❗️The EU has approved a €90B loan for Ukraine for 2026-27, President of the European Council, António Costa announced.
“Ukraine will repay the loan only when Russia pays reparations. We gathered and we delivered,” said Ursula von der Leyen. Belgium called it a victory for Ukraine, for Europe, for financial stability and for international law.
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@NOELreports: SitRep - 18/12/25 - EU leaders summit in Brussels An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. An important meeting was held in Brussels where EU leaders gathered to talk about fina...…threadreaderapp.com
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Capitals rebound from a bad road trip, beat Maple Leafs 4-0 behind goalie Thompson
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Capitals rebound from a bad road trip, beat Maple Leafs 4-0 behind goalie Thompson
Logan Thompson earned his second shutout of the season, Jakob Chychrun scored twice and the Washington Capitals rebounded from a pair of ugly losses, beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0 on Thursday night.The Associated Press (CTVNews)
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#11yrInvasionOfUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Russia loses 1,220 soldiers in Ukraine war over past day
Russia suffered approximately 1,194,520 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and December 19, 2025, with 1,220 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
Russian losses per 19/12/25 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff
+1220 men
+1 tank
+10 ACVs
+18 artillery
+1 MLRS
+426 UAVs
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Estimated russian losses from February 24, 2022 to December 19, 2025 of the russian all-out war against Ukraine, according to the General Staff of #Ukraine
🔷 Yesterday 1,220 enemy, killed or wounded
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Ink Dragon alza l’asticella in Europa: ShadowPad su IIS, FinalDraft su Graph API
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#redhotcyber #news #cybersecurity #hacking #malware #ransomware #sicurezzainformatica #attacchinformatici
Ink Dragon: spionaggio in Europa con ShadowPad e FinalDraft
Ink Dragon, un threat actor legato alla Cina, colpisce enti governativi europei con una nuova ondata di attività. Scopri come proteggere le tue reti e i tuoi dati.Sandro Sana (Red Hot Cyber)
💬 "We gathered today with a clear objective: to address Ukraine’s pressing financing needs. We delivered.
90 billion euro for the next two years through #EU borrowing on the capital markets"
Statement by President von der Leyen at the European Council press conference of December 2025 📎 ec.europa.eu/commission/pressc…
Statement by President von der Leyen at the European Council press conference of December 2025
Good evening. \nWe all share one clear goal.\nA just and lasting peace for Ukraine.\nSo we gathered with a clear objective: \nTo address Ukraine\'s pressing financing needs for the next two years. \nAnd I aEuropean Commission - European Commission
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Втрати Росії в Україні - офіційні дані
Втрати збройних сил Російської Федерації під час війни в Україні. Russian casualties in Ukraine.index.minfin.com.ua
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German Chancellor Merz has announced an agreement in how to fund Ukraine for the next two years. His statement:
“The financial package for Ukraine is in place: Ukraine will receive an interest-free loan of 90 billion Euros as I suggested. This sends a clear signal from Europe to Putin: This war will not be worth it. We will keep Russian assets frozen until Russia has compensated Ukraine.”
The frozen Russian assets will remain as such and will be used as collateral. Eventually, Russia will pay.
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putin gives green light to expropriation of Ukrainians’ homes on occupied territory
russian ‘filtration’ measures at Sheremetyevo are making it very clear that Ukrainians are not wanted on occupied territory, with the russian invaders effectively given carte blanche to plunder their property
Putin gives green light to expropriation of Ukrainians’ homes on occupied territory
Russian ‘filtration’ measures at Sheremetyevo are making it very clear that Ukrainians are not wanted on occupied territory, with the Russian invaders effectively given carte blanche to plunder their propertyHuman Rights in Ukraine
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russia passes huge sentences against 65-year-old Melitopol pensioner and two other Ukrainians for their patriotism
Iryna Sukhodei was claimed by an invading power to have committed treason by supporting her own country
Twelve and a half years in a medium-security prison colony.
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18 Dec 2025, 18:30 - 19 Dec 08:00:
#Ukraine repelled a 160-drone attack (90+ Shaheds), downing/suppressing 108 UAVs (67.5% defense success).
47 drones hit 23 sites; attack ongoing.
