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Ukraine

• On its 30th anniversary, Ukraine calls 1994 Budapest Memorandum 'a monument to short-sightedness' VOA 05 Dec 2024 -- Thirty years ago, leaders of the United States, Britain Russia and Ukraine met in Budapest, Hungary, and signed a memorandum that provided security assurances to Ukraine in exchange for it giving up its nuclear arsenal, then the world's third largest.
• A Mere Signature by Any State or Any Assurances or Promises Are Not Enough for Security; What's Needed Are Effective Guarantees - Address by the President President of Ukraine 05 Dec 2024
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy Had a Phone Call with Mark Rutte President of Ukraine 05 Dec 2024
• Ukraine's Membership in the EU Is One of the Pillars of Peace in Our State - Ihor Zhovkva President of Ukraine 05 Dec 2024
• We All See, In Particular, How Weak the World's Response Is to What Russia Is Doing to Ukrainian Prisoners - Address by The President to the Human Rights Community President of Ukraine 05 Dec 2024
• Ukraine Has Imposed Sanctions on Ivanishvili and His Accomplices - the Ones Who Are Selling Out the Interests of Georgia and Its People - Address by the President President of Ukraine 05 Dec 2024

Russia

• Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on the 30th anniversary of the Budapest Memorandum Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 05 Dec 2024
• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (5 December 2024) Russia MoD 05 Dec 2024 -- The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.

United States

• Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds a Press Briefing DoD 06 Dec 2024
• Lavrov, Blinken trade blame for escalating Ukraine tensions VOA 05 Dec 2024 -- The top Russian and U.S. diplomats, Sergey Lavrov and Antony Blinken, traded sharp words Thursday at an international security conference over Moscow's nearly three-year war in Ukraine, with each blaming the other's country for escalating the conflict.

NATO

United Nations

• Update 263 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 05 Dec 2024 -- Ukraine's three operating nuclear power plants (NPPs) have largely restored their electricity production after sharply reducing output last week as a precautionary step due to renewed attacks on the country's increasingly fragile energy grid, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today.

Foreign Reactions

• Death of Ukrainian Mayor in Russian prison: Statement by the Congress President Council of Europe 05 Dec 2024
• Finland to strenghten its contribution to NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine Finnish MoD 05 Dec 2024 -- Finland will strengthen its contribution to the NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU).
• Finland to deliver more defence materiel to Ukraine Finnish MoD 05 Dec 2024 -- Finland will deliver its 26th materiel assistance package to Ukraine. The President of the Republic decided on the matter on 5 December 2024 on the proposal of the Government.
• Baiba Braže at the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting: We shall defend Ukraine in all international organisations Latvia MFA 05 Dec 2024 -- At the 31th OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Baiba Braže, condemned Russia's illegal full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine and highlighted the role of the OSCE for Ukraine's security.

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