WSWS (2025-12-08). Australian Labor government gives $95 million to Ukraine for war with Russia. wsws.org $50 million is being poured into a US-NATO fund, which supplies strike capabilities to Ukraine, including those that threaten to provoke a war throughout Europe and globally.

Editor (2025-12-08). Zelensky 'systematically sabotaged' Ukraine anti-corruption efforts: Report. scheerpost.com Republished from the The Craddle.co News Desk Over the past four years, the Ukrainian government "systematically sabotaged" oversight of the country's state-owned companies and weapons procurement processes, "allowing graft to flourish," a New York Times (NYT) investigation published on 6 December has revealed. The investigation details how the government of Volodymyr Zelensky sidelined outside experts from the US and …

Editor (2025-12-08). Trump Reveals Zelensky Hasn't Read Ukraine Peace Plan Yet: 'I'm A Little Bit Disappointed'. menafn.com (MENAFN – Live Mint) US President Donald Trump revealed on Sunday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has not read the Russia-Ukraine peace proposal yet.He said Zelensky isn't ready to sign …

Howard Altman (2025-12-08). Shift In Ukraine Support In Congress's Proposed Pentagon Budget. twz.com The new

Agence France-Presse (2025-12-08). European allies back Zelensky after Trump accused him of not reading peace deal. scmp.com Ukraine's European allies put on a show of support for President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday as they expressed scepticism about parts of the US proposal to end Russia's nearly four-year invasion. | Zelensky first held a meeting in London with the leaders of Britain, France and Germany before heading to Brussels later on Monday for talks with the heads of the EU and of Nato. Afterwards, he was to fly to Rome for a meeting on Tuesday with the Italian prime minister.

A A (2025-12-08). Big Europe has lost the war over Ukraine. strategic-culture.su Much remains uncertain about the final outcome of the war in Ukraine. On the diplomatic battlefield, competing peace plans (28 points? 19 points? Crimea in? Crimea out?) have been flying backwards and forwards between capitals. Meanwhile in the real warzone, the Russian military continues to rain down military drones and missiles on Ukrainian cities, and the bodies continue to pile up on both sides in fierce street fighting, with no end in sight.

A A (2025-12-08). As former CIA chief joins board of Ukraine's Fire Point, more questions need answered. strategic-culture.su Now that Pompeo is sitting on the board of advisors of one of Ukraine's most profitable defense companies, he will obviously see no reason to tone down the pro-war rhetoric in favor of corporate profit. | Join us on , , and…

John Feffer (2025-12-08). An Oligarch's Guide to Ending the Ukraine War. counterpunch.org Here's how oligarchs play their game of geopolitical three-card monte. They attract attention by promising the moon. Then they hide their real motivations in a duplicitous shuffle of the cards. The ensuing action is a razzle-dazzle of distraction. In the end, the oligarchs win, and everyone else loses. On the Russian side, oligarch-in-chief Vladimir Putin

newarab (2025-12-08). Zelensky says Ukraine's peace talks with US constructive but not easy. newarab.com Talks with U.S. representatives on a peace plan for Ukraine have been constructive but not easy, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday ahead of his planned consultations with European leaders in coming days. | Zelensky held a call on Saturday with U.S. President "The American representatives know the…

eng.belta.by (2025-12-08). Expert: Washington and London have their picks for Ukraine's next president. eng.belta.by Washington and London may be grooming their own picks for…

Staff (2025-12-08). El piloto Lando Norris, de McLaren, gana su primer campeonato mundial de Fórmula 1. cubadebate.cu El piloto británico Lando Norris (McLaren) se proclamó campeón del mundo de Fórmula 1 por primera vez en su carrera, tras acabar tercero en el Gran Premio de Abu Dabi, este domingo, donde ganó el neerlandés Max Verstappen.

MDORE (2025-12-08). Terms of Reference : Researcher Global Report on the Situation of Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs). fidh.org Duration: February — November 2026 (10 months) Location: Remote Commitment: Approximately 80 days Reporting to: Executive Coordinator, Knowledge Co-Creation Working Group Additional information: Individuals, groups of researchers and research organisations are welcome to apply. Application deadline: January 10, 2026 About WHRD-IC :
| The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD-IC) is a transnational, intersectional feminist coalition of women human rights defenders, (…) | – |

A A (2025-12-08). Il Vaticano con il fallimentare viaggio di Leone XIV in Turchia e in Libano si è mostrato del tutto subalterno alla NATO. strategic-culture.su Il 23 settembre 2025 papa Leone XIV passeggiava per il borgo di Castel Gandolfo, residenza estiva dei pontefici e un giornalista, sotto le telecamere di molte televisioni, gli ha chiesto che cosa pensasse del riarmo europeo, lo statunitense, del tutto imbarazzato, stretto tra l'universale mandato di pace ascritto nel ministero petrino e l'obbedienza atlantista che resta la cifra essenziale della sua elezione, un'obbedienza tutta protesa alla guerra contro la Russia oggi e forse la Cina domani, non sapendo che cosa rispondere ha poi bofonchiato laconicamente: "non so, è una questione politica".