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Estimated russian losses from February 24, 2022 to December 19, 2025 of the russian all-out war against Ukraine, according to the General Staff of #Ukraine
🔷 Yesterday 1,220 enemy, killed or wounded
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EchoGram: il metodo che aggira sistematicamente i filtri di sicurezza degli LLM
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EchoGram: il metodo che aggira sistematicamente i filtri di sicurezza degli LLM
Ricerche dimostrano che è possibile aggirare le protezioni dei modelli linguistici con EchoGram, un metodo sistematico per trovare sequenze 'magiche' che possono essere utilizzate per superare le difese.Redazione RHC (Red Hot Cyber)
La fine delle barriere tra iOS e Android: ora la migrazione dei dati è più facile
📌 Link all'articolo : redhotcyber.com/post/la-fine-d…
#redhotcyber #news #google #android #ios #interoperabilita #ue #pixel10 #apple #iphone
La fine delle barriere tra iOS e Android: ora la migrazione dei dati è più facile
Google e Apple lavorano per rendere più facile la migrazione dei dati tra iOS e Android, grazie a nuove tecnologie e pressioni normative.Redazione RHC (Red Hot Cyber)
In the US there has been 230 school shooting incidents in 2025. In 2024 There was 336.
In Denmark there has only been one school shooting. Not in 2025 — one school shooting in the entire history of Denmark.
The US has 121 guns per 100 people. Denmark has just 10.
It is the guns.
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Construction begins on the first and largest gamma-ray observatory in Chile
Yesterday, a groundbreaking ceremony for the CTAO’s southern array facility took place at the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO’s) Paranal site in Chile, marking the beginning of construction of the telescope foundations.www.eso.org
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Hacker criminali sotto assedio: smantellata la piattaforma E-Note
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Hacker criminali sotto assedio: smantellata la piattaforma E-Note
Le autorità USA, Germania e Finlandia bloccano E-Note, piattaforma di criptovalute usata per riciclare denaro da attacchi ransomware.Redazione RHC (Red Hot Cyber)
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Ukrainian drones struck „Tolyatti Azot“, a chemical plant in Tolyatti, Samara Region, in Russia. The plant is burning and the fire can be seen from afar.
Tolyatti Azot is one of the largest chemical plants in Russia and one of the world's largest ammonia producers. Its main products include ammonia, methanol and other nitrogen-based chemicals. The production capacity for ammonia is approx. 3 million tons per year, making the enterprise strategically important for the Russian chemical industry.
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Es hat nicht vielleicht noch zufällig jemand ein #39c3 Ticket übrig? 🥺 Der liebe Mensch, der u.a. mir nen Schlafplatz bereitstellt, hat leider selbst noch kein Ticket...
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🇺🇦🇵🇱 Volodymyr Zelenskiy will meet #Poland's President Karol Nawrocki in Warsaw on Friday, as the Ukrainian leader tries to shore up relations with a key ally at a crucial moment for Kyiv's war effort.
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19 December 1941 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Frank Emanuel Polak, was born in Amsterdam.
In February 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
Ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III at Auschwitz II-Birkenau | #Auschwitz #history #Holocaust
The crematorium, located on the ground level, was designed by the Topf und Söhne company from Erfurt and was equipped with five 3-muffle ovens connected to o...YouTube
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🇪🇺🇺🇦 European Union leaders decided on Friday to borrow cash to fund #Ukraine's defence against #Russia for the next two years rather than use frozen Russian assets, sidestepping divisions over an unprecedented plan to finance Kyiv with Russian sovereign cash.
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19 December 1907 | A Polish Jew, Szyja Liberman, was born in Kosów Łącki.
In #Auschwitz from 9 January 1942.
No. 25407
He perished in the camp on 7 March 1942.
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Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U
A Russian shadow fleet tanker that was hit near the Rostov terminal is sinking.
A total of 59% of Ukrainians believe President Volodymyr Zelensky is personally responsible for the actions of Timur #Mindich, his associate and former business partner, who is at the center of Ukraine's biggest corruption scandal, according to a recent poll.
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Nearly 60% of Ukrainians see Zelensky as responsible for his associate's role in major corruption scandal, poll shows
According to the survey, 77% of Ukrainians are aware of the investigation, and 59% believe President Volodymyr Zelensky bears responsibility for the recent corruption scandal.Kateryna Denisova (The Kyiv Independent)
A Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopter crew — a pilot and a weapons officer — was killed during a combat mission, Ukraine's 12th Separate Army Aviation Brigade reported Dec. 18.
