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In Kyiv, the SBU and the National Police exposed a lawyer who extorted $100,000 from entrepreneurs by blackmail and deception, threatening them with fines of almost UAH 1 billion.
Due to the deteriorating security situation in the Dnipropetrovs'k region, a decision was made to evacuate residents of 45 settlements in the Sinelnykivsky district.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that for the first time, the United States had confirmed its readiness to contribute to security guarantees for Ukraine, including through the possible deployment of US troops after peace is reached.
Latvia has completed about 280 kilometres of fencing on its border with Russia. The project is designed to strengthen the protection of the EU's eastern border and the capabilities of the border guard service.
Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi reported a threefold increase in payments under new contracts, an investigation into the incident with the command post in Gulyaypol, and large-scale losses in the Russian army that disrupted its plans to form new divisions.
Ukrainian and Latvian law enforcement officers shut down an international network of financial fraudsters that caused EUR 1.6 million in losses to a foreign payment institution and involved about 300 people.
Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have reported significant progress in negotiations to end the war. The peace plan is about 90% agreed, and the results may be known in a few weeks
Danylo Getmantsev has published a list of priority economic bills for 2026. The focus is on legalisation of virtual assets, tax incentives for investment projects, implementation of DAC7 and ATAD, and a new version of the Customs Code based on the EU model
Latvia's decision to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention came into force on 27 December. The country gained the right to use, purchase and produce anti-personnel mines amid changes in the security situation in the Baltic region
Donald Trump may host Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Mar-a-Lago on Sunday to finalise the US peace plan. Kyiv says document is 90 per cent agreed, key dispute is over Donbas
Russian commanders, according to Western sources, are presenting an overly positive picture of the frontline to the Kremlin. As an example, they cite the statement about the alleged complete capture of Kupyansk, which was denied by the Ukrainian side
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that threats from Russia are growing and called on the Allies to implement the decision to increase defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP and to continue to fully support Ukraine
