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Sunday, 07 December 2025, 04:10
During a meeting of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction with Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko on December 1, the central topic was the adoption of the state budget for 2026. The Government did not take into account Parliament’s proposals to increase funding for the military and for teachers, which sparked discontent among lawmakers.
An explosion was heard in Zaporizhzhia during an air raid alert.
One person was killed, and five others were injured in Kramatorsk as a result of an attack by eight Russian Geran-2 drones.
As of the morning of December 2, new Russian attacks have left users in four regions without power.
Russian forces launched a drone strike on an energy facility in the Koriukivka community in the Chernihiv region, causing destruction and emergency power outages.
The Russian vessel MIDVOLGA-2, sailing from Russia to Georgia with a cargo of sunflower oil, reported an attack 80 miles off the Turkish coast.
In October, the Security Service of Ukraine uncovered a former military instructor, a citizen of the United Kingdom, who had been collaborating with the Russian invaders. Sources have now disclosed his name — Ross David Cutmore.
The number of victims of the massive Russian attack on November 29 in Kyiv has increased to three.
A group of unmanned aerial vehicles attacked an oil depot overnight into Tuesday, 2 December, in the Russian city of Livny, Oryol region.
In the past day, 1 December, 226 combat engagements between the Defence Forces and Russian occupiers were recorded on the front, and in the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian troops repelled 72 enemy assaults.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 39 of 62 Russian drones used to attack Ukraine at night.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska have arrived in Ireland on an official visit.
In the Odesa region, as a result of a Russian attack on the night of December 2, a power facility was damaged, and critical infrastructure is temporarily operating on generators.
The number of victims of the Russian ballistic missile strike on Dnipro on Monday, December 1, has risen to 45, with four people killed.
Two people suffered acute stress reactions as a result of the drone attack on Mykolaiv yesterday.
The total combat losses of Russian troops since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022, to December 2, 2025, amount to approximately 1,175,030 people, including 1,110 people over the past day.
Since February 2022, when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, more than 200 criminal proceedings have been registered against informants in Donetsk Oblast. More than 130 people have been convicted.
In Donetsk region, since February 2022—the start of full-scale war—more than 2,000 criminal proceedings have been initiated for collaboration, of which nearly 500 are against former law enforcement officers and more than 300 are against educators.
Critics and supporters of Ukraine in US political circles have reacted differently to the revelations of corruption and the dismissal of Andrii Yermak from his position as head of the President's Office.
Soldiers of the 77th Separate Airborne Brigade of the Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine neutralized the Russian invaders' aerial surveillance equipment.
In all regions of Ukraine on Tuesday, 2 December, electricity consumption will be restricted, and schedules for all customers will remain in force around the clock.
In the Beryslav district of the Kherson region, a volunteer with the charitable foundation ADRA Ukraine, Ihor Ilnytskyi, sustained severe injuries as a result of a drone attack. Since the de-occupation of the community, he had been delivering food packages provided by the World Food Programme.
Representatives of micro, small and medium‑sized businesses received more than 26,000 loans worth UAH 77.8 billion under the state program Affordable Loans 5‑7‑9% in January–November 2025.
Russia will likely reject any version of a U.S.-proposed peace plan, as it believes Washington’s efforts hinder the achievement of Russian objectives in Ukraine and globally.
On Tuesday, December 2, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will make his first official visit to Ireland.
Russia is using Russian-language teaching programs in Asian and African countries to expand its influence and disseminate propaganda.
01 December 2025
Conflicts are growing within the MAGA movement, which could weaken support for the policies of the current administration and President Donald Trump.
The White House expressed “very optimistic” expectations regarding the peace negotiations in Ukraine and confirmed that US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff had traveled to Russia as part of the so-called “shuttle diplomacy.”
Since the beginning of this year, the Russian army has lost more than 383,000 soldiers in the war against Ukraine, which is roughly equivalent to 32 divisions – or about three divisions per month.