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22 December 2025
Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the Ukrainian military for their effective long-range strikes on Russian targets and stressed that international pressure is intensifying against Russia's oil and gas exports.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the return of the Ukrainian negotiating team from the United States and said he was awaiting a detailed report on the documents drafted, particularly on security guarantees.
Ukrainian defense forces continue to fight Russian occupiers in the area of the village of Hrabivske in Sumy region, while the enemy, taking advantage of its proximity to the border, has evacuated civilians from the village.
Ukrainian forces continue to hold the front under control, maintaining their positions, fending off Russian attacks, and achieving tactical gains in specific areas.
The Third Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine released a video showing how a ground robotic system held a frontline position for 45 days without losing a single soldier.
Russian forces attacked Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk region throughout the day, damaging homes and injuring three people.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said following a meeting of the Staff that several candidates have already been proposed for the position of commander of Air Command “South,” and a decision is being prepared.
Since the beginning of the day, 100 combat engagements have been recorded on the front, with fighting ongoing across seven sectors. The enemy continues to exert pressure on the Pokrovsk sector.
Europe will become stronger if it consistently pursues defense-strengthening goals within NATO.
Viktor Tregubov, Head of the Communications Department of the Joint Forces Task Force, explained how Russian occupiers abducted civilians in the Sumy region: people were gathered in a church and later taken to the territory of Russia.
On the night of December 22, unmanned aerial vehicles operated by the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine struck the Tamanneftegaz Marine Oil Terminal in Russia’s Krasnodar region.
Russian troops struck the Donetsk region 1,627 times over the past 24 hours, damaging five civilian objects.
A series of explosions has been reported in two districts of temporarily occupied Mariupol.
Russian troops attacked the Sumy community with multiple launch rocket systems, damaging residential buildings and power lines.
Russia has adapted the Molniia strike drone for aerial reconnaissance.
On the night of December 22, the Russian army attacked the port and energy infrastructure of Odesa region, setting fire to containers with flour and oil.
In Odesa and the Odesa region, a massive Russian attack sparked fires at energy infrastructure facilities and damaged warehouse buildings storing fertilizers and agricultural machinery.
Russian troops carried out more than 80 strikes on 20 settlements in nine territorial communities of the Sumy region between the morning of December 21 and the morning of December 22.
On the night of December 20-21, two Su-30 and Su-27 fighter jets burned at a Russian military airfield near Lypetsk.
Air defense forces destroyed 58 drones used by Russian troops to attack Ukraine since last night, with enemy strikes recorded at 12 locations.
Over the past day, the Russian army launched rocket salvo attacks on two settlements in the Kharkiv region.
On December 21, Ukrainian Defense Forces recorded 223 combat engagements with Russian invaders along the frontline.
Over the past day, Russian forces used drones, artillery, and aircraft to strike 31 settlements across Kherson region, killing one person and injuring three others.
Total combat losses of Russian forces in manpower from February 24, 2022 to December 22, 2025 have reached approximately 1,197,860 personnel, including 1,120 eliminated over the past day.
Russian forces shelled four districts of Dnipropetrovsk region overnight, sparking fires and causing destruction.
In Odesa, a critical infrastructure facility was damaged as a result of two nighttime enemy attacks, leaving part of one of the city’s districts without electricity.
Russian occupiers have begun selling tickets for performances at the Mariupol Drama Theater, the site of the mass killing of civilians.
21 December 2025
In Kherson, two people were injured as a result of a Russian drone strike.
There were 200 combat engagements on the front line, more than 70 of them on the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka directions.
Russian troops suffered losses during an attempted assault in the area of Sotnytskyi Kozachok in the Kharkiv region and were forced to retreat.