This episode looks at what lies in the horizon for this war and why the US and its allies are really keen on what the Russian President has said: the Ukrainian decision to fight until the last Ukranian standing. 

A third of the world will be hit by recession in 2023, including half of the European Union, lasting longer in the UK whose recovery will be one of the weakest among g7 nations.

As the unending Western-supply of arms continues to pour into Ukraine, the death toll mounts, economies suffer, world food supply remains in a fragile state, and the threat of a nuclear war remains a strong possibility.

Russia says Ukrainian forces have killed 89 Russian troops in a missile strike in the Donetsk region, blaming the deadly attack on the illegal use of mobile phones by its troops.

President Putin hailed the strategic cooperation between the two nations as a stabilizing force against unprecedented Western influence, during a video conference with his Chinese counterpart.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories, 02:00 GMT on December 30, 2022.