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Tuesday, 09 December 2025, 02:25
Over the past day, the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops engaged in 165 combat clashes. The invaders attacked most actively in the Pokrovsk, Novopavlivka, and Lyman frontline sectors.
On the morning of Wednesday, August 13, Russian invaders fired artillery at Chornobaivka in the Kherson region, killing a woman.
Russian forces killed two civilians and injured ten others in the Donetsk region on August 12.
Ukrainian air defense forces intercepted two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and 32 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) launched by Russia against Ukraine during the evening and overnight hours of August 12.
The Russian army’s combat losses in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to August 13, 2025 amount to nearly 1,066,110 invaders, including another 890 troops killed or wounded in action in the past day.
Soldiers from the 3rd Operational Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, named after Colonel Petro Bolbochan and known as "Spartan," repelled an enemy assault in the Pokrovsk sector, eliminating an entire Russian platoon.
In the temporarily occupied Crimea, Russians plan to shut down the mobile web for more than a week.
At least ten foreign volunteers who joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces were killed in a Russian missile strike on a training camp in Kirovohrad region on July 21.
In temporarily occupied Sevastopol, partisans have uncovered a facility coordinating airstrikes on southern Ukraine.
12 August 2025
The success of the special operation dubbed "Spiderweb" was made possible by a unique combination of agent work and technical capabilities employed by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).
Latvia will contribute at least EUR 2 million to NATO's mechanism for purchasing weapons for Ukraine.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is one of the Defense Forces' leaders in deep strike operations — long-range drone attacks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced preparations for certain measures aimed at further mobilizing Ukraine's international partners.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has received military briefings on the situation in the Dobropillia area and along the Pokrovsk sector of the front.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his plan to end the war envisions first a ceasefire, followed by negotiations mediated by the United States, and clear security guarantees.
The Russian command continues to transfer reserves to the Pokrovsk direction, in particular the newly formed “volunteer” brigade “BARS.”
Russian troops are suffering significantly greater losses on the front line—three times more than Ukrainian troops
President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that the Ukrainian army will not withdraw from Donbas, otherwise, according to him, this would pave the way for a third war and a future offensive on the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions, as well as the city of Kharkiv.
Throughout the day, the Russian army attacked the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region with FPV drones and artillery fire, causing damage and casualties.
Negotiations between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin may be important for bilateral relations between these countries, but no decisions regarding Ukraine can be made at this meeting.
Former Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. (2006-2010) and France (2014-2020) Oleh Shamshur considers it unlikely that U.S. President Donald Trump will change his approach at the meeting with Putin and start putting tough pressure on the Kremlin, since a certain change in the White House's stance was based on an emotional component rather than a deep analysis of the Russian threat.
A fire has been reported in the area of the cargo port located outside the perimeter of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 91 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian troops. Fighting continues in six sectors of the frontline, with the most attacks recorded in the Pokrovsk sector, while the enemy is also highly active in Lyman and Novopavlivka.
Defense Forces are taking effective measures to stop the advance of Russian troops in the Dobropillia and Pokrovsk sectors, where the enemy has concentrated more than 110,000 personnel.
U.S. President Donald Trump, having initiated a meeting in Alaska, intends to hold it in the format of a “global bargain.” The issue of Ukraine will be raised at the talks, but the Middle East, the Asia-Pacific region, and all of Europe will also be discussed.
The upcoming meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska could lead to agreements that are unacceptable for Ukraine or to increased international pressure on Russia if the talks fail.
Russian occupation forces have intensified pressure in the Kupiansk and Novopavlivka sectors, in particular, attacking near the administrative border with the Dnipropetrovsk region.
In Zaporizhzhia, another person sought medical assistance following Sunday's Russian airstrike on the city's bus station, bringing the total number of injured to 24.
Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi has ordered that additional forces and resources be allocated to detect and destroy enemy sabotage groups in the Pokrovsk sector.