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[00:16:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Satellite image shows main cemetery in Mariupol grown significantly The number of graves at Mariupol's Starokrymske cemetery on the western side of the city has significantly expanded, according to new satellite imagery published by U.S. satellite imagery company Maxar. https://t.co/OW0Ey0VwbO

[00:16:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: The company published two satellite images of the cemetery side by side, one from March 29 and the other from Nov. 30, which shows a large addition to the number of grave sites.

[00:16:35] Twitter KyivIndependent: Over 20,000 people are believed to have been killed during Russia's months-long siege of the city, but the actual number could be much higher, according to the Mariupol City Council. Photos: Maxar Technologies

[00:16:39] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukraine's ambassador to Vatican says his house was vandalized. Ukraine's ambassador to the Vatican, Andriy Yurash, said on Dec. 2 that the entrance to his home in Rome had been smeared by unknown people with what he believed to be animal feces.

[00:31:31] Twitter DefenceU: Thank you for your support, Sting! As it turned out, russians do not love their children. But we, Ukrainians, love ours, so we will fight for victory. @OfficialSting

[01:31:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Canada expands sanctions against Iran over drones Canada on Dec. 2 introduced another round of sanctions against Iranian individuals and entities, including a company that helps develop Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones deployed by Russia in its war against Ukraine.

[01:31:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: The Canadian Foreign Ministry said it was imposing additional sanctions on four individuals and five entities "for their roles in the regime’s gross and systematic human rights violations and actions that continue to threaten international peace and security," the ministry said.

[01:31:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: The list includes the Iranian-company Baharestan Kish, which helps develop the Shahed-136 drones deployed by Russia to launch attacks against Ukraine. Iran's Safiran Airlines was also sanctioned for coordinating flights of Russian military aircraft that delivered the drones.

[06:01:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ISW: Putin has little interest in ceasefire, negotiations. Russia would benefit from negotiations with Ukraine and Western countries that include a ceasefire, allowing it to prepare for further offensives against Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War said.

[06:01:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: "(Russian dictator Vladimir) Putin has shown little interest in such a ceasefire, however, and the Kremlin continues to make demands that are tantamount to full Western surrender, suggesting that Putin remains focused on pursuing military victory," the ISW said.

[06:01:35] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️White House: Biden has no intentions to talk to Putin for now U.S. President Joe Biden is not planning to speak to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine war as Putin has shown no inclination for dialogue, the White House said on Dec. 2.

[06:01:37] Twitter KyivIndependent: "We're just not at a point now where talks seem to be a fruitful avenue to approach right now," national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters.

[08:31:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Dec. 3, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/t9HbMcR2Wq

[08:46:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️G7, Australia agree on $60 per barrel price cap for Russian oil. The agreement, which was reached late on Dec. 2, follows a decision by the EU to set a $60 per barrel price cap for Russian seaborne crude oil.

[08:46:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: Since the G7 countries, except for Japan, and the EU are banning the imports of Russian seaborne oil, the price cap is a measure intended mostly for countries outside G7 and the EU. Insurers for the oil market will be banned from dealing with Russian oil priced above the cap.

[09:31:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Governor: Russian missiles hit Zaporizhzhia Oblast overnight. Zaporizhzhia Oblast Governor Oleksandr Starukh reported on Dec. 3 that two Russian missiles had hit an area near the regional capital of Zaporizhzhia, and some buildings had been damaged.

[09:31:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: No casualties were reported.

[09:46:32] Twitter DefenceU: When it was still warm. 25th Airborne Brigade https://t.co/AQLaGoYGtR

[10:01:31] Twitter KyivIndependent: Ukraine faces its most challenging winter as Russia relentlessly strikes its energy system to plunge the nation into cold and darkness. https://t.co/lNQHJGBvGy

[10:46:32] Twitter DefenceU: The winter forest is full of beauty and surprises. The will be no happy new year for occupiers, no way. by Operative #UAarmy https://t.co/GQIpdh9Scm

[10:46:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️UK Defense Ministry: Russia made small advances near Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast. The U.K. Defense Ministry said on Dec. 3 that Russian forces had “highly likely” made small advances south of Bakhmut in recent days after five months of trying to capture the besieged town.

[10:46:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: While seizing Bakhmut could allow Russia to launch more attacks on urban areas such as Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, it would have “limited operational value," the ministry said. “The campaign has been disproportionately costly relative to these possible gains,” the report reads.

