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Monday, 08 December 2025, 22:51
During the large-scale prisoner exchange in the "1,000-for-1,000" format on May 23–25, Ukraine succeeded in securing the release of soldiers from 46 military units from which Russia had previously returned no captives.
During a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff, President Volodymyr Zelensky commended the professional work of Ukrainian pilots who intercepted a substantial number of cruise missiles during a recent large-scale Russian missile attack.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Putin and his inner circle have no intention of ending the full-scale war against Ukraine, and this assessment is likely shared by the intelligence services of Ukraine's partner countries as well.
Since the beginning of the year, Ukraine’s Defense Forces have destroyed 6,788 artillery systems belonging to the Russian army.
On May 26, Russians attacked a car with a drone in Komyshany, near Kherson, injuring two boys aged 7 and 15.
The execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war is a systemic policy of the Russian Federation, which is encouraged by the leadership of the aggressor state at the highest level.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated that Germany, Britain, France, and the United States have removed restrictions on the use of long-range weapons delivered to Ukraine.
Last week, Russian forces deployed an FPV drone armed with an RPG-based warhead to strike Kharkiv for the first time since the full-scale invasion.
In the Sumy region, Russians fired cluster munitions at a private household, killing a woman who was tending to her garden, and injuring another woman in the hospital.
On the morning of May 26, the Russian army conducted an air strike on the village of Myrne, Kupiansk district, injuring two people.
At noon, in the Korabelnyi district of Kherson, Russian forces dropped explosives on a civilian car, injuring a 55-year-old man.
In the early hours of Monday, May 26, Ukraine's air defense forces shot down seven Russian cruise missiles and neutralized 82 Shahed attack drones in the Khmelnytskyi region.
Following the end of the war in Ukraine, Russia could be technically ready to launch a new aggression — this time against Europe — within two to four years.
Twenty residential buildings in Mykolaiv were damaged in a Russian drone attack involving Shahed-type UAVs, with three floors completely destroyed in one of them.
The world should respond to the growing number of Russian strikes on Ukraine by strengthening sanctions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service does not rule out that Chinese nationals participating in the war on Russia's side could be representatives of Chinese intelligence services, sent to gain experience in modern warfare.
On May 25, Russian forces carried out 119 attacks on the border areas of Chernihiv, parts of Sumy, and Kharkiv regions, resulting in a total of 267 explosions.
Belarus does not possess nuclear weapons — only their delivery systems.
In exchange for military support, Russia is providing North Korea with missile and space technologies, and there are indications that this may also include technologies related to nuclear weapons or their enhancement.
Eighty percent of Russia's military equipment is outdated, with only 20% consisting of modern systems.
Russia wants to buy time to regroup and prepare for another attack.
On the night of May 25, Ukrainian Air Defense Forces successfully repelled a large-scale Russian air attack, downing nine Kh-101 cruise missiles and neutralizing 288 of 355 drones.
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 630 children have been killed due to military aggression.
Drones targeted a facility producing Shahed UAVs in Yelabuga, Tatarstan, as well as a chemical plant in Russia’s Ivanovo region.
A Russian airstrike caused significant damage in the Khmelnytskyi region, affecting four enterprises, 18 residential buildings, and a power line.
Russia’s plans on the battlefield remain unchanged - to capture the Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions, while creating a 5-10 km buffer zone in the Kharkiv, Sumy, and Chernihiv regions.
On May 25, 180 combat clashes were recorded between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders along the frontline.
On the night of Monday, May 26, a series of fires and destruction occurred in private households across the Odesa region following Russian drone strikes.
Russia will be technically ready for a new aggression - against Europe -- in 2-4 years after the war