His bakery is an old truck fitted with a dough mixer, ovens, shelves, and a generator covered with Kherson stickers. In Kyiv’s Troyeshchyna district, where shelling left thousands of apartments without heat, he bakes 500 loaves a day. 4/
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Tenth mission to Ukraine since March 2022 visiting multiple cities
In March 2022, he went to the Polish-Ukrainian border. Then to Kherson, Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Fastiv, and Kramatorsk. This is now his tenth mission to Ukraine. 3/
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French baker Loïc Nervi bakes bread for elderly in Ukrainian war zones
French baker Loïc Nervi bakes bread in Troyeshchyna, Kherson, and Kramatorsk. Locals call him Vitalik. Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, he has been baking bread for elderly people in frontline and hard-hit areas, writes Hromadske. 1/
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Ukrainian minister arrested for corruption, fled
Ukraine's wartime government was also shaken by corruption. Ex-energy minister German Galushchenko arrested while trying to flee the country, accused of laundering kickbacks and stashing millions offshore. 15 foreign jurisdictions are involved.
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Civilian casualties in Ukraine rose 26% in 2025, warns Zelenskyy
Civilian casualties in Ukraine soared 26% in 2025 — 2,248 killed, 12,493 injured by explosive violence. Average casualties per strike rose 33% vs 2024. Zelenskyy warns Russia is preparing more massive energy infrastructure attacks. 6/
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Ukraine rolls back Russian advances east of Zaporizhzhia
The gains are concentrated east of Zaporizhzhia — an area where Russia had made significant advances since mid-2025. Ukraine is now rolling back months of Russian progress in days. 4/
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Trump pressures Ukraine to negotiate as Russia holds maximalist demands
Trump pressured Ukraine Monday: "Ukraine better come to the table fast," ahead of Tuesday's second round of trilateral talks in Geneva. But Russia continues pressing maximalist demands, keeping hopes for a breakthrough low. 5/
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Ukraine recaptures 201 sq km in 5 days aided by Starlink shutdown
201 sq km recaptured in 5 days is almost equivalent to all Russian gains for the entire month of December. The Starlink shutdown is already reshaping the battlefield in Ukraine's favor. 3/
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ISW: Ukrainian counterattacks exploit Russian Starlink access block
The ISW confirms Ukrainian counterattacks are "likely leveraging the recent block on Russian forces' access to Starlink, which milbloggers claim is causing communications and command and control issues on the battlefield." 2/