[10:46:37] Twitter DefenceU: "Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible." Francis of Assisi Total combat losses of the enemy from Feb 24 to Dec 3: https://t.co/56AuNJUafe

[11:46:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️General Staff: Ukrainian troops repel attacks near 6 settlements. The Ukrainian military repelled attacks near six towns and villages in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts over the past day, Ukraine’s General Staff said in a morning briefing.

[11:46:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: The settlements that came under attack were Soledar, Opytne, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, and Marinka in Donetsk Oblast, as well as Chervonopopivka in Luhansk Oblast.

[12:31:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Military: Russia deploys 24 Kalibr cruise missiles to Black Sea. The missiles are ready to be used for yet another large-scale attack on Ukraine, Natalia Humeniuk, the spokesperson for Ukraine's southern military command, said on Dec. 3.

[12:31:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: According to Humeniuk, Russia has 18 warships on combat duty in the Black Sea.

[13:01:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Lithuania delivers 2 repaired German howitzers to Ukraine. Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said on Dec. 3 that his country had repaired two damaged PzH2000 Howitzers and returned them to Ukraine, along with extra ammunition.

[13:16:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Governors: Russia attacked 8 Ukrainian regions over the past day. Russian forces launched attacks on eight Ukrainian regions in the country’s east, south, and north, using artillery and missiles to strike residential areas, Ukrainian officials said on Dec. 3.

[14:01:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukrainian authorities urge Kherson Oblast residents on east bank of Dnipro River to evacuate.

[14:01:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: Anticipating “possible intensification of hospitilities” in Kherson Oblast, Governor Yaroslav Yanushevych announced that the authorities would help residents trapped on the Russian-occupied east bank of the Dnipro River evacuate during daylight hours from Dec. 3-5.

[14:01:37] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Bloomberg: Russia illegally harvests $1 billion worth of Ukrainian wheat in occupied territories. Research using satellite imagery from NASA showed that Russia collected almost 6 million tons of wheat from occupied territories, Bloomberg reported.

[14:16:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Kremlin signals Putin to visit occupied Donbas. Russian media said on Dec. 3 that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin would pay a visit to Russian-occupied Donbas without specifying when and where.

[14:31:34] Twitter DefenceU: .@ZelenskyyUa Ukrainians will never again be stones of some empires. We have already reconquered this and will ensure the full independence of our state. @Liberov https://t.co/foeY7J2lFr

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[15:16:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: RT @AnnaMyroniuk: 1/11 on @KyivIndependent's second investigation into the International Legion, which — I hate to say it — reveals alleged misappropriation of weapons, including Westend-donated. Soldiers say their commanders are to blame. https://t.co/yYCVBkXpqF

[15:31:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukrainian intelligence: Russia using more newly-produced missiles as existing stockpiles run low.

[15:31:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: Russia is continuing to burn through its strategic missile stockpile, now firing more and more new missiles, with some produced as late as August, according to Vadym Skibitsky, a representative of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Intelligence Directorate.

[15:31:36] Twitter DefenceU: Morale is high. Andrii Tsaplienko https://t.co/bMVypIChqa

[15:46:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Russian oligarch Fridman arrested in UK on suspicion of money laundering, released on bail.

[15:46:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: The U.K.’s National Crime Agency reportedly arrested a “wealthy Russian businessman”, revealed by Ukrainian Pravda to be billionaire Mikhail Fridman, on Dec. 1 on suspicion of several offenses including money laundering.

[16:31:34] Twitter DefenceU: People whose light comes from within will always remember those who brought them darkness. Serhii Hudak https://t.co/CLgzUwnlcn

[16:46:33] Twitter DefenceU: People whose light comes from within will always remember those who brought them darkness. Serhii Hudak https://t.co/OzplBReB6x

[17:16:31] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Romania starts supplying gas to Moldova, countering dependence on Russia.

[17:16:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: Romania aims to connect Moldovan gas transport to the European pipeline network to help Moldova fight against Russia’s gas blackmail, Romanian gas company Transgaz said in comments to Agerpress. The gas will be delivered along the Iaşi-Ungheni pipeline, completed in 2013.

[17:31:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️General Staff: Air defense shoots down Russian aircraft. Air defense shot down the plane, the model of which was not specified near the settlement of Pidhorodne, Donetsk Oblast, the General Staff reported on Dec. 3.

