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Monday, 29 December 2025, 19:05
Investigators from several European media outlets have established that the Russian Red Cross (RRC) is operating in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and is involved in the militarization of children.
Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko discussed Ukraine's economic security and the protection of its critical infrastructure with NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Sekerinska.
The number of civilian casualties in Kyiv resulting from Russian attacks in just the first ten months of this year was nearly four times higher than in all of 2024.
Once hostilities in Ukraine come to an end, the question of returning Ukrainian asylum seekers home will arise. Still, they will not be required to leave the Federal Republic of Germany within tight deadlines or without consideration of individual circumstances.
European states are the only actors capable of and responsible for providing Ukraine with genuine security guarantees in the event of a peace agreement; without such guarantees, Ukrainians may be forced to continue fighting.
Three people were injured on Tuesday as a result of Russian army strikes on the Nikopol, Samar, and Kryvyi Rih districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Throughout the day, shelling in the Kherson region destroyed private and apartment buildings, a kindergarten, a volunteer hub building, a store, garages, and vehicles. Three civilians, including a child, are known to have been wounded.
Soldiers of the 425th Skelia Separate Assault Regiment in the Pokrovsk sector carried out a rescue operation and freed a Ukrainian defender from captivity.
In the federal state of Berlin, 56,000 Ukrainians who sought protection after the start of Russia’s full-scale war are currently registered. In recent months, the number of new asylum seekers has increased substantially, primarily due to a rise in the number of young men.
Russians shelled the village of Zolota Balka in the Kherson region, wounding a 42-year-old woman in her own home.
In the Donetsk region, the number of civilians wounded in Sloviansk as a result of two guided aerial bombs has increased to three.
The United States has agreed to strengthen security guarantees for Ukraine, while issues of territorial concessions, by mutual agreement, will be discussed face-to-face between Presidents Trump and Zelensky.
Emergency rescue operations have been completed in the capital after nighttime and morning shelling by the Russians.
Ukraine, Slovakia, and Slovenia have been elected to the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for 2026–2028, while Russia has failed for the third consecutive time.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 107 combat clashes on the front line, with fighting continuing in several areas. Russian troops continue to focus most of their efforts on Pokrovsk.
A photograph by Ukrinform photojournalist Dmytro Smolienko, taken in Zaporizhzhia region, has been included in Time magazine’s list of the 100 best photos of 2025.
NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska has arrived in Kyiv, where she met with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha to discuss ways to increase contributions to the PURL initiative and Ukraine’s priority needs.
A fire station in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, was damaged due to Russian shelling.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree enacting the National Security and Defense Council’s decision to impose sanctions on 56 maritime vessels that illegally entered Ukrainian ports temporarily occupied by Russia and exported Ukrainian agricultural products between 2022 and 2025.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow has received a U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine through unofficial channels, which allegedly consists of 28 points.
President Volodymyr Zelensky coordinated next steps with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz ahead of the planned November 25 meeting of the Coalition of the Willing.
On November 25, a balcony on the third floor collapsed in the Prymorskyi district of Odesa, with two women on it.
Russian forces have carried out strikes on Sloviansk in Donetsk region, injuring two civilians and hitting several educational institutions.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine is conducting more than ten criminal proceedings regarding possible abuses in the construction of fortifications, including the case of the fortifications in the Donetsk region constructed by the Poltava Regional Military Administration.
Head of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) Semen Kryvonos believes that additional suspicions will be announced as part of the investigation into the so-called “Midas” case, which concerns corruption in the energy sector.
In the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, a Russian missile attack destroyed some warehouses and production facilities of the Textile-Contact Group of Companies.
President Volodymyr Zelensky, during a conversation with Finnish President Alexander Stubb, coordinated positions in detail regarding peace efforts.
As a result of a missile strike by Russian troops on the night of November 25, the logistics center of the Novus supermarket chain was damaged.
In Kyiv region, the overnight Russian attack on November 25 caused damage in four districts, leaving eight people injured.