Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš stated Prague can no longer provide money to Ukraine from the national budget due to insufficient funds for domestic needs such as school cooks and informal caregivers, according to a social media post over the past hour ending at 10:45 PM UTC on January 2, 2026. Babiš added that experts say claims of defeating Russia are not possible, as quoted in the post. In Ukraine war-related developments reported during the same period, combat medic Sati died yesterday nearly instantly from a drone explosion before the eyes of fellow soldier Ignatius Ivlev-Yorke, who recounted sharing a tangerine with her ten minutes prior and calling her a beautiful girl, according to a post by Lyla_lilas on X. Ivlev-Yorke expressed regret over prioritizing aid to another critically wounded comrade in the chaotic scene and thanked Sati for everything, as stated in the tribute. A fundraiser for her family was linked via monobank.ua, with funeral information to follow on the unit's page @udachniki_uda.
