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Thursday, 18 December 2025, 23:21
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov stated that the task of the Ukrainian delegation in the United States was to obtain from the American side full information regarding their conversation in Moscow, as well as all drafts of current peace proposals.
French President Emmanuel Macron stated that the main task now is to align the positions of European countries and Ukraine with those of the United States in order to finalize peace negotiations on the best possible terms for Ukraine.
Russian occupiers carried out a massive FPV-drone attack on the Kostobobriv forestry of the Novhorod-Siverskyi forestry district of the Specialized Forest Enterprise (SFE), causing damage.
In November, Russia lost its position as the largest supplier of oil to China, overtaken by Saudi Arabia, Oman and Angola.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has decided to accept for consideration Russia's counterclaims against Ukraine under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, rejecting Ukraine's objections to the inadmissibility of Russia's claims.
The United Kingdom and Ukraine have announced the launch of the second phase of the InnovateUkraine program to support 14 innovative green-energy projects, with GBP 17 million (about $22.6 million) in investments from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
President Volodymyr Zelensky, during talks in London with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, stated that unity among all of Ukraine's allies, Europe and the United States, is crucial today.
Relevant services continue regular monitoring of the water level in the Pechenihy Reservoir; the situation is currently stable and there are no grounds for evacuating the population.
Russian security services are planning to organize a series of protest actions under the slogan “Against the War” in major cities — Odesa, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv and Kyiv — in an effort to destabilize the situation inside Ukraine.
Against the backdrop of the publication of the new U.S. national security strategy, the European Union emphasizes that it remains an unwavering supporter of Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on ensuring effective security guarantees for Ukraine.
As many as our people were injured and 15 houses damaged as a result of a Russian airstrike on the town of Vilniansk in Zaporizhzhia region.
The EU Council has approved the European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP), within which €300 million is allocated to a special Ukraine Support Instrument aimed at modernizing and strengthening Ukraine’s defence-industrial sector.
On the night of December 8, Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck several Russian military targets. In the temporarily occupied part of Luhansk region, an ammunition depot and a fuel and lubricants storage site were hit, while in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region, a drone depot, a mobile fire group, and a Pantsir-S1 air-defense system were destroyed.
Today’s meeting between President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and European Council President António Costa will take place in the context of the ongoing discussions on peace in Ukraine.
FPV drone pilots from the Signum battalion of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Volodymyr Monomakh are carrying out forest clearing operations against Russian invaders in the Lyman sector.
As a result of an airstrike on Zaporizhzhia, at least five apartment buildings were damaged.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that negotiators currently discussing a peace initiative brokered by the US have different views on the issue of territories in the east of the country.
The Russian army has just struck Zaporizhzhia and the surrounding region. An industrial enterprise has been hit. Three casualties are currently known.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in London.
Russian troops shelled residential areas in downtown Kherson, injuring a local resident.
Several explosions were heard in Zaporizhzhia.
On December 8, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk signed the Law “On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2026.”
President Volodymyr Zelensky will hold talks today in London with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Russian forces continue daily shelling of three border regions of Ukraine and attempt to operate with infantry groups, but they cannot break through the defense lines of Ukrainian border guards.
Leaders of both chambers of the U.S. Congress have agreed on the final text of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes $800 million in military assistance for Ukraine over the next two years.
As a result of Russian shelling in the Kharkiv region over the past day, five people were killed and 11 injured.
Russian forces once again carried out drone strikes on Fastiv in the Kyiv region.
From the morning of December 7 to the morning of December 8, Russian forces launched nearly 130 strikes on 43 settlements in 22 territorial communities of the region, injuring 12 people, including one child.