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Ukraine will hold a summit with the European Union in Kiev this week, the government announced on Dec. 31, as it expressed hope the conference would bring the war-battered nation closer to membership of the bloc almost a year after Russia launched its invasion.

When both Moscow and Kyiv begin to believe that they will no longer be able to achieve a better result on the battlefield, the leaders of Ukraine and Russia, wherever they are, will have to meet and agree on a mutually acceptable solution, which will make both sides feel better than continuing the war.

Kyiv Post special correspondent Jason Jay Smart states that at least 50 missiles fell in eastern and central Ukraine, including Kyiv.
During the night, he says, Iranian drones tested their air defense capabilities. Furthermore, Kyiv Independent writes that at least six explosions were heard in the western city of Vinnytsia.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

New wave of Russian airstrikes against Ukraine after Kyiv secures Western tanks

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has approved the sending of "Leopard 2" tanks to Ukraine and says he will allow other countries to do the same, "Spiegel" reported.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg pointed out that the members of the Alliance should not only send defensive weapons and those that will enable Kyiv to regain lost territories.

Russia has so far suffered losses of nearly 180,000 killed or wounded in Ukraine, while Ukrainians have suffered 100,000 military casualties and wounded plus 30,000 civilian deaths, according to estimates announced on Sunday by Norway's army chief

Brandon Weichert, research associate of the Eurasian Research and Analytics Institute said so in an article for "American Greatness".

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Powerful Explosions in Kyiv preceded air raid sirens

Russia and Ukraine on Jan. 11 agreed a new prisoner swap during rare talks in Türkiye during which they also discussed the creation of a "humanitarian corridor" in the war zone.

Ukraine's human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets met his Russian counterpart Tatyana Moskalkova on the sidelines of an international conference in Ankara attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

With drones marked "Happy New Year", Russia attacked Kyiv on New Year's Day