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Ukraine's largest steel maker launches production of Patriot system armor -- Ukrainian Navy ensures safe passage for over 9,000 vessels through sea corridor in 2024 -- Russia has recruited up to 180,000 convicts for war against Ukraine -- Over 50,000 Russians seek MIA through Ukraine’s project -- and more

Russia loses key leverage over Europe after Ukraine halts gas transit -- Russian strike kills more civilians in Zaporizhzhia Oblast -- Finland's Fingrid requests seizure of Russian shadow fleet tanker over suspected cable sabotage -- Citing Orban’s 'corruption,' Hungarian opposition leader calls for early elections in video address -- and more

Russia has lost over 38,000 troops in Kursk Oblast -- Hungary loses out on about $1 billion in EU aid -- Putin orders Russian government, top bank to cooperate with China on AI tech -- Prominent scientists among victims of New Year's Day drone attack in Kyiv -- and more

Ukrainian sea drone downs Russian helicopter with anti-air missile in first strike of its kind -- Ukraine strikes oil depot in Russia's Smolensk Oblast -- Russian attacks damage homes and infrastructure in Kyiv and Sumy oblasts ahead of New Year -- US sanctions Russian, Iranian groups for election disinformation campaigns -- and more

Ukraine struck hundreds of targets deep inside Russia in 2024. What did they achieve? -- Oil depot on fire in Russia's Smolensk region following drone attack -- ‘I survived a Russian torture camp. So I had to see Assad's Sednaya prison’ -- Germany indicts 3 in alleged Russian espionage plot -- and more

Russia may escalate hybrid warfare near NATO borders -- [vBlog] Ukraine This Year: the top moments that shaped 2024 -- Russia could inflict substantial casualties by unconventional (hybird) attack against NATO -- Russia must admit guilt over downing Azerbaijani airliner, pay compensation, Azerbaijan's president says -- and more

Russia suffered 421,000 casualties in 2024, highest price since start of invasion -- Ukraine receives 1st shipment of US LNG -- Azerbaijan Airlines crash highlights Russia's failure to close airspace amid war -- Greece to deliver 24 Sea Sparrow missiles to Ukraine -- and more

3 senior Russian officers killed in HIMARS, drone attack -- Ukrainian troops thwarted Russian attempt to gain a foothold on an island in Dnipro River delta -- Drone strike damages railway line in Russia's Voronezh Oblast -- 2024: Ukraine’s most memorable moments, in photos -- and more

Putin’s obsession with denazification is ‘Freudian projection’ -- Ukraine hits ballistic missile propellant plant in Rostov Oblast -- Russian drone attack on central Nikopol civilian market injures 8 -- Polish PM Tusk slams Hungary’s Orban for praising Putin amid Ukraine attacks -- and more

Is Putinism fascism by another name? -- Ukraine approves homemade Shchedryk aerial vehicle [drone] for military use -- Russian missile enters Moldova’s airspace during mass attack on Ukraine -- Ukrainian drones destroy Russian ammunition depot in Rostov Oblast -- and more

2025 – A Turning Point for Ukraine -- Germany provides Ukraine with 15 Leopard 1 tanks, 2 IRIS-T systems, 2 Patriot launchers -- Mysterious fire engulfs Russian Shahed warehouse -- Assassinations of pro-war figures seek to demoralize Russia, punish war criminals -- How Ukraine’s new drone-missile hybrids are changing long-range weapon technology -- and more

Oil depot in Russia’s Oryol Oblast targeted by ‘massive’ Ukrainian drone strike -- North Korea preparing to ship more troops, drones to Russia -- Ombudsman reacts to alleged Russian execution of Ukrainian POWs -- Ukrainian forces successfully attacked Russian positions using only ground and first person view (FPV) drones instead of infantry -- and more