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'Irreparable loss' — Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopter crew killed in combat mission, brigade says
A Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopter crew was killed in combat, the 12th Separate Army Aviation Brigade reported Dec. 18.Lucy Pakhnyuk (The Kyiv Independent)
For the first time since the war began, an economic crisis ranks among top questions Russians want to ask Putin. Polls show 21% ask about ending the war, 16% about living standards, and 8% about the economy and rising prices.
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Кризис в экономике впервые с начала войны вошел в топ вопросов Путину на «Прямой линии»
Впервые за все время войны с Украиной «кризис в экономике» вошел в топвопросов, которые россияне хотел бы задать Владимиру Путину во время «Прямой линии».Русская служба The Moscow Times
Residents of occupied Mariupol left homeless by Russia’s invasion say they were blocked from sending appeals to Putin’s hotline. Mail and SMS registration were disabled, and security forces summoned people for warnings over protests and extremism.
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Оставшимся без жилья жителям Мариуполя заблокировали возможность пожаловаться Путину и пригрозили ответственностью за «экстремизм»
Жителям оккупированного Мариуполя, оставшимся без жилья в результате российского вторжения, заблокировали возможность отправлять обращения на «прямую линию» с Владимиром Путиным.Русская служба The Moscow Times
Russia’s economic slowdown has hit truckers and truck makers hard. Freight demand fell about one third last winter and has not recovered. In 2025 the sector is in crisis, with up to 40% of trucks sitting idle.
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«Простаивают 40% грузовиков». Перевозки рухнули вслед за падением спроса
Охлаждение экономики отправило автоперевозчиков и производителей грузовиков в нокдаун.Русская служба The Moscow Times
Russia’s lower-house State Duma on Thursday passed a package of bills exempting government officials from filing annual public financial declarations, a move lawmakers said would modernize oversight.
EU leaders have struck a deal to lend €90bn to Ukraine, borrowed against the bloc’s shared budget, after a proposal to use immobilised Russian sovereign assets collapsed.
#Hungary, #Slovakia and the #Czech Republic will not that part as they are against providing funds.
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EU agrees €90bn loan to Ukraine after frozen Russian asset plan fails
Money to be borrowed against bloc’s budget after leaders fail to agree on proposal using Moscow’s fundsHenry Foy (Financial Times)
💬 “Decision to provide 90 billion euros of support to #Ukraine for 2026-27 approved,” European Council President António Costa posted on Social Media. “We committed, we delivered.”
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Summit ends with leaders turning to joint debt to keep Ukraine afloat — as it happened
Talks finished at 3 a.m. without a deal on using frozen Russian assets — but funds secured to support Ukraine for two years, backed by joint borrowing.POLITICO
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Russia’s central bank issued a new warning to the European Union, saying it may seek compensation in local courts from European lenders should the bloc proceed with using assets frozen in Europe to support Ukraine.
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#EU agrees €90bn loan to #Ukraine after frozen russian asset plan fails
by Henry Foy, Laura Dubois, Paola Tamma and Barbara Moens in Brussels
Money to be borrowed against bloc’s shared budget after leaders fail to agree ‘reparation loan’ proposal
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EU agrees €90bn loan to Ukraine after frozen Russian asset plan fails
Money to be borrowed against bloc’s budget after leaders fail to agree on proposal using Moscow’s fundsHenry Foy (Financial Times)
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Britain imposed sanctions on Thursday on more Russian oil companies and Canadian-Pakistani billionaire Murtaza #Lakhani as part of efforts to ramp up pressure on Moscow over the war in Ukraine.
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Russia's government has ordered Russian Railways to sell a 62-floor central Moscow skyscraper to help the railway monopoly pay off some of its $50 billion debt, three sources told Reuters.
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President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on two more judges from the International Criminal Court over their involvement in the court's case against Israel, ratcheting up Washington's pressure campaign against the war tribunal.
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19 December 1898 | Czech Jewish woman, Gertruda Nefová, was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 9 October 1944. She did not survive.
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18 December 1907 | A Czech Jewish woman, Olga Hájková, was born.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 15 May 1944. She did not survive.
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People who are being lobbied by the Russian Orthodox Church about “protection of #Christianity in #Ukraine” should probably keep in mind what actually Russians are doing to Christians in Ukraine.
