#JAPAN REFUSED TO TRANSFER RUSSIAN ASSETS TO #KYIV: Japan, which had $30 billion in frozen #Russian assets, has declined to join the EU's initiative to use Russian frozen assets to financially support Ukraine, citing legal constraints.

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/japan-rejects-eu-proposal-to-confiscate-russian-1765252981.html

Good morning to our readers. #Kyiv remains firmly in Ukrainian hands.

As the winter holidays approach, every child longs for magic, especially those without parents.

Tania dressed up as #Ukrainian #Santa and visited an orphanage with Nastia, bearing an unusual gift. https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/how-we-gave-ukrainian-orphans-a-visit

It was October 2022, and Serhii* is staring in dismay at a two-meter-high crater.
He had driven out to the impact site of what was believed to be a missile near a village in the #Kyiv region.

Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

#Russia's aerial attacks on Ukraine are in the news almost every day, but nobody really talks about what happens after a drone is shot down.
We broke it down with bomb disposal technician Serhii. https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/the-24-hours-after-a-shahed-attack