The eighth meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group opened at the Ramstein air base in Germany with defence leaders from about 50 countries, as US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called it a decisive moment for Ukraine and for the whole world amid a debate on tanks.
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Russia is preparing a new wave of mobilisation targeting residents of central regions, especially Moscow, Ukraine’s military intelligence says, alleging recruiters are visiting workplaces and patrols are being told to treat any group of more than 20 people as suspicious.
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Vladimir Putin’s reorganisation of Russia’s economy and military-industrial complex shows Moscow is preparing for a continued large-scale, long-term war, Ukraine’s military intelligence says, pointing also to Valery Gerasimov’s appointment as commander in Ukraine.
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Russia’s Defence Ministry has appointed Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov to lead its forces in Ukraine, demoting Sergei Surovikin, whose three months in command were marked by strikes on Ukraine’s power grid and the loss of Kherson city in November.
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Nearly three quarters of Ukrainians, 73%, say the EU was right to make reforms a precondition for opening accession talks, according to an Info Sapiens poll for the New Europe Center, with most respondents expecting Ukraine to join the EU within the next five years.
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Russian troops did not adhere to the Orthodox Christmas ceasefire declared by Vladimir Putin, continuing shelling and attempted assaults on Ukrainian positions in Luhansk Oblast, regional military administration head Serhiy Haidai said, as Kyiv called it hypocrisy.
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Vladimir Putin’s 36-hour ceasefire for Orthodox Christmas is likely an information operation meant to damage Ukraine’s reputation, falsely portray it as suppressing religion and present Putin as a protector of the Christian faith, the Institute for the Study of War says.
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