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[02:01:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Russia shells Sumy Oblast border communities. The Russian military shelled the Znob-Novhorodske and Seredyna-Buda communities in northern Sumy Oblast close to the Russian border on Dec. 10, Sumy Oblast Governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyi wrote in a Telegram post.

[02:01:37] Twitter KyivIndependent: Russian forces fired at the communities with mortars and heavy artillery, hitting an area where a funeral procession was happening, Zhyvytskyi said.

[03:16:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukraine finds over 300,000 explosive devices since start of full-scale war. Ukraine's State Emergency Service has removed more than 300,000 explosive devices over 76 hectares since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, Deputy Interior Minister Kateryna Pavlichenko said.

[03:16:37] Twitter KyivIndependent: According to Pavlichenko, about 30% of Ukraine's territory still needs to be demined.

[04:31:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Putin risks losing support of proxies over military failures in Donbas. Putin risks losing the support of some former proxy leaders and veterans in Donbas over Russia's failure to push back Ukrainian forces west of Donetsk, the Institute for the Study of War said.

[04:31:37] Twitter KyivIndependent: Igor Girkin, a former Russian FSB agent and a key figure in the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine when he helped seize Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, in 2014, called out Putin for failing to push Ukrainian forces out of artillery range of the city of Donetsk, the ISW reported.

[07:01:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Russia intensifies mobilization in occupied parts of Luhansk Oblast. To bolster its forces fighting near Sievierodonetsk in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk Oblast, Russia has stepped up mobilization in occupied parts of the oblast, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said.

[08:31:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Dec. 11, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/JF44e7zgPW

[09:46:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: The most intense Russian shelling was recorded around the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, the city is "practically destroyed" due to months of shelling by the Russian troops trying to capture it. https://t.co/qQxlmXrDQF

[11:31:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Air raid alert is on in Kyiv. It's the first air raid alert in the capital in nearly a week. The previous time that Kyivans had to take shelter was on Dec. 5, when Russia hit Ukraine with over 70 missiles.

[11:31:37] Twitter DefenceU: Foggy Sunday. @yurasov_vitaliy https://t.co/cIvTJfdYbn

[12:01:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: The financial package is led by a 300-million-euro loan from EBRD. https://t.co/toaY4GjQUs

[12:16:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Ukraine’s navy: 8 Russian warships on combat duty in Black Sea, no Kalibr missile carriers spotted. A week ago, the navy reported that four Russian ships carrying 24 Kalibr missiles had been spotted in the Black Sea.

[13:01:37] Twitter ZelenskyyUa: Had a phone call with President @EmmanuelMacron. Synchronized positions on the eve of #G7 online summit and support conference in Paris. Discussed the implementation of our ten-step peace formula, cooperation on defense and energy stability of .

[13:01:41] Twitter DefenceU: The war for civilizational values is being waged in Ukraine - near Bakhmut and Avdiivka, on the entire front line, s war for the values that humanity has been preserving for centuries. 1/2

[13:01:43] Twitter DefenceU: Please read this Lecture given by @avalaina at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and you will better understand who Ukrainians are, and what our soldiers are dying for. https://t.co/19SIfAsPIr 2/2

[13:16:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Governor: Electricity restored for almost 90% of consumers in Kherson. Kherson Oblast Governor Yaroslav Yanushevych made the announcement on Dec. 11. According to Ukraine's private power producer DTEK, Russians "completely destroyed" Kherson's energy system when retreating.

[13:31:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️President's Office: Russia attacks Kurakhove in Donetsk Oblast with Uragan rocket launchers. According to the President's Office, no casualties were reported following the attack. It is not clear what was targeted. The city is home to the Kurakhove Thermal Power Station.

[14:01:35] Twitter DefenceU: "The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed." William Gibson Total combat losses of the enemy from Feb 24 to Dec 11: https://t.co/R41kSLOt8O

[14:31:35] Twitter ZelenskyyUa: Продовжив діалог із Президентом @RTErdogan. Подякував за прихисток для українських дітей та за сотні генераторів для наших міст. Відзначив підтримку Туреччиною української ініціативи #GrainFromUkraine. Також обговорили подальшу роботу й можливе розш

[14:31:37] Twitter ZelenskyyUa: Continued dialogue with President @RTErdogan. Thanked for sheltering children & providing hundreds of generators for our cities. Noted Türkiye's support for the Ukrainian #GrainfromUkraine initiative. Also discussed further work & possible expansion of the grain corridor.

[14:31:41] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Erdogan, Putin hold a phone call, discuss 'grain deal.' Erdogan earlier said that he plans to speak with President Volodymyr Zelensky following his conversation with Putin, but he didn’t specify the date.

[15:01:37] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Governor: 300,000 people remain without power supply in Odesa Oblast. The situation is improving following a recent Russian drone attack on critical infrastructure in Odesa Oblast, according to the oblast governor Maksym Marchenko.

[15:01:43] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zelensky, Macron discuss Ukraine’s peace plan. The phone conversation came about a week after Macron said that if Putin agrees to negotiations to end Russia’s war, the West should consider providing Russia with security guarantees.

[15:01:45] Twitter KyivIndependent: Read our @AlexanderQuery's opinion about Macron's controversial stance: https://t.co/axLjowg6PQ

[15:31:37] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Cleverly: Putin could use peace talks with Ukraine as a cover to rearm, recruit troops. Peace talks can "just be a fig leaf for Russian rearmament and further recruitment of soldiers, whether that be from the Wagner Group or trawling prisons in Russia," James Cleverly said.

