the city of kyiv prepares for the end of the year holidays, "we cannot let Putin steal our Christmas"

The United States is expected to announce “substantial” financial assistance to Ukraine on Tuesday, to help deal with the damage caused by Russia to these energy infrastructures, on the sidelines of a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Romania, senior American officials announced on Monday. This help “will be substantial and it’s not over”one of the senior officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told reporters.
Washington says Moscow did not justify adjournment of Cairo nuclear disarmament meetingpostponed indefinitely. “We haven’t received a real response from the Russians explaining why they postponed it”said John Kirby, spokesman for the White House National Security Council. Washington had said in November that it hoped for a meeting « constructive »despite the conflict in Ukraine, in order to “reduce risk”.
In southern Ukraine, Mykolaiv suffered a new attack on its water supply siteannounced its mayor, Oleksandr Senkevich, on Monday on Telegram.
The European Union will sanction the circumvention of the sanctions adopted against Russia. European governments have adopted ” unanimously “ the decision to consider “a crime” the violation of European sanctions, specified the communiqué of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU.
Russian warships have been spotted in the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and the Mediterranean Sea, according to kyiv. According to the Ukrainian navy, eleven combat ships, including a missile cruiser, are positioning themselves in preparation for future attacks. The Ukrainian president had already warned against new Russian bombardments.