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🗓️ 27 December 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rom. |
| 0:04.6 | Ukraine's president, Vladimir Zelensky, says he's en route to Canada |
| 0:07.9 | before his expected meeting tomorrow with President Trump in Florida. |
| 0:12.3 | NPR's Joanna Kukisis reports from Kiev, |
| 0:15.2 | despite the peace negotiations, Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital overnight, |
| 0:20.4 | killing at least two people and injuring dozens. |
| 0:23.2 | Russia attacked Kiev and surrounding areas with hypersonic, ballistic, and cruise missiles, |
| 0:28.5 | as well as hundreds of strike drones. |
| 0:30.8 | Speaking to reporters via voice message, Zelensky said Russia showed what it thinks of intensive |
| 0:36.2 | efforts to end this war. |
| 0:38.5 | They responded with a massive attack on Ukraine, he said. |
| 0:43.7 | If the American side wants to hold a wartime referendum or elections, we cannot do it under conditions like these. |
| 0:51.3 | Zelensky has said several times that he is ready to hold a referendum on the latest |
| 0:55.5 | peace proposal if security is guaranteed for voters. Zelensky said that security guarantees are a |
| 1:01.8 | main focus of talks with the Trump administration. Joanna Kikisis and PR News, Kiev. |
| 1:08.0 | Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to a ceasefire that could end three weeks of fighting |
| 1:12.6 | that have killed more than 100 people. Michael Sullivan reports so far the ceasefire appears to be |
| 1:18.9 | holding. The ceasefire assigned by the two countries, defense ministers, says the two sides have agreed |
| 1:24.2 | to halt their artillery attacks and rocket barrages for three days. The two countries |
| 1:30.4 | have been involved in fierce combat for weeks that began in July, then reignited earlier this month. |
| 1:37.5 | Hundreds of thousands on both sides have been displaced by the fighting. Whether the ceasefire |
| 1:42.4 | holds is an open question. |
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