‼️Russian border guards crossed into Estonia on December 17 - Bloomberg.

They spent about 20 minutes on the territory of Estonia.

Estonia will summon a top Russian diplomat regarding this incident.

It's unclear yet whether this is an accident or a deliberate provocation.

Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu:

We'll not leave the European Council without a solution for the funding for Ukraine for the next two years.

PM Tusk:

Now we have a simple choice. Either money today or blood tomorrow. And I am not talking about #Ukraine only, I am talking about Europe.
And this is our decision to make. And only ours. I think all European leaders have to finally rise to this occasion.
So this is all that I can say.

Ursula von der Leyen:
We’ve one ultimate goal in this summit&that is peace for Ukraine,peace with strength,for that Ukraine needs to have a secure funding for the next 2yrs

I’ve made two proposed options for this funding.One is funding through the EU budget&the second possibility is the reparations

Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih.

Four people injured, residential buildings, private homes and other buildings damaged.

📹: someone's home in the first moments after the attack.

💥The battle of drones

Ukrainian FPV drone destroyed a russian heavy bomber.
Glory!

📹: 31st Mechanized Brigade/Defense of Ukraine

"Ukraine must be saved,helped to defend itself"

Mikhail Kasyanov,who served as Russian prime minister from 2000 to 2004,said that Ukraine is not guilty of the war Russia started,so it shouldn't make concessions.He also added that Putin is considered a war criminal in Europe&by European leaders

📹DW

A new trend has gone viral on Instagram:
Russian-speaking users in Europe are responding en masse with 📹s showing cities decorated with Christmas lights,countering false claims by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova that EU countries have been "forced to abandon festive street lighting"

Russian AvtoVAZ vehicles are not selling abroad because the ruble is strong - CEO of the company.

"Of course, this is very bad for exporters. Exports are slowing down a little with such a strong ruble," he said.

I bet that's the only reason not to buy a Russian car.

Chancellor Merz:
The outcome of the war will decisively determine the future of the entire European peace order.

And already Russia is bombarding us with hybrid attacks every day, with drone overflights, assassinations, sabotage, espionage, cyberattacks, and targeted disinformation campaigns.

Ursula von der Leyen:

We are entering a new era: Europe’s energy independence from Russian fossil fuels.Thanks to REPowerEU, Russian gas imports - both LNG and pipeline -are down from 45% at the beginning of the war to 13% today. Coal imports are down from 51% at the beginning of the war to zero.

The Soviet Union's impunity for the occupation of the Baltic states in the 1940s is one of the reasons behind Putin's actions. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said.

"Our history teaches us how vital accountability and reparations are for international wrongful acts”, he said

Putin:"Immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union,it seemed to us that we would very quickly become members of the so-called civilized family of European nations-of the civilized Western world in general.Today it turns out that there is no civilization there at all,only outright degradation"