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The Czech Republic has taken steps to secure schools and other soft targets across the country in the wake of a mass shooting at a university in central Prague on December 21 in which at least 14 people were killed and 25 others injured, 10 seriously.

Pakistan's Supreme Court on December 22 granted bail to former Prime Minister Imran Khan and one of his aides in a case related to an alleged leak of state secrets, his lawyer said.

Sources in Russian law enforcement on December 22 said a probe had been launched against self-exiled opposition politician Leonid Gozman on charge of spreading "fake" information about Russia's armed forces involved in Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian defenders are repelling Russian attacks on most fronts, exhausting the Russians on the Melitopol front and trying to expand the bridgehead in Kherson Oblast. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, information as of 06:00 on 22 December, the 667th day of the full-scale war.

The bodies of 66 Ukrainian defenders were brought back to the Ukrainian government-controlled territory on 22 December. Source: report by the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War Quote: "The Ukrainian Armed Forces will secure the transportation of repatriated bodies and remains to designated state-run specialised institutions so that they can be handed over to law enforcement officials and forensic experts for identification.

The Ukraine Community Recovery Fund, managed by the UN Office in Ukraine, will allocate $4.6 million to projects for the development of agriculture and economic sustainability of communities in Sumy region, the press service of the Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine (Ministry of Restoration) reported.

Ukraine downed 34 of the 35 Shahed-type drones launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force said on Dec. 21.

An air-raid alarm has been issued throughout Ukraine due to the take-off of a Russian MiG-31 fighter jet and Russians launching Shahed drones. Source: air-raid warnings map; Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram Quote: "An attack by several groups of enemy assault UAVs from the south! The direction of movement is from Kherson Oblast to Kryvyi Rih (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast - ed.

Ukraine’s air force said Thursday that it shot down 34 out of 35 Russian drones launched in an overnight assault on 12 Ukrainian regions.

Ukrainian defenders managed to shoot down 34 of the 35 Russian attack UAVs launched from different directions on the night of 20-21 December. Source: Ukraine's Air Force on Telegram Details: The drones attacked in waves at different times, from 20:00 on 20 December to 03:30 on 21 December.