Ukrainian air defenses shot down most of the 35 Iranian-made drones launched by Russia at 12 regions, including Kyiv, early on December 21, Ukraine's General Staff reported.
Russia on December 21 promised to respond in kind should the European Union go ahead with a plan to ring-fence profits generated from Russia's frozen assets in the EU and hand them to Ukraine.
Moldova will alter the three-letter international abbreviation for Chisinau's airport, Infrastructure Minister Andrei Spinu announced the pro-Western government's latest move to curb the influence of Moscow and the Russian language in the former Soviet republic.
Russia's Prosecutor-General's Office said on December 21 that the Kazakh authorities would extradite Russian cybersecurity expert Nikita Kislitsin to Moscow, although he is also wanted in the United States for allegedly buying illegally obtained personal data.