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Thursday, 18 December 2025, 23:21
Russian forces, over the course of the day from the morning of December 10 to the morning of December 11, delivered nearly 30 strikes on 20 populated settlements across 12 territorial communities in the Sumy region.
Russian troops attacked energy facilities in the Kremenchuk district of Poltava region during the night of December 11, causing fires.
Over the past day, December 10, the Russian army injured five residents of Donetsk region.
Russian forces attacked 17 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region over the past day, December 10, leaving two civilians injured.
In the Odesa region, during the night of December 11, an energy facility was damaged as a result of an attack by Russian drones.
In the Kherson region, over the course of the day, one person was killed and eight others were wounded as a result of Russian attacks.
Over the past day, December 10, 234 combat engagements between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the frontline.
Russian troops shelled with artillery and attacked with drones the Nikopol, Kryvyi Rih, and Synelnykivskyi districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region, damaging private houses, gas pipelines, and farm buildings.
The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to December 11, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,185,080 people, including 1,460 people over the past day.
The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, said that invaders are forcing Ukrainian children in temporarily occupied territories to participate in youth military organizations.
The adoption of the UN General Assembly resolution on the Chernobyl disaster is an important step towards overcoming its consequences, recognizing the threats to nuclear safety posed by the aggressor, and making a significant contribution to restoring justice.
The All-Ukrainian mental health program “How are you?” initiated by First Lady Olena Zelenska was presented in The Hague, and the Netherlands was called upon to help develop the mental health system in Ukraine.
The lower house of the US Congress has approved a draft law on national defense appropriations for the 2026 fiscal year with a military budget of USD 900 billion, including USD 400 million in aid to Ukraine.
Denmark's intelligence service has for the first time identified the United States as a potential threat to the country's security, signaling a shift in Denmark's view of its ally amid geopolitical tensions over Greenland.
The State Operator for Non-Lethal Acquisition of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has announced the procurement of universal field tents, also known as armoured blankets, designed to enhance the protection of Ukrainian soldiers on the front line.
Russian occupying forces have sentenced Valerii Yeremieiev, a defender of Mariupol and a serviceman of the 1st Corps of the National Guard Azov, to 22 years in a penal colony.
Since the start of the full-scale war, courts in frontline regions have issued 311 rulings ordering Russia to pay UAH 386.03 billion in compensation to Ukrainian companies.
Based on materials from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), an FSB agent has been sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property for carrying out arson attacks on Ukrzaliznytsia and preparing bombs for terrorist attacks in the Cherkasy region.
Law enforcement officers in the Odesa region have exposed a criminal group that organized the illegal removal of Ukrainian orphans and children deprived of parental care to foreign countries for subsequent adoption.
10 December 2025
Russian troops launched a missile strike on the Zaporizhzhia region.
In the Donetsk region, 13,800 civilians remain in the active combat zone, with no children among them.
President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed with representatives of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine the possibility of holding elections under the legal regime of martial law.
Sanctions against Russian tankers and the entire infrastructure used to transport Russian oil will be intensified both by Europe and by Ukraine.
Volodymyr Zelensky announced a strengthening of Ukraine's combat aviation.
Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko has announced that audits in the defense sector will start in the 20s of December, with the first interim results expected in January.
Ukraine and its partners are working on a fundamental 20-point document to end the war, while work is also underway on at least two additional documents — one on security and one on the economy.
President Volodymyr Zelensky and his team held a productive discussion with the American side on Ukraine's reconstruction and economic recovery.
A criminal investigation into the situation surrounding the orphaned children evacuated to Turkey at the beginning of the full-scale invasion has also been opened on Turkish territory.
Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, Andrii Melnyk, presented to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) a draft resolution on international cooperation in studying, mitigating, and minimizing the consequences of the Chornobyl disaster, and urged states to vote in favor of the document.