Russia Escalates, Ukraine Strikes Back: This Week’s Key Developments

Welcome to “Summary of the Week” — your quick guide to the top headlines. Today is Saturday, December 13. Here’s what happened over the past seven days.

• Russia hits Poltava’s energy infrastructure
• US National Security Strategy raises concerns
• Kyiv–US talks end without breakthrough

Three days of negotiations in Florida produced only procedural agreements.

• Ukrainian woman detained by U.S. immigration authorities
• Damage reported at Chornobyl’s protective shelter
• Zelensky shortlists candidates to lead his Presidential Office
• Ex-Russian soldiers linked to over 1,000 violent crimes
• Ukraine holds Pokrovsk as Russia masses 156,000 troops
• Trump cites an unverified “82%” statistic on peace
• U.S. votes against Ukraine’s UN Chornobyl resolution
• U.S. House advances a pro-European defense bill
• Ukraine launches its biggest drone-missile strike of the war
• Russian “human safari” FPV attacks hit civilians in Kharkiv region
• European aid to Ukraine drops sharply in 2025

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