2025-12-13: Ukraine Roundup

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RFE RL (2025-12-13). Putin Decree Forces Foreigners Seeking Russian Residency To Sign Army Contracts Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Svetlana Osipova, Yelizaveta Surnacheva, Abdulla Zhusupaliev, Systema and Azattyq Asia | Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a little-publicized decree last month that requires many foreign men who seek permanent residency or citizenship to sign a contract with the military in the midst of Moscow's war against Ukraine, an RFE/RL State-run and privately owned Russian media outlets have made almost no mention of the requirement, which is highly unusual in international practice, since Putin signed…

hindustantimes (2025-12-13). Poland mulls sending Soviet-era jets to Ukraine; Zelensky to fight Putin with NATO's hand-me-downs. hindustantimes.com

en.mehrnews (2025-12-13). Witkoff to meet with European leaders, Zelensky in Berlin. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 13 (MNA) — US Presidential Special Envoy Steven Witkoff will hold meetings with European leaders and Vladimir Zelensky in Berlin this weekend.

_____ (2025-12-13). US senator's revelations show Israel does not investigate war crimes against journalists; US and international community must step in. Lauren Wolfe

John Hardie (2025-12-12). Ukraine says it has regained ground from Russian forces in Kupiansk. longwarjournal.org Ukrainian forces appear to have regained ground in and around the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kupiansk, giving Kyiv a much-needed victory amid setbacks elsewhere on the battlefield and in peace negotiations.

A A (2025-12-12). The great corruption of NATO, edition 2025. strategic-culture.su Ukraine still pushing to join the Alliance, as well as the EU, is practically planned euthanasia. | Join us on , , and . | Contact us:…

infobrics (2025-12-12). Kiev regime faked child abduction accusations against Russia for years. infobrics.org Meanwhile, the United Nations ignores Russian children kidnapped by Ukraine.

Eurasia Review (2025-12-12). NATO Secretary General Visits Berlin. eurasiareview.com On 11 December 2025, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte visited Berlin for meetings with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Federal Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul. | In a joint press conference with the German Chancellor, the Secretary General thanked Mr. Merz for Germany's contributions to NATO and its steadfast support to Ukraine. Mr. Rutte continued: "Germany is leading by example and sending an important signal. A signal that Europe is ready to take on more responsibility (…), that burden sharing is not just a slogan, but a concrete commitment. And a signal to any adversary that NATO remains strong, u…

newarab (2025-12-12). US offers 'free economic zone' in east if Ukraine cedes Donbas. newarab.com

Sana Khan (2025-12-12). U.S. Strategy Shakeup Forces Tough Questions on Germany and Japan. moderndiplomacy.eu A startling moment at a Berlin security conference captured the anxiety now spreading across U.S. alliances. When the U.S. ambassador to NATO suggested Germany should one day take over as Supreme Allied Commander Europe, German officials appeared stunned. For decades, U.S. leadership in NATO has been a given. Now, Washington's new National Security Strategy signals …

RFE RL (2025-12-12). In Stark Warning, NATO's Rutte Says Alliance Is 'Russia's Next Target'. eurasiareview.com NATO chief Mark Rutte warned that members of the military alliance must treat the threat posed by Moscow more urgently as they may be "Russia's next target." | In one of his starkest statements to date, Rutte said in a keynote address in Berlin on December 11 that NATO's 32 members need to step up defense effort to prevent a war with Russia that could be "on the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured." | "We are Russia's next target. And we are already in harm's way," Rutte said, noting Russia could be ready to use military force against NATO within five years. | "I fear that too many are…

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