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Russia thwarted an attack by 20 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow-annexed Crimea overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday.

Russia escalated its attacks in Ukraine on Saturday, as President Zelensky denounced a strike on a blood transfusion centre as a “war crime”.

Ukrainian drones hit a Russian tanker in the Black Sea near Crimea late Friday night, according to Russian officials.

President Zelensky has predicted that Vladimir Putin will die before claiming victory over Ukraine and that he could be dead within ten years.

Moscow will use nuclear weapons if Ukraine’s counteroffensive efforts are successful, ex-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned.

In the wake of the latest drone attacks on Moscow, Ukrainian President Zelensky said it is “absolutely fair” to attack targets within Russia.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law moving the official Christmas Day holiday to Dec. 25 to “abandon Russian heritage”.

Mercenaries belonging to the Russian-linked Wagner group in Belarus have moved close to the border with Poland, the prime minister said.

Ukraine has been using missiles made in North Korea to fire against the Russians, despite their notorious unreliability, a report claimed.

Russia has legally increased the age for military conscription to 30 years old in a bid to bolster its ranks amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Zelensky called for the West to provide “full protective shield” of air defence systems to stop “Russian missile terror”.

Russia struck the Ukranian Black Sea city of Odesa again on Sunday, leaving one dead, dozens injured and a historic cathedral badly damaged.

A Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea Saturday blew up an ammunition depot, while the Russians claimed Kyiv deployed cluster bombs in Beglorod.

Russia followed its withdrawal from a grain export deal by expanding its attacks to farm storage buildings in Ukraine’s Odesa region.

Ukraine said fighting had “intensified” on the eastern front as Russian President Vladimir Putin deemed Kyiv’s counteroffensive a failure.

President Vladimir Putin said Russia “reserves the right” to deploy cluster bombs if Ukraine uses the weapons supplied by President Biden.

Belarus said that instructors from Russia’s Wagner forces were training its troops, following weeks of uncertainty about the group’s future.

Ukraine should demonstrate more “gratitude” for the support it is receiving from Western powers, Britain’s defence secretary said.

Russian-installed authorities in Crimea reported shooting down a cruise missile and suspending traffic on the Kerch bridge.

The UK and Spain have called upon President Joe Biden to not send cluster bombs to Ukraine amid concerns over danger to civilian populations.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed support for Ukraine joining NATO, saying the country deserves to join the alliance.

Health experts from Sweden have warned of an “alarming antibiotic resistance” being developed in some patients in Ukraine.

Both Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of plotting an attack on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

Satellite images analyzed by the Associated Press on Saturday showed what appeared to be a newly built military-style camp in Belarus.

Ukrainians have pushed through the defacto border established in the 2014 Russian invasion, taking back long-occupied territory, the UK says.

The decision to turn back from Moscow followed threats against the families of Wagner leaders from the Kremlin, UK security sources claimed.

Russia reportedly launched its largest series of missile strikes against Ukraine in recent months on Saturday amid the Wagner rebellion.

The exile of Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin to Belarus could be a smokescreen for a surprise attack on Ukraine, a former UK army chief warned.

Yevgeny Prigozhin refused to surrender amid claims of a coup attempt against the Kremlin and warnings that his forces are marching on Moscow.

France is reportedly set to back NATO membership for Ukraine, signalling a growing divide in the Western strategy towards Russia.

The EU is considering shifting some of its strategic gas storage to Ukraine despite obvious concerns of the facilities being in a war zone.

Russia and Ukraine are suffering high casualties as Ukraine fights to dislodge the Kremlin’s forces from occupied areas, UK officials said.

Ukraine, once the ‘breadbasket’ of Europe, will need at least twenty years for its farming sector to recover after the war with Russia.

UK military intelligence said Russia have taken advantage along the southern front in Ukraine with the deployment of attack helicopters.

The Biden administration is reportedly set to supply Ukraine with depleted uranium rounds to arm American Abrams tanks in the conflict.

Ukrainian farmers are already feeling the pain of the disappearing reservoir, said Dmytro Neveselyi, mayor of the village of Maryinske.