Kathleen Westergaard 🇨🇦 MSW, RSW

The threat of Russian sabotage groups infiltrating Ukraine from Transnistria is growing. Sources in Ukraine’s military intelligence tell 24 Kanal that Moscow is rapidly stepping up activity in the region to stretch Ukrainian resources and create a new front.

🇺🇸‼️ Reuters: Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate Trump and his top officials, administration official said, threatening new U.S. sanctions on the court if it did not.

Republican Congressman Joe Wilson noted that Ukraine agreed to all six proposals that Trump presented this year, while Russia did not support any of them.

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EU ambassadors reportedly agree on new sanctions against Russia EU member states' permanent representatives have agreed upon new sanctions against Russia.

⚡️ EU ambassadors reportedly agree on new sanctions against Russia

🇮🇳‼️ Four out of India’s seven largest refiners are now in the market for Russian crude as deep discounts push buyers to seek out non-sanctioned barrels, even as heavyweight Reliance Industries Ltd. stays away, - Bloomberg

🇪🇺 EU ambassadors have agreed to expand sanctions against Russia. New measures will target nine individuals and entities linked to Russia’s “shadow fleet,” along with 43 ships, 12 people, and two companies accused of destabilising the EU. Formal approval is expected Friday, December 12.

Zelensky: Ukraine's foreign intelligence chief Ivashchenko reported growing Chinese influence over Russia, desovereignization of resource-rich regions, sale of critical assets, and military-industrial ties.

Kyiv and its partners will monitor and counter this axis, and block destabilization efforts

Pokrovsk: Russia is throwing in reserves, another assault wave has hit the city, including infantry on quad bikes. One well-aimed strike took out 10 occupiers and several vehicles. Ukrainian forces are still present inside the city limits.

🛳️ Update: 43 Vessels

💥 Pokrovsk. Russians are calling in reserves. Another wave of soldiers has rolled into the city. On ATVs and infantry.
One good shot and minus 10 Russians and a few ATVs. Pokrovsk is holding, - Kyriienko

💥 There have already been about five explosions near the Hvardiyske airfield in Crimea, - Krymskyi Veter

Workers in the Urals at one of the largest copper-iron-vanadium ore extraction sites complain that they haven’t been paid for the second month in a row. The situation is so critical that many of them can’t even afford the trip home.

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🇫🇷 Macron announced a new meeting of the "coalition of the determined"

Tthe next meeting will take place on Thursday, December 11, in a video conference format. Emmanuel Macron did not disclose the topic of the meeting.

⚔️❗️AFU deny Russian control over Siversk in the Donetsk region.

The occupiers, taking advantage of the weather conditions, are trying to climb into the city in small assault groups. The defense forces are destroying the enemy in Siversk and on its approaches, - OK "East"

‼️ 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Intel, AMD and Texas Instruments are being sued in Texas by Ukrainian civilians who claim the chipmakers failed to prevent their components from ending up in Russian missiles and drones used in attacks on civilians, - Bloomberg

🇩🇪🇺🇦 European leaders including Starmer and Macron will meet in Berlin on Monday to discuss the Ukraine peace plan, - Sky News

👀 Merz: "European security interests must be safeguarded... against this backdrop, we plan further coordination talks in the coming days."

🇺🇦🇫🇮 Zelensky: I spoke with Alex Stubb. I’m grateful for such serious attention to security issues and for the efforts to bring peace closer.

Every day matters now, adding new elements to our joint work with the US, Europe, G7. The pace is very fast, there are many good ideas.

Another uprising in Russia: residents of the Kursk region demand the payments Putin promised. A governor’s adviser said locals should have defended their homes themselves. Local channels deleted reports about the protest, and a woman who appealed to Putin was detained.

Zelenskyy: This week may bring news to put bloodshed to an end President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced new talks and meetings with partners this week, which may bring news regarding an end to the war.

‼️ Zelenskyy: This week may bring news to put bloodshed to an end

🇫🇷🇮🇹 France and Italy can breathe a sigh of relief after the EU's statistics office signaled that the financial guarantees needed to back a €210 billion financing package to Ukraine won't increase their heavy debt burdens.

⚡️ Starmer, Macron and Merz spoke to Trump after meeting with Zelensky

The leaders reportedly discussed the latest developments in the peace talks. A Downing Street spokesman added that "intensive work on the peace plan" will continue in the coming days.

🤔🥶 According to Ukrainian foreign intelligence, permafrost covers 65% of the territory of Russia, in this zone are cities such as Vorkuta, Norilsk, Yakutsk, Magadan. Over the past 30 years, the depth of thawing has almost doubled - from 45 to 70 centimeters.

That’s all you need to know….

🛳️Ukraine attacked another Russian oil tanker in the Black Sea with naval drones, — Russian media

📍The attack took place a few hours ago. Three drones hit the Gambian-flagged tanker Dashan.
📍The vessel is under sanctions as part of the Russian shadow fleet.

💥 SBU Sea Baby naval drones hit the Russian shadow fleet tanker Dashan in the Black Sea.

The vessel, flying the flag of the Comoros Islands, was moving in the exclusive economic zone of Ukraine towards the Novorossiysk port terminal.

🚀 A missile strike has likely been launched on Voronezh, and there are problems with electricity and water in some areas of the city.

The Ukrainian SBU released videos showing the USVs striking Russian shadow fleet tanker „Dashan“ on its way to the Russian port of Novorossiysk.

Big Indian refiners turn back to Russian oil amid discounts and no sanctions. Four of India’s top seven, including Indian Oil and Bharat Petroleum, bought nearly ten cargoes of Russian crude in recent days. Nayara Energy keeps importing, and Hindustan Petroleum is seeking suppliers for January.

Explosions reported in Belgorod region, Russia.