In 2014 Russian troops murdered four Pentacostal priests in Slovyansk.[^1]
In 2022 when #Russia troops occupied Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv , they threw dozens of #Bible into the street and burned them – because they were written in Ukrainian.
[^1]: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_o…
🇷🇺 🇩🇰 The Danish government has accused #Russia of being behind two “destructive and disruptive” cyber-attacks in what it describes as “very clear evidence” of a hybrid war.
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Denmark says Russia was behind two ‘destructive and disruptive’ cyber-attacks
Intelligence service says attacks were work of groups connected to Russian state in ‘clear evidence’ of hybrid warMiranda Bryant (The Guardian)
🇦🇺🇺🇦 "While Australia's donation of 49 of these retired army tanks has been no secret, the details of the huge logistical effort to move them across the world and get them into #Ukraine has been held tightly under wraps, until now."
abc.net.au/news/2025-12-19/ins…
ABC News
ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.Mazoe Ford (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
🇺🇲🇪🇺🇺🇦 The United States and European countries have finalized a comprehensive post-war security framework aimed at ensuring #Ukraine’s long-term defense and regional stability, Bloomberg reported on December 18.
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Post-War Security for Ukraine: 800,000 Troops and Allied Support Envisioned
The U.S. and allied nations finalize a security strategy for Ukraine, focusing on military bolstering and real-time intelligence to deter future threats.Liubava Petriv (UNITED24 Media)
#Denmark says russia was behind two ‘destructive and disruptive’ cyber-attacks
by Miranda Bryant
Intelligence service says attacks were work of groups connected to russian state in ‘clear evidence’ of hybrid war
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Denmark says Russia was behind two ‘destructive and disruptive’ cyber-attacks
Intelligence service says attacks were work of groups connected to Russian state in ‘clear evidence’ of hybrid warMiranda Bryant (The Guardian)
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Trump: “We are getting close to something. I hope Ukraine moves quickly. Because before we know Russia will change its mind”.
Putin isn’t playing 4D chess, he’s just playing Trump. And Trump, clueless as ever, is grinning while getting played.
russia's return to sports competitions ignites outrage in #Ukraine
by Ali Walker
Kyiv denounces steps that "whitewash the aggressor" even as moscow's full-scale invasion continues unabated.
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Russia’s return to sports competitions ignites outrage in Ukraine
Kyiv denounces steps that “whitewash the aggressor” even as Moscow’s full-scale invasion continues unabated.Ali Walker (POLITICO)
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The EU summit in Brussels is still deadlocked over how to fund Ukraine, with leaders and aides locked in closed-door talks deep into the evening. The key issue: how to unlock a €210 billion loan, with Belgium and Italy resisting the plan to use frozen Russian assets held at Euroclear.
With Ukraine facing a funding cliff in April, Zelensky stressed the urgency, warning drone production will be slashed if a deal isn't reached.
Fight to get #Ukraine loan deal goes on as leaders task aides to break impasse
Summit in Brussels goes into the night with governments still at odds over using frozen russian assets.
Seven hours into a make-or-break summit in Brussels, national leaders and senior EU officials remained locked in a series of intense separate talks as they tried to resolve their differences over how to fund Ukraine.
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Leaders push toward Ukraine loan deal as ‘risk-sharing’ compromise comes into view
Summit in Brussels goes into the night with governments still wrangling over using frozen Russian assets.Gregorio Sorgi (POLITICO)
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 A Russian strike drone hit a civilian car traveling across a bridge in Odesa Oblast on Dec. 18, killing a woman and injuring her three children, Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper said.
18 December 1911 | A Polish woman, Katarzyna Hamel, was born. A worker.
In #Auschwitz from 29 January 1943.
No. 32319
She perished in the camp on 6 February 1943.
Wait, so it actually was a colonial war from the start, wasn’t it? 
Vladimir #Putin said #Russia would not back down from its mission to ‘liberate its historic lands’ and predicted the European backing of Kyiv would ultimately lose power.
Source: ft.trib.al/TB1cs17 (paywall)
Vladimir Putin predicts European ‘swine’ backing Ukraine will lose power
Russian president vows to liberate ‘historic lands’ in hardline speech, showing no signs of compromise on invasion goalsChristopher Miller (Financial Times)
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Russia's overnight attack resulted in hits from 47 unmanned aerial vehicles in 23 locations across Ukraine.
Source: kpszsu
#Ukraine️ #UkraineRussiaWar #War #Russia