[17:46:32] Twitter DefenceU: We will surely rebuild all the churches destroyed by the occupiers. Just like we will rebuild all of the country. With God’s help. https://t.co/zqz59bm6WX

[18:01:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ General Staff: 270 Russian troops wounded in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on Dec. 2. The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces also reported that 14 Russian troops were killed and 30 were wounded in a Ukrainian attack on Russian positions in occupied Starobilsk in Luhansk Oblast.

[18:46:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Official: Ukraine sentences collaborator to 15 years in prison. Zaporizhzhia City Council Secretary Anatolii Kurtiev said Ukraine has sentenced a Russian proxy to 15 years in jail for conducting a reconnaissance mission to organize a Russian offensive on Zaporizhzhia.

[18:46:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) reportedly detained the collaborator and thwarted the mission. The SBU has exposed around 700 pro-Kremlin collaborators since Feb. 24, 53 of whom have already received court sentences, SBU spokesperson Artem Dekhtiarenko said on Nov. 10.

[18:46:35] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Reuters: Macron says West should consider security guarantees for Russia. French President Emmanuel Macron said, if Russian President Vladimir Putin agrees to negotiations ending the war, the West should consider giving Russia guarantees in the future security architecture.

[18:46:37] Twitter KyivIndependent: “This means that one of the essential points we must address – as President Putin has always said – is the fear that NATO comes right up to its doors and the deployment of weapons that could threaten Russia,” Macron said of his proposal for Europe’s future security architecture.

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[19:16:33] Twitter Ukraine: Ukraine’s famous philosopher Hryhorii Skovoroda was born on this day 3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ years ago. He was a graduate of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Skovoroda’s philosophy and profound works on self-examination, individual and spiritual freedom, and congenial work have inspired many generations. https://t.co/aSL5KCmycF

[19:16:35] Twitter DefenceU: Even the deepest swamp in the world cannot stop our counteroffensive. This is our land! And it will be liberated! Operative #UAarmy https://t.co/3ZQ4d0DSPn

[21:01:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: Notes From Ukraine: Celebrating 100 Years of Carol of the Bells. Written by a Ukrainian composer, Carol of the Bells swiftly became a Christmas staple in the U.S. Watch the performance from @CarnegieHall celebrating Ukrainian culture on Dec. 4 online: https://t.co/sPGCLEZvPW https://t.co/XesUVq2RzP

[21:16:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️US official: Pressure on Putin over nukes forces him to change war tactics. U.S. Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland said warnings convinced Vladimir Putin that the reaction to the use of nuclear weapons would be unprecedented and difficult for Russia.

[21:16:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: The use of nuclear weapons would have a response and consequences of an incomparable level, Nuland added.

[21:31:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: Lawmaker David Arakhamia, Ukraine's chief negotiator with Russia, said Kyiv is ready to provide Russia with security guarantees after it withdraws troops from Ukraine, pays reparations, brings all war criminals to justice, and surrenders nuclear weapons. https://t.co/L7nN7YMuGz

[22:01:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: President Volodymyr Zelensky said the long discussion leading to the $60 barrel price cap on Russian oil has finished "without big decisions." "It's only a matter of time before stronger tools will have to be used anyway," Zelensky added. https://t.co/38WdwhqX9a

[22:16:33] Twitter DefenceU: Congratulations on establishing a russian oil price cap club! 31 countries of the free world (52% of the global economy) set a precedent for putting $60 per barrel price cap on russian oil. Where there is a $60 cap, there will eventually be $40/$20/$0.

[22:16:36] Twitter ZelenskyyUa: On November 15, we launched humanitarian program #GrainFromUkraine to help people who are most vulnerable to acute food crisis. Today, the first vessel arrived to Doraleh Port carrying a humanitarian cargo of 25 thousand tons of wheat for Ethiopia. We ship food. We ship hope. https://t.co/LO8lcp5z7E

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[23:31:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Governor: Russian forces shell border Sumy Oblast late on Dec. 3. Russian forces shelled the Esman community and hit a border village with 120 mm mortars, Sumy Oblast Governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyi said on Telegram. At least four mines exploded on the region's territory.

[23:31:33] Twitter KyivIndependent: The shelling damaged several power lines and the workshop of one local business. There were no casualties.

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