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Ukraine holds at 15.5% as Russia’s rate swings
Ukraine’s central bank voted 10-1 to hold its key rate at 15.5%.
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25 December 2025
- “Capturing settlements on credit”: Russia’s “victories” cost 100+ soldiers in one village in Kharkiv Oblast (VIDEO)
- Military techWant to build long-range drones for Ukraine? First, you need the right friends
- Battlefield math is changing in Ukraine: Kyiv’s drone output surged 2.5-fold in 2025
- Russia avoided Ukraine’s gas targets for 3 years. In 2025, it destroyed 60% of country’s gas capacity amid peace talks
- “Kill zones everywhere”: Ukrainian military describes new “combination” replacing mass assaults across main fronts
- OpinionWhat Ukrainian children who lost fathers in war want for Christmas
- Ukraine’s Prosecutor’s Office opens case over anti-corruption activist’s intimate photo leak after initially refusing to register complaint
- Dead seabirds wash up on Odesa beaches after Russian strikes trigger Black Sea oil spill
- InternationalAfD lawmaker files eight drone-defense inquiries in one day; minister: “Kremlin task list”
- Zelenskyy unveils 20-point peace draft including “Article 5-like guarantees”; territorial status still unresolved
- ISW: Russian forces will remain locked in slow foot-paced advances as their mech assaults keep failing
- Support for continuing war in Ukraine drops to record low among Russians
- Culture of UkraineSviat Vechir: Ukraine’s ancient Christmas Eve and its twelve sacred dishes
- Ukraine’s $50,000 naval drones are hunting Russia’s Black Sea fleet—and winning
- Money MattersUkraine holds at 15.5% as Russia’s rate swings
- Meloni warns Italian government staff: “Next year will be much worse” than 2025
- Drone attack sets synthetic rubber plant ablaze in Russia’s Tula Oblast
- US ambassador to NATO: Russia’s overnight attacks show what they’re willing to do
- “Russia must take end of war seriously,” Zelenskyy says after briefing on US talks
- Russia hits Zaporizhzhia with three bombs, wounds three civilians
- Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2025The battle for Pokrovsk is ending. For Huliaipole, it’s just beginning.
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1399: Russia’s massive drone and missile attack meets Ukrainian defenses; Zelenskyy readies security guarantees
- Ukraine took out Russia’s only submarine-hunter aircraft before historic Kilo-class sub strike (VIDEO)
Daily Review
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1399: Russia’s massive drone and missile attack meets Ukrainian defenses; Zelenskyy readies security guarantees
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1398: Russia may target Ukraine with massive Christmas strike, as Zelenskyy warns “nothing sacred for them”
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1396: US intelligence warns Putin eyes Ukraine, Baltics, and Poland while Trump team insists Russia wants peace
“Neutral” Russians return to winter sports as Ukraine calls their status a fiction
Three Russian athletes already barred. More face scrutiny before Milan-Cortina 2026.
EU approves €90bn joint debt for Ukraine as reparations loan hits wall
Three countries opt out amid Belgium standoff over frozen Russian assets.
Markets shrug off EU’s Ukraine deal—analysts warn the calm may not last
Europe’s benchmark bonds barely moved. One analyst calls it “a risk for 2026 that is not priced in.”
Europe’s drone scare forces a question: defend at home or arm Ukraine?
A low-cost, low-risk gambit, with big potential upsides for Moscow.
Three days after Ukraine’s drone blast, Russia’s missile sub still hasn’t moved
Why hasn't the Russian submarine "Kolpino" moved in 3 days? Possibly because she's damaged, and can't move.
Frontline report
Russia’s last “Ukraine peace deal” led to Europe’s biggest war since WWII. Here’s why this one could be worse.
Moscow isn’t just negotiating—it’s setting the stage. Behind closed doors, familiar tactics are at play, and the consequences could reshape Europe’s future once again.
Zelenskyy warns EU: Denying frozen Russian funds weakens Ukraine and tempts Putin
The President speaks hours before the critical Brussels vote.
US warns EU: Seize Russia’s frozen billions and you’ll “have to give it back”
Washington pressures Europe ahead of critical summit.
Global protests demand end to Russia’s “human safari” as lawmakers propose new sanctions bill
Documentary reaches U.S. Capitol as Ukrainians worldwide rally against drone terror
Russian court jails 65-year-old teacher for “terrorism” after hiding Ukrainian soldier
Occupation authorities accused her of aiding a plot to assassinate an occupation administration's member in occupied Donetsk, but she denied knowing about such activities.
EU finally breaks with Russian gas: full ban on LNG set for 2026
With wide support, MEPs pushed through legislation to phase out Russian gas imports by 2027 and committed to ban oil soon after.
Why is Ukraine losing ground? Mobilization crisis and command failures exposed
Ukraine's military problems can no longer be ignored as mobilization failures and systemic issues lead to mounting territorial losses
Evergreens
Think 2024 was wild? Eight global forces will make 2025 even more turbulent
From middle-income traps to migration crisis, a guide to how Ukraine and democracies must navigate coming instability
Even if Ukraine’s explosive drone sub missed, it may have badly damaged that Russian sub
Sunk or not, that sub is stuck
Ukraine’s IT Army now aids drone strikes on Russian oil refineries
Once focused on disrupting Russian banks and businesses, Ukraine's volunteer hacker group is now shifting to Russian military targets, from Starlinks to CCTV cameras during long-range drone raids
Analysis
Norway did the math: Arm Ukraine to win, or pay double when Russia does
Norwegian think tank calculates Europe’s binary choice.