[15:46:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️PM: All of Ukraine’s thermal, hydroelectric power stations damaged by Russian attacks. This winter, Ukraine “will be living with significant restrictions” on power, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Dec. 11.

[16:16:35] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Erdogan calls Zelensky after speaking with Putin. Zelensky said that he discussed "possible expansion of the grain corridor" with Erdogan. He didn't provide details.

[16:31:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Governor: Explosion reported at Wagner headquarters in occupied Luhansk Oblast. According to Luhansk Oblast Governor Serhiy Haidai, an explosion occurred at the headquarters of Russian state-controlled mercenary Wagner Group in Kadiivka. “There are huge losses," he said.

[17:01:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️General Staff: Russia launches 5 missile strikes, fires artillery 40 times on Dec. 11. Russian forces attacked settlements in Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson oblasts, according to the military.

[17:16:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: These photos published by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine show residents of Bakhmut, a city in Donetsk Oblast which has been the site of the heaviest hostilities of Russia's war in the past months. Zelensky said that Russian forces "have effectively destroyed Bakhmut." https://t.co/l4QJMFZc1I

[17:16:37] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ General Staff: Russia forces people to receive Russian passports in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Russian forces in occupied Melitopol are forcing residents to get Russian passports to receive their payments, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on Dec. 11.

[18:01:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Over 82,000 Ukrainians have fled to US via state refugee program. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said over 82,000 Ukrainians and their immediate family members have been paroled into the U.S. under the Uniting for Ukraine (U4U) process.

[19:01:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Official: Russia increases military activity in Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast. Petro Adriushchenko, an advisor to Mariupol’s mayor, said on Dec. 11 there were an unusually high number of combat helicopters headed toward the Azovstal steel plant.

[21:01:36] Twitter DefenceU: A tank duel in the Luhansk region: a Ukrainian T-64 against a Russian T-72. Another victory for the Ukrainian Armed Forces! by 92nd Mechanized Brigade. https://t.co/ukuwhW1k91

[21:16:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Sweden to allocate new military aid package for Ukraine, invest in regional security. “Ukraine is a priority for Sweden,” Swedish Defense Minister Paul Jonsson said during a joint briefing with Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov in Odesa on Dec. 11.

[21:46:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Sweden to allocate new military aid package for Ukraine, invest in regional security. “Ukraine is a priority for Sweden,” Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonsson said during a joint briefing with Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov in Odesa on Dec. 11.

[22:01:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Reznikov: Ukrainian counteroffensive likely to resume when ground freezes. Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Dec. 11 that he predicts Ukraine’s military will resume its counteroffensive when the ground freezes, allowing for the easier transfer of equipment.

[22:01:37] Twitter KyivIndependent: Reznikov noted that the counteroffensive has slowed due to the rainy weather conditions, which makes the soil wet and hampers movement on the front line.

[22:01:38] Twitter DefenceU: «Mariupolis-2» by Mantas Kvedaravičius about life in besieged Mariupol received an award for best documentary film from the European Film Academy. The director of the film was detained and then brutally murdered by russian occupiers. https://t.co/b6cCLoai25

[22:01:40] Twitter KyivIndependent: Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal warned of "significant" energy cuts this winter after Russia's missile attacks damaged "all thermal and hydroelectric power plants" across the country. https://t.co/L80sbr9FP7

[22:31:35] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Ukraine sanctions 7 leaders of Russia-affiliated Ukrainian Orthodox Church. President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a decree on Dec. 11 against seven representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, an affiliate of the Russian Orthodox Church.

[22:31:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: On Dec. 2, Zelensky signed a decree to approve a proposal by the National Security and Defense Council to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.

[23:01:35] Twitter ZelenskyyUa: Плідна розмова з @POTUS. Подякував за черговий безпековий пакет. Обговорили подальшу оборонну взаємодію, захист і підтримку нашої енергетики. Скоординували позиції напередодні онлайн-саміту #G7. Лідерство Америки залишається непохитним!

[23:01:37] Twitter ZelenskyyUa: A fruitful conversation with @POTUS. I expressed gratitude for another security package. We discussed further defense cooperation, protection and maintenance of our energy sector. Coordinated positions on the eve of the #G7 online summit. America's leadership remains steadfast!

[23:46:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Borrell: War in Ukraine wake-up call for EU military capabilities. Russia's war against Ukraine has been a wake-call for the EU's defense capabilities as weapons deliveries to Ukraine deplete military stockpiles in Europe, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.

[23:46:37] Twitter KyivIndependent: "With conventional war returning to the heart of Europe, we also realized that we lacked critical defense capabilities to be able to protect ourselves from a higher level of threats on the European continent itself," Borrell said.

[23:46:38] Twitter KyivIndependent: According to European Defence Agency data, the EU's defense spending grew six percent in 2021 to 214 billion euros, the strongest yearly growth rate since 2015. This is still far away from the two percent NATO benchmark, Borrell said.

[23:46:39] Twitter KyivIndependent: NATO allies agreed in 2014 that member states should spend two percent of their gross domestic product on the military. Borrell also said that the EU "should be able" to support Ukraine politically, economically, and militarily "as long as necessary, until Ukraine prevails."

[23:46:41] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Biden, Zelensky hold phone call ahead of G7 summit. President Zelensky said he spoke with U.S. President Biden Dec. 11 ahead of the upcoming Group of 7 summit. The two discussed further defense cooperation, Ukraine's energy security, and Ukraine's "ten-step peace formula."

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