Former High-Level US Officials Warn Time Is Not on Ukraine’s Side in the Conflict Condoleezza Rice and Robert Gates call for a 'dramatic' increase in military aid so Ukraine can make gains this year
Ukraine FM Says ‘No One Has Done Enough’ to Support Ukraine The US has authorized around $112 billion to spend on the war
Ukraine Sanctions Dozens of Russian Artists for Allegedly Supporting the War Zelensky also revoked the citizenship of 13 Orthodox priests
Russia Claims 600 Ukrainian Troops Dead in Strikes, Kyiv Denies Anyone Was Killed Moscow says the strike was retaliation for the HIMARS strikes that killed at least 89 Russian soldiers last week
Putin’s Christmas Ceasefire Doesn’t Hold Ukraine and its Western backers rejected the ceasefire, and shelling was reported on Friday and Saturday
Zelensky Thanks US for Over $3 Billion Arms Package, Calls It an ‘Awesome Christmas Present’ The US also announced $682 million in aid for its European allies to 'backfill' weapons that have been sent to Ukraine
US Dismisses Putin’s Christmas Ceasefire as ‘Cynical Ploy’ Ukrainian officials also rejected the ceasefire, but Zelensky didn't explicitly say he won't follow it
Erdogan Tells Putin He Wants to Mediate a ‘Lasting Peace’ in Ukraine Putin says he's open to talks but that Ukraine must take into account 'new territorial realities'
Putin Orders Unilateral Ceasefire for Orthodox Christmas, Ukraine Rejects It The ceasefire would begin at noon on Friday and last through Saturday
101st Airborne Still Deployed in Romania Simulating War With Russia Members of the division told CBS in October that they were prepared to enter Ukraine if given the order
