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Ukraine war: Soledar 'fighting back' and four other developments

Here are the latest updates from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Battle for Soledar: 'First Russia sends waves of Wagner mercenaries'

Soledar's fall would be a prize for a Kremlin starved of good battlefield news in recent months.

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Fierce fighting rages in Soledar as Russia looks to seize Bakhmut

Soledar is strategically important for Russia in its quest for Bakhmut and control of Donbas.

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Poland and Lithuania to send German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine

During a visit to Lviv in Ukraine, Poland's President Andrzej Duda met with his Ukrainian and Lithuanian counterparts, where he announced the dispatch of 14 coveted German-made Leopard tanks.

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Ukraine war: Poland to send Leopards to Kyiv and six other top stories

Here are the latest updates from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Russian mercenaries battle Ukrainian resistance in Soledar

Russia's mercenary Wagner Group has claimed control over the eastern Ukrainian salt mining town, although Kyiv said its forces were holding out.

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Ukrainian FM: 'More people will die' if Berlin delays sending tanks

German Foreign Minister Baerbock praised Ukrainian resistance in a surprise visit to Kharkiv, but Berlin has so far declined to supply Ukraine with more advanced Leopard battle tanks .

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German FM says Karkhiv represents the 'absolute madness' of war

German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, makes susprise visit to war-torn Kharkiv, while Russia looks to Bakhmut.

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Ukraine war: Bakhmut 'completely destroyed' and six other top stories

Here are the latest updates from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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EU leaders and NATO sign a third Joint Declaration

A third Joint Declaration has been signed by EU leaders and NATO deepening cooperation on security and defence in Europe

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New and 'even more violent assaults' in Ukrainian city of Soledar

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his troops were resisting "new and even more violent assaults" in Soledar, near Bakhmut.

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Two scenarios for a possible Ukrainian counteroffensive

The UK Ministry of Defence suggested that Russian forces face two equally exigent counteroffensive scenarios: in the North East of Ukraine, in Luhansk, and in the South in the Zaporizhzhya region.

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Ukraine war: Fierce fighting in Soledar and five other top stories

Here are the latest developments in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Ukraine denies Russian claim it killed hundreds of soldiers

Just days after Ukraine killed hundreds of Russian fighters in an attack on a temporary barracks in the town of Makiivka on New Year's Eve, Moscow claims to have carried out a retaliation operation in Kramatorsk.

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Watch: How constant shelling has destroyed a village in Ukraine

Hundreds of people used to live in Bohorodychany but now around ten remain living in the rubble with limited electricity and water

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Ukrainian villagers cling on despite constant shelling

At least ten residents remain in a small village in the Donetsk region during the Orthodox Christmas, despite constant shelling

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Fighting rages on in eastern Ukraine despite Putin's 36 hour ceasefire

The ceasefire called by President Putin was called in order to mark the Orthodox Christmas celebrations. Russia says it adhered the president's orders but Kyiv disputes this.

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Watch: Ukrainians in Donbas celebrate Orthodox Christmas

In the front-line town of Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region, dozens of worshippers on Friday attended a service to mark Orthodox Christmas Eve.

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Ukrainians celebrate Christmas Eve as power cuts interrupt Holy Mass

"It actually helps us when the lights are out...the liturgy sounds different and we experience it differently. We're not complaining," said Archimandrite Tychon of Saint Nicholas Monastery.

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State of the Union: What were the top stories in the EU this week?

Travel restrictions on people coming from China, Sweden takes over the EU presidency and some small inflation respite.

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