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The SBI terminated the activities of a criminal organisation that seized more than UAH 2.9 billion of budget funds for the procurement of mines for the Armed Forces. The delivered ammunition turned out to be unsuitable or was not delivered at all.
The SBI has served a notice of suspicion to a lieutenant colonel of the National Guard who organised illegal payments of UAH 100,000 to the SSTU military. The state's losses exceeded UAH 72 million.
The SSU exposed in Odesa a 52-year-old Russian military intelligence agent who collected coordinates for shelling and publicly supported Russian aggression. She faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
Belgium and Sweden have declared their readiness to contribute to security guarantees for Ukraine after the end of hostilities, while the Czech Republic has ruled out sending its military. The countries' positions came after the Coalition of the Willing summit in Paris.
Protests in Iran due to the collapse of the rial and rising prices have spread to more than 270 locations in 27 provinces. According to human rights activists, at least 36 people were killed.
Donald Trump said in an interview with NBC News that the US is not at war with Venezuela. According to him, new elections are possible in a month at the earliest, and the restoration of oil infrastructure could take up to 18 months.
Nationwide protests continue in Iran over the economic crisis. According to official reports, at least 12 people have been killed, and the authorities have reduced internet traffic by a third.
Nicolas Maduro was taken to a detention centre in New York after being detained by the US special services in Venezuela. He is accused of narcoterrorism, cocaine and arms trafficking.
During the phone conversation, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Keir Starmer agreed on the preparation of a meeting of the leaders of the Coalition of the Willing, support for US peace efforts and the deployment of multinational forces in Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Oleh Ivashchenko will head the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine. Also in January, proposals to update the SBI will be submitted to the Verkhovna Rada.
In 2025, European countries increased military aid to Ukraine to more than $21.5 billion, which is $1.5 billion more than a year earlier, the President's Office reports.
On New Year's Eve in Amsterdam, a large-scale fire engulfed the 154-year-old Vondelkerk church. Authorities say the building is beyond saving, part of the roof and tower collapsed, and about 90 houses lost power.
