Milanović, a former prime minister who is sometimes called the Croatian Trump for his ultranationalist populism, is the most popular politician in the country. The latest polling puts him at 39 percent ahead of the election on Dec. 29.

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On Dec. 9, a bomb planted under a car in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Donetsk killed Sergei Yevsyukov, the former head of the Olenivka Prison where dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war died in a missile strike in July 2022. One other person was injured in the blast. Russian authorities said they detained a suspect in the attack.

The Ukrainian Football Association wrote a letter to FIFA expressing its concerns and questioning the "redrawn" map.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday signalled openness to allowing the transit of non-Russian gas through his country to Central Europe. If a receiving country was able to guarantee that the gas is not of Russian origin and that Moscow is not profiting from the fuel,

Russia’s vast shadow fleet of ships that Moscow is exploiting to skirt restrictions on transporting oil and gas, or carrying stolen Ukrainian grain, was also targeted. Fifty-two vessels were added to a growing list of ships banned from European ports and deprived of services.

The Pentagon press secretary says some North Korean troops have died in combat but didn’t have a specific number of those killed or wounded.

FIFA have issued a "sincere" apology to the Ukrainian FA after they complained about a map graphic that was displaying during the qualifying draw for the 2026 World Cup

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has long vowed to end Russia's occupation of Crimea, which Moscow annexed in 2014.

A Lancaster County psychologist is helping Ukrainian children in Romania recover from the mental wounds of war. "I just love kids and I don't like them to hurt," Lark Eshleman said. Eshleman has dedicated her professional life to helping children, from working as a school librarian and principal to her current role as a child psychologist.

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