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Andriy Yermak, involved in Energoatom corruption as “Ali Baba,” faces potential NABU suspicion over a Dynasty cooperative house and may leave the country, raising political questions.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has awarded 45 volunteers with the Golden Heart on the occasion of International Volunteer Day, marked on 5 December.

Ukrainian forces struck the infrastructure of Russia’s Temryuk seaport and the Syzran oil refinery, causing fires and damaging facilities involved in military and economic operations.

The UK government plans to use £8 billion of Russian assets to support Ukraine and is urging the EU and partners to unlock up to £100 billion. The European Commission is proposing a way to bypass Belgium’s veto.

Putin was asked why Russian troops destroy homes of Russian-speaking Ukrainians. He said the areas were under Kyiv control, and people could vote in a referendum.

The United States is pressuring the European Union to pause its planned “reparations loan” to Ukraine, arguing that frozen Russian assets should be preserved as leverage for potential peace negotiations rather than used to support Kyiv’s war effort.

Russian strike drones hit a facility in Kharkiv’s Osnovianskyi district on December 4, causing multiple fires over 500 sq meters, quickly extinguished with no casualties.

At night, Russian forces struck two districts in Dnipropetrovsk region, killing a 12-year-old boy and injuring three others.

The Security Service of Ukraine, NABU, and SAPO have uncovered an organized criminal group in Kyiv led by a Ukrainian MP, who is suspected of accepting a large bribe.

Ukraine faces a severe demographic crisis, with population decline, low birth rates, high mortality, and labor shortages threatening postwar recovery despite government efforts to reverse the trend.

Russian propaganda spreads claims of attacks on Chernihiv and Kharkiv, but Ukrainian forces control the regions, successfully repelling enemy provocations and countering disinformation campaigns.

Ukrainian special forces struck occupied Crimea, destroying a MiG-29, radars, and anti-aircraft systems, while previously targeting Be-12 aircraft, weakening Russian air defenses and disrupting flight control.