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Monday, 29 December 2025, 04:09
President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting with First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergiy Kyslytsya, during which they discussed specific areas of diplomatic activity and the negotiation process, in particular with the U.S.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal discussed further directions for defense cooperation between the two countries with Slovenian Defense Minister Borut Sajovic.
The Lithuanian government plans to declare a state of emergency in the country “due to the threat to civil protection” from balloons from Belarus that are disrupting the operation of Vilnius Airport.
SBU counterintelligence detained in Mykolaiv a man who, on Russia's instructions, was supposed to plant an improvised explosive device on a service vehicle used by Ukrainian defenders.
On the morning of December 5, emergency electricity outages are being implemented in Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk regions, and partially in Kirovohrad region.
Member of parliament Anna Skorokhod has confirmed that searches are being conducted in her home.
A total of 21 countries have now joined the PURL program, with combined commitments reaching $4.18 billion.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, and the Security Service of Ukraine have exposed a criminal group led by a member of the Ukrainian parliament.
A group of drones struck several fuel and energy facilities in various regions of Russia during the night of December 5.
Defense forces neutralized 80 drones used by Russian troops to attack Ukraine overnight, with enemy impacts recorded at 13 locations.
Over the past day, Russian forces carried out strikes on Kharkiv and seven settlements in the region, damaging residential houses, power lines, and civilian enterprises.
Over the past day, Russian forces attacked the Sumy region nearly 90 times, hits reported at 39 settlements. One person injured.
Over the past day, seven civilians were injured as a result of shelling in the Donetsk region.
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance hopes that good news regarding the end of Russia’s war against Ukraine could emerge within the next few weeks.
On December 4, as many as 167 combat engagements took place between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops, with the enemy attacking most intensely in the Pokrovsk sector.
In Kherson region, 11 people were injured over the past day as a result of Russian aggression.
Russian forces attacked Synelnykove and Nikopol districts of Dnipropetrovsk region, resulting in civilian casualties, including one person killed and several injured.
Russia’s total combat losses in personnel from February 24, 2022 to December 5, 2025 have reached approximately 1,178,610, including 1,240 eliminated over the past day.
Throughout November, the Unmanned Systems Forces hit more than 23,000 enemy targets in key sections of the front and deep in the enemy’s rear, inflicting significant material losses on Russia.
A new wave of anti-Ukrainian disinformation is spreading in the Polish segment of Facebook, including fake claims about “dangerous products from Ukraine.”
Over the next month, the Kremlin will spend significant resources on cognitive operations against Ukraine in an effort to convince Ukrainian society of the inevitability of defeat, as well as to sow discord between the military, the government, and civilians.
Ukrainian border guards used an FPV drone to destroy a launch site of Russian unmanned aerial vehicles in the Kursk sector.
The United Kingdom is considering transferring £8 billion (nearly $11 billion) worth of Russian assets frozen on its territory to Ukraine.
Russians stole about 23,000 artifacts from the Kherson Regional Museum of Local History.
The Verkhovna Rada created a Temporary Investigative Commission (TIC) to investigate crimes committed by the armed formations of the Russian Federation against journalists and other media workers.
The counterintelligence unit of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained two Russian agents who were providing the enemy with coordinates of Defense Forces positions in the Izium direction.
Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine Olha Yukhymchuk took part in the meeting of Cluster 3 of the Subcommittee on Economic and Other Sectoral Cooperation of the Ukraine-EU Association Committee.
Russia sees Cyprus as a strategic foothold in the Middle East and is attempting to deeply embed itself in the island’s political and economic processes.
In Donetsk region, 14,200 civilians remain in areas of active hostilities, with no children among them.