**Russian Agents Uncovered in Ukraine**
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has uncovered a group of Russian agents who planned to carry out a mass terror attack against a Ukrainian military unit. The SBU claimed that the agents, including four suspects, had instructed a 16-year-old boy to plant explosives at an entrance to a military facility premises in Kyiv Oblast.
The boy was allegedly told to detonate the explosives remotely, killing himself as well. However, the plot was uncovered by the SBU and prevented. The four suspects were detained and could face life imprisonment with confiscation of property if charged.
This is not the first time Russia has been accused of recruiting underage Ukrainians for sabotage operations against the Ukrainian military. The SBU said that the suspects acted separately but under instructions from a single Russian handler.
**Other News**
* The electricity supply system in the Russian-occupied Moldovan region of Transnistria is at risk of collapse due to the halt of Russian gas flow.
* A group of Slovak lawmakers will visit Moscow later this month to develop “dialogue” with Russia.
* Ukraine’s Air Force reported that overnight, the Russian military attacked Ukraine with two cruise missiles and 128 Shahed-type drones.
* Battles are ongoing in the Kurakhove sector, according to Ukraine’s Khortytsia group of forces.
**International Developments**
* Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada on or before January 8.
* Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has apologized to President Volodymyr Zelensky over Belarus’ involvement in the war, according to Zelensky.
* Ukraine’s head of state said that half of U.S. assistance was “lost” due to corruption or lobbying from the side of U.S. companies.
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