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From 5 January 2026, the Deposit Guarantee Fund will start liquidating JSC "RwS Bank". The procedure will last until 4 January 2029, and depositors will be serviced by the transitional UTE Bank.
Leading Ukrainian military commanders have publicly supported the work of the SSU and its head, Vasyl Maliuk, noting the effective coordination with the Armed Forces and the contribution to the resilience of the defence.
In 2025, the Kyiv police ensured that robberies were solved 100% of the time. Out of 168 robberies, 167 were solved, and one crime was still under investigation at the end of December.
On the night of 2 January, drones attacked the Samara region of the Russian Federation. According to media reports, explosions were heard near the Novokuibyshevsk and Kuibyshev refineries, and local residents reported a fire.
In 2025, the Russian occupiers suffered significant losses in manpower and equipment.
Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service announced the launch of a Russian information operation on 29 December. The Kremlin is using the fake drone attack to put pressure on Ukraine-US negotiations and justify possible strikes.
On Christmas Eve, 59 weather balloons flew from Belarus to Poland. Some of them were carrying cigarettes, others had GPS trackers. The services found 13 balloons with cargo and five packages, and one incident caused damage to the power grid
Потужний шторм в Естонії спричинив масові відключення електроенергії. Найбільше постраждали Харьюмаа, Ляене Вірумаа та Рапламаа, ремонтні роботи можуть тривати до кількох днів.
The FISU records deepening institutional degradation in the Russian Federation. Closed financial system, curtailed control over officials' incomes, falling lending and rising non-payments create a regime of controlled chaos
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen reported significant progress in peace talks after a joint conversation between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump with European leaders and stressed the need for security guarantees from day one.
Ukraine's allies plan to finalise the parameters of security guarantees after a possible ceasefire in January, including the format of support and the option of deploying a contingent on the ground.
Beijing has announced sanctions against 20 US defence companies and 10 executives in response to a military aid package to Taiwan worth up to $11 billion. The restrictions have a political rather than a practical effect
