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A previous version of this article said Britain provided $2.77 million in military aid to Ukraine this year. It provided $2.77 billion. This version has been corrected.
As the war in Ukraine rolls into the new year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made his priority for 2023 clear: building the country’s air defense into “the most powerful in Europe.”
In his nightly address Friday, Zelensky said air defense will become “stronger” and “more effective” in the new year, and he underscored the need for a clear energy strategy. His comments follow a barrage of Russian missiles that pummeled the country Thursday, which officials say left 40 percent of Kyiv residents without power. It also came comes hours after an online meeting in which Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping affirmed the military ties between their countries.
Here’s the latest on the war and its ripple effects across the globe.
Putin, unaccustomed to losing, is increasingly isolated as war falters: Catherine Belton reports that a new gulf is emerging between the Russian president and much of the country’s elite, according to interviews with Russian business leaders, officials and analysts.
“A divide is emerging between those who want Putin to stop the military onslaught and those who believe he must escalate further,” she writes.