Deadly mines. At least 31 Ukrainian civilians were killed and 98 others injured by mines and explosive remnants of war between August 1 and November 30, 2023, Gyunduz Mamedov, former deputy prosecutor general of Ukraine, said on Monday, citing data from the United Nations Human Rights Office .
EU aid. The EU will provide more than €65m (£56m) to Ukraine's neighbors to help them finance the reception of refugees, The Guardian reports. Specifically, money from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund will support Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania.
New microphones at the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armies. A day after the discovery of microphones in a future office of the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armies Valery Zaluzhny, Ukrainian authorities said they had found new microphones, this time in an office of the senior officer's assistants. This incident came amid media reports of growing tensions between Valery Zaluzhny and President Volodymyr Zelensky. The first had expressed, particularly in the press, his doubts about the strategy of the counteroffensive carried out in Ukraine last summer, but without success. At this time there is no evidence of the origin of this listening device.
American aid is about to run out. The White House warns that the US only has enough funds for an additional aid package for Ukraine this year. “If it is sent, we no longer have authorization (…). And we will need Congress to act immediately,” spokesman John Kirby said, declining to reveal the amount released in December. “It is clearly in our national interest and our help is essential so that Ukraine can continue its fight for freedom,” he added.