraine targeted it. US intelligence and the Institute for the Study of War also dismissed the claim.
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After US forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump called the war “in Russia” primitive by comparison, apparently meaning Russia’s war on Ukraine. He also said he was not thrilled with Putin and called the war a bloodbath killing too many people.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov to lead the Presidential Office and proposed Mykhailo Fedorov as defense minister in a sweeping overhaul of Ukraine’s security leadership. Oleh Ivashchenko takes over Defense Intelligence.
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Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi says Ukraine shortened the front line by 35 km in a month to 1,218 km. Russian troops are advancing just 1.5 to 4.5 km a month in key areas while losing over 1,000 soldiers a day, and drones inflicted a record 24,000 losses in November.
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Putin’s portrayal of Russia’s economy as resilient amidst the Ukraine conflict is part of a broader strategy to assert inevitable victory. Despite claims of economic growth, the Kremlin’s policies suggest otherwise. Russia’s unwillingness to compromise and efforts to destabilize Ukraine persist.
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The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy accuses European governments of ignoring their voters, calls for an end to NATO expansion and urges a quick end to the war in Ukraine to restore strategic stability with Russia, alarming US allies across Europe.
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