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In a New Year’s Eve address, the Ukrainian president called for all of his country’s lands, including Crimea, to be returned in 2023. Hours earlier, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia promised to continue the war, calling it a “sacred duty.”

Ukraine’s president asked for legislation to outlaw religious organizations affiliated with Russia, as the foreign ministry said some of its embassies had been sent bloody packages.

The Ukrainian leader said he was grateful for Western statements of support, as Russia rejected American accusations that it had committed “crimes against humanity” in the war.

President Volodymyr Zelensky’s briefing, via a video call, will come a day after the White House warned that aid to his country would soon run out.

The visit will be the first time President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has left his country since Russia invaded in February.

Ukraine’s counteroffensive sputtered, but President Volodymyr Zelensky argued that Russia, too, “failed to achieve any results” on the ground, while Ukraine had successes at sea.

Painting Vladimir Putin’s Russia as a nation that seeks to dominate others, President Volodymyr Zelensky cast his appeal for broad support as a matter of global security.

Ukraine’s president played down the chance of an imminent military move, but the claim was greeted with some skepticism.