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Volodymyr Zelensky visits besieged Ukraine city Bakhmut that is scene of ‘fierce battles’

Vladimir Putin admits war effort has been ‘extremely difficult’ for Russia

Evening Standard

Putin admits to ‘complicated’ situation in Russian-occupied Ukraine

Remarks highlight Moscow’s growing acknowledgement that invasion is not going to plan

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits front-line city of Bakhmut

President meets troops facing down Russia’s offensive as Putin warns of difficulties in partly-occupied regions.

Al Jazeera

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Gazprom: gas supplied in full, bypassing damaged Russian export pipeline

A local unit of the Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Tuesday that gas was being supplied to customers in full via parallel pipelines following a fatal explosion in a section of the Urengoi-Pomary-Uzhhorod pipeline.

Reuters

Ukraine-Russia news – live: Volodymyr Zelensky to visit US in first overseas visit

The Ukrainian president is expected to address Congress in the visit

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin ADMITS to failures in illegally annexed Ukraine calling war 'difficult'

In September, Vladimir Putin annexed four territories - Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhia - as part of an illegal land grab of 15 per cent of Ukraine's lands

Daily Mirror

Russia wants Ukraine to spend festive period in darkness, Kyiv says

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Tuesday Ukraine should prepare for new Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure because Moscow wanted Ukrainians to spend Christmas and New Year in darkness.

Reuters

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‘We were allowed to be slaughtered’: calls by Russian forces intercepted

Calls between Russian soldiers and their loved ones – eavesdropped by Ukraine - reveal reality of war for Kremlin’s forces

The Guardian - UK

Facing an energy crisis, Germans stock up on candles

Germans are on a mission to transform their energy economy and reduce their consumption, including by — apparently — using lots of candles.

WEKU

Russia shelled energy facilities in eastern Ukraine - Naftogaz

Russia attacked Ukrainian oil and gas facilities in eastern Ukraine overnight, causing a fire but no casualties, Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Ukraine's president visits front-line city in country's east

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has visited the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, the recent focus of some of the most intense fighting of Russia’s war

The Independent UK

Trudy Rubin: At Christmastime, here’s a way to help Ukrainian civilians under Russian fire

As Christmas approaches, readers have asked me how they can donate to charities that are helping Ukrainians.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Russia jails four Jehovah's Witnesses adherents for up to seven years in prison

A Russian court has sentenced four Jehovah's Witnesses adherents to prison terms of between three-and-a-half and seven years, the latest step in Moscow's crackdown on an organisation it deems dangerous, the religious group said late on Monday.

Reuters

EU and Iran to continue working on nuclear deal, Borrell says

EU foreign 7policy chief Josep Borrell on Tuesday condemned Iran's support for Russia in its war in Ukraine and the ongoing repression of opposition in the country, but said the EU would continue to work with Iran on restoring the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

Reuters

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Analysis-Russia's grim battle for Bakhmut may yield pyrrhic victory at best

The nearly five-month battle for the small city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine has ground on for so long and wrought so much death and destruction that, even if Russia does prevail, it will be a pyrrhic victory, military experts say.

Evening Standard

Putin met with generals to distract from invasion stalemate, says UK

Vladimir Putin held a high profile choreographed meeting with generals to “deflect” from his military failures in Ukraine, British defence chiefs have claimed.

Al Jazeera

Which European nations are handling the energy crisis best?

France, Spain, Germany, Italy and Greece are doing some things right, but face challenging times ahead, say experts.

The Independent UK

Putin says fighting ‘extremely difficult’ in areas he annexed illegally

Comments come after Kyiv renews calls for more weapons as Russian drones hit energy targets

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France 24

‘A loud blast, then a flash at my window’: FRANCE 24 reports on Kyiv drone attack

Residents of Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities are relying on petrol-fuelled generators to battle freezing temperatures as Russia continues to pummel the country's critical infrastructure with missile strikes and drone attacks, causing daily power cuts. Our reporters spoke to residents of the Ukrainian capital shortly after their neighbourhood was targeted…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Oil Exports Hit 30-Month High in October

Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports rose for a fifth straight month in October to the highest in 30 months, the International Energy Forum (IEF) said on Monday, citing data from the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI). Crude exports rose about 0.7% to 7.773 million barrels per day (bpd) in October,…

The Guardian - UK

Providing US Patriot missiles could transform Ukraine’s defences. But it’s a move with risks

Providing systems to defend against Russia risks weakening the west’s deterrence posture towards China, says Jack Watling of the Royal United Services Institute

The Independent UK

Wartime Ukraine erasing Russian past from public spaces

Ukraine is accelerating efforts to erase Soviet and Russian influence from its public spaces by pulling down monuments and renaming hundreds of streets to honor its own artists, poets, soldiers and independence leaders

Reuters

Moscow says 60 Russian 'hostages' held in U.S. as prisoner swap talk swirls

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said that more than 60 Russian "hostages" were serving prison sentences in the United States, the result of what he called an illegal global hunt for Russians by U.S. intelligence services.

Al Jazeera

China, Russia hold joint naval exercises to ‘deepen’ partnership

China and Russia have increased military exercises in an alignment of foreign policies and in opposition to the West.

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: How Putin’s propaganda machine works

In today’s newsletter: BBC Monitoring’s Francis Scarr has watched hundreds of hours of Russian state TV. What does it tell us about the Kremlin’s evolving message?

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