Kyiv [Ukraine]: Ukraine on Thursday claimed that its long-range drones had struck a major offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea earlier in the week, reported CNN. This the Ukrainians claim was part of an undisclosed mission. CNN reported that this signals a new expansion of its target list in a campaign to cut off the Russian energy revenues funding its war.

Meanwhile, the Kyiv Post reported that European leaders have been mounting an emergency diplomatic counteroffensive to keep US President Donald Trump from locking Ukraine into what they fear would be a rushed, Russia-tilted peace deal.

They fear the Kremlin is exploiting Trump's push for a quick foreign-policy victory, with the US president privately signaling he wants the issue resolved before New Year's.

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