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Ukraine war briefing: US House speaker dumps key Ukraine backer Mike Turner

Mike Johnson removes his fellow Republican as chair of powerful intelligence committee; Poland says Europe must take care of itself. What we know on day 1,058Mike Johnson, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, on Wednesday removed his fellow Republican Mike Turner, a vocal supporter of assistance for Ukraine, as chairman of the powerful House intelligence committee. Johnson, who has aligned himself closely with Trump, said he would soon announce a new chair because the “intelligence community and everything related to [the committee] needs a fresh start”. Turner’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Meanwhile, US president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said the new administration would seek “bold diplomacy” to end the war. “There will have to be concessions made by the Russian Federation, but also by the Ukrainians,” he said.Russia launched missiles and drones at Ukrainian energy facilities on Wednesday, one day a...

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													The Public Chamber, a Kremlin advisory body, has demanded the establishment of a military sperm bank to help boost Russia's flagging population as the war in Ukraine rages on												
												
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												15 hours ago											Putin's soldiers in Ukraine face being forced to donate sperm for chilling reason
												
													All Russian soldiers fighting Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine could be forced to donate their sperm before setting off - the unsettling idea was proposed by an army general's wife												
												
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												17 hours ago											Germany issues chilling order to all troops amid rising tensions with warmonger Putin
												
													The unprecedented move will see German soldiers shooting down drones if they believe they are part of Putin's "shadow war" against Western countries supporting Ukraine												
												
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												21 hours ago											Europe must take responsibility for its own security, says Polish minister
												
													‘Very difficult time’ anticipated as Poland takes over EU presidency against backdrop of geopolitical uncertaintyEurope must “take responsibility” for its own security, Poland has told its fellow EU member states, as Warsaw takes over the rotating presidency of the bloc at a time of increasing geopolitical uncertainty.Poland has started its six-month presidency as Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House having promised to bring a negotiated end to Russia’s war in neighbouring Ukraine and threatened to seize Greenland using military force. Continue reading...												
												
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												17 hours ago											Polish PM Donald Tusk accuses Russia of planning acts of terrorism against airlines around the world
												
													It comes as Russia launched a major ballistic and cruise missile attack across Ukraine, targeting energy infrastructure												
												
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												18 hours ago											Germany tells troops to shoot down drones on sight after wave of suspicious UAVs was seen over military sites amid hybrid war with Russia
												
													German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said that 'especially since Putin 's war of aggression against Ukraine, we have seen that drones are being used more and more frequently.'												
												
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												23 hours ago											Nato jets scrambled as Russia launches massive aerial strike on Ukraine
												
													Putin’s air force pounded critical infrastructure facilities close to the Polish border												
												
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												26 hours ago											Zelenskyy visits Poland as sides reach deal on exhuming Polish victims of WWII
												
													Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Poland after the two countries reached an agreement on a longstanding source of tensions between them: the exhumation of Polish victims of World War II-era massacres by Ukrainian nationalists												
												
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													Australia summons Russian ambassador over PoW’s reported death; Lavrov says open for discussions with Trump. What we know on day 1,057See all our Ukraine coverage Continue reading...												
												
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