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‘Reindeer' volunteers bring holiday magic to Ukrainian children living on the frontlines
The St. Nicholas’ Reindeers initiative publishes letters online detailing the children’s wishes. Some ask for gifts, such as a bicycle or a pet mouse, alongside more complicated requests for their family members to be released from captivity or to be able to return to their homes.
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Trump calls for ‘immediate' cease-fire in Ukraine and says a US withdrawal from NATO is possible
Trump made his cease-fire proposal after a weekend meeting in Paris with French and Ukrainian leaders, claiming in a social media post that Kyiv “would like to make a deal” to end the more than 1,000-day war.
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US announces nearly $1 billion more in longer-term weapons support for Ukraine
The weapon systems purchased are often intended to support Ukraine’s future military capabilities, not make an immediate difference on the battlefield.
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US will send Ukraine $725 million more in counter-drone systems, anti-personnel land mines
The U.S. is preparing to send Ukraine an additional $725 million in military assistance, including counter-drone systems and munitions for its High Mobility Artillery Rocket System.
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Ukraine's power grid under ‘massive attack' from Russia as frozen temperatures set in
The 11th attack this year on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure comes amid uncertainty about how President-elect Donald Trump might deal with the conflict.
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Trump nominates top adviser Keith Kellogg as special envoy to Ukraine and Russia
Kellogg is a retired Army lieutenant general who has long been Trump’s top adviser on defense. He served as Mike Pence’s National Security Advisor during the first Trump administration.
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The week that upped the stakes of the Ukraine war
This past week has seen the most significant escalation in hostilities Ukraine has witnessed since Russia’s full-scale invasion and marks a new chapter in the nearly three-year war.
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Russia did not fire an ICBM at Ukraine, US officials say, disputing a claim by Kyiv
U.S. officials said the weapon fired by Moscow at the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro was an experimental intermediate range ballistic missile.
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US shuts Kyiv embassy over ‘significant air attack' threat
The threat to the Ukrainian capital follows news Tuesday that Ukraine carried out its first strike on Russian territory with U.S.-supplied long-range weapons.
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Putin lowers nuclear weapon threshold after Biden approves Ukrainian use of US long-range missiles
President Vladimir Putin lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of its nuclear weapons, a move that follows President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russian territory with American-supplied longer-range missiles, NBC’s Keir Simmons reports.
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Putin issues new nuclear doctrine in warning to the West over Ukraine
Moscow’s decision to lower the threshold for a nuclear attack came as the Kremlin responded furiously to the U.S. allowing Ukraine to strike inside Russia with American weapons.
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What does Biden's decision to allow Ukraine to use longer-range US weapons mean?
Since the first year of the war, Ukrainian leaders have lobbied Western allies to allow them to use advanced weapons to strike key targets inside Russia. But their effect will depend on how they are used.
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Biden authorizes Ukraine's use of US-supplied long-range missiles for deeper strikes inside Russia
The decision allowing Ukraine to use the Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMs, for attacks farther into Russia comes as thousands of North Korean troops have been sent into a region.
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Russia launches largest missile and drone attacks in months on Ukraine, officials say
Russia on Sunday launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine, described by officials as the largest over the past months, targeting energy infrastructure and killing civilians.
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Germany's leader discusses Ukraine with Russia's Putin in first such call in 2 years
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin in what appeared to be the first conversation with the sitting leader of a major Western power in nearly two years.
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Biden sending aid to help Ukraine keep fighting next year, Blinken says
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden administration is determined in its final months to help Ukraine keep fighting its war with Russia next year.
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Bay Area-funded nonprofits help people cope in war-torn Ukraine
Bay Area-funded mental health nonprofits have helped thousands of people living through the war in Ukraine, and unfortuntely, the need is not going away.
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Trump and Zelenskyy meet in New York amid rising questions about US support for Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met face-to-face with Donald Trump on Friday with public tensions rising between the two over Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion.
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy visits Pennsylvania ammunition plant to thank workers
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has visited the Pennsylvania ammunition factory that is producing one of the most critically needed munitions for his country’s fight to fend off Russian ground forces.
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Back to the Cold War: Russia uses Mexico as a hub for spying on the US
Russia has a long history of spying on the U.S. from the relative safety of Mexico City, dating back to the 1980s.