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Tuesday, 30 December 2025, 21:33
Russian forces have failed to occupy Uspenivka and other settlements in the Huliaipole sector of the front, despite actively attempting to deploy consolidation groups into these areas. Ukraine’s Defense Forces continue fierce battles to prevent the enemy from securing positions on territories they have entered.
Russian troops have increased their activity in the Prydniprovske sector, especially around the Velykyi Vilkhovyi and Bilohrudyi islands. They are attempting to deploy new assault groups to continue their efforts to control these territories.
The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) currently holds the status of non-compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code. However, at some point an audit will need to be conducted there to understand what is happening within Russia’s anti-doping system after numerous violations in recent years.
Thailand has announced that it is suspending the “peace agreement” with neighboring Cambodia regarding their disputed border, only two weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump presided over its signing.
Some homes in Zaporizhzhia are experiencing power outages lasting 14–16 hours, and authorities are warning residents to prepare for an even more difficult situation.
Russian troops shelled Sumy, damaging a building and a trolleybus overhead line.
Russian troops are being eliminated in the northern part of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, and the most intense battles are unfolding within the industrial area.
The President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Witold Banka, has said that the situation with anti-doping in Ukraine has improved markedly following Operation Hercules, which examined violations in Ukrainian sports between 2019 and 2021.
Ukraine has called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to urgently convene a meeting of the Board of Governors, aiming to develop mechanisms to prevent Russian attacks on critical infrastructure.
Russia continues to terrorize the Ukrainian population by attacking critical infrastructure and endangering nuclear safety, according to European Commission spokesperson Anitta Hipper.
Russian forces have stepped up attempts to bypass Ukrainian positions through reed thickets in the area of Malokaterynivka and in other adjacent sectors, including near the Zaporizhzhia NPP and Kamianka-Dniprovska.
The High Court of England has ordered former PrivatBank owners Igor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Bogolyubov to pay the bank more than $3 billion in damages and legal costs, the bank's press service told Ukrinform.
Ukraine seeks to stop the war with Russia, and the main lever of pressure today is deep strikes into Russian territory.
Putin aims to destroy the European Union from the inside by using a Russian "fifth column" within EU member states.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) announced the exposure of a corruption scheme in the energy sector. The main activity of the criminal organization was the systematic receipt of unlawful benefits from Energoatom's contractors amounting to 10-15% of contract values.
Starting from January 1, 2026, Russia plans to raise its VAT rate to 22%, which indicates a shortage of budget resources caused by increased military spending and declining export revenues.
The situation in southern Ukraine remains difficult and tense, as Russian occupation forces continue to increase the intensity of assaults, shelling, and kamikaze drone attacks.
In the Poltava community, heating and water supply were restored after a Russian shelling attack on November 8.
In Zaporizhzhia, an explosive device detonated inside a ward of one of the city’s hospitals.
Russia is using drone attacks to test how Europe and the United States will respond and what they are capable of.
Employees of Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) conducted searches at the premises of businessman and co-owner of the Kvartal 95 studio, Tymur Mindich, as well as at Justice Minister German Galushchenko, who previously served as minister of energy.
Poland’s geopolitical future will look very good if Ukraine does not lose this war. At the same time, there is no objective reason why Ukraine should lose to Russia.
Russian troops shelled the Korabelnyi district of Kherson in the morning, hitting a scientific institution and residential buildings, and two women were injured.
Due to Russian attacks, new damage has been inflicted on energy infrastructure in several regions of Ukraine. Consumption limits are being applied in most regions until the end of the day.
Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine are conducting a special operation to expose corruption in the energy sector.
The defense of the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad agglomeration is ongoing. The situation remains difficult and unpredictable. The enemy is using all available reserves, but is suffering huge losses in return.
As a result of attacks by Russian troops, houses were damaged in several settlements in the Novgorod-Siverskyi district of the Chernihiv region.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 52 of the 67 drones used by Russians to attack Ukraine since the evening of November 9.
On the night of November 10, unmanned surface vehicles attacked the city of Tuapse on the Black Sea coast of Russia, damaging one of the piers.