First, links to reports from the Kyiv Independent, Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, and Reuters; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date and a PILGER entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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Kharkiv Oblast expands mandatory evacuation order, by Elsa Court and news desk | The Kyiv Independent A mandatory evacuation order for families with children has been expanded to 26 more villages near Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast, Governor Oleh Syniehubov announced today. The villages . . . READ MORE . . .
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U.S. envoy says frozen Russian assets could be ‘easy’ Ukraine funding. From AFP. The U.S. special envoy for Ukraine’s economic recovery said Monday that tapping frozen Russian assets would be an “easy” source of money for Kyiv, but G7 countries must first agree . . . READ MORE . . .
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Blinken promises Zelensky U.S. will sustain support for Ukraine. From AFP. Secretary of State Antony Blinken promised sustained U.S. support for Ukraine in a meeting today with President Volodymyr Zelensky, despite a row in the U.S. Congress on approving new funding. “We . . . READ MORE . . .
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Zelenskyy takes center stage in Davos as he tries to rally support for Ukraine’s fight, by Jamey Keaten | AP DAVOS, Switzerland — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is headlining a frenzied first full day of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, where . . . READ MORE . . .
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‘It’s their turn now’: Ukrainians call on government to demobilize exhausted soldiers fighting for nearly two years, by Alexander Query| The Kyiv Independent Over a hundred women braved a snowstorm in early December to gather in central Kyiv’s Independence Square and call on the government to demobilize their relatives who have . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine drone attack injures two children in Russia’s Voronezh. From Reuters. VORONEZH, Russia — A state of emergency was declared in the southern Russian city of Voronezh today after a Ukrainian drone attack wounded a 6-year-old boy and a young girl, officials . . . READ MORE . . .