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Tuesday, 23 December 2025, 15:45
Ukraine has conveyed its vision on the issues of territories, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), and financing for reconstruction to the US side and is awaiting the results of discussions between the US and Russia.
Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal visited the location of the 1st Separate Assault Regiment and awarded soldiers who repel enemy attacks near Huliaypole in the Zaporizhzhia region on a daily basis.
Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro announced the first contribution to the Energy Support Fund for Ukraine. The amount is EUR 600,000.
It is now possible to cross the Dniester River by car, minibus, and small truck; in the near future, conditions for travel along regular routes will also be improved.
Since the start of the day, 128 combat engagements have been recorded on the front, with fighting ongoing in five directions. The Russian army continues to exert the most pressure on the Pokrovske sector.
A senior NATO official expressed cautious optimism that the Czech Republic may continue its initiative to supply large-caliber ammunition to Ukraine from global manufacturers, despite the recent change of government in Prague.
Recently, Russia has carried out at least 145 incidents that, according to Western officials, are part of a campaign of destabilization in Europe orchestrated by Russia.
The Russian army has destroyed hundreds of facilities belonging to Nova Poshta and killed more than 20 employees at their workplaces.
Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal visited the command post of the Shkval battalion of the 225th Separate Assault Regiment and received a briefing on the situation on the Zaporizhzhia direction.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine General Oleksandr Syrskyi discussed the current needs of the Ukrainian military and further strengthening of cooperation with a French delegation led by Chief of the Defence Staff General Fabien Mandon.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha responded to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who expressed doubt that it was Russia that carried out the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
In the Zaporizhzhia district, Russian forces attacked a car traveling along a highway with an FPV drone, injuring a 74-year-old man.
Today in Kyiv, Ukraine and Portugal signed a statement on establishing a partnership for the production of naval drones.
In the Mykolaiv region, Russian troops carried out a KAB strike on the Bashtanka district, injuring a civilian.
In Zaporizhzhia region, Russian forces struck Polohy district, injuring three people.
In Russia’s Volgograd region, the main gas pipeline Central Asia – Center went out of operation due to a suspected explosion.
Japan will provide additional $6 billion in financial aid to Ukraine in 2026.
Prime Minister of Portugal Luís Montenegro has arrived in Ukraine on an official visit.
In the Donetsk direction, operators of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces stopped Russian assault actions and struck enemy tanks, armored vehicles, and an MTU-20 tank bridge-layer.
In the morning of December 20, Russian forces struck infrastructure at the Pivdennyi Port in Ukraine’s Odesa region, with hits recorded on storage tanks.
Repair work on a damaged bridge in Ukraine’s Odesa region is ongoing, and the logistics situation is expected to improve in the coming days.
Long-range drones operated by the Alpha Special Operations Center of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have struck two Russian Su-27 fighter jets at the Belbek military airbase in temporarily occupied Crimea.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces have struck a Russian military vessel and an offshore drilling platform in the Caspian Sea.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine General Oleksandr Syrskyi discussed with a British delegation led by Chief of the Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Richard Knighton the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for weapons for land, air, and sea components.
Over the course of 24 hours, the Russian army shelled the Sumy region nearly 50 times, causing extensive damage to civilian infrastructure.
On December 19, three settlements in the Kharkiv region were under Russian attack, damaging an apartment building and a car.
Air defense forces destroyed 31 of the 51 drones that the Russians used to attack Ukraine on the evening of December 19.
The partisan movement “ATESH” has identified the location of the Simferopol 8th Artillery Regiment of the Russian Armed Forces, which was involved in the shelling of Kherson.
Russian troops killed one person and wounded two residents of Donetsk region yesterday, December 19.