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Cyprus, which will assume the presidency of the European Union on January 1, 2026, promises to bring a "new approach" both to negotiations on Ukraine's accession and to other issues, chief among them defense and migration.
Within the span of one hour, the Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck two high-value air defense missile systems of the Russian invaders — a Buk and a Tor.
The enemy has so far entrenched itself in the village of Hrabovske in Sumy region, but the Defense Forces are doing everything possible to ensure that this does not last long.
Since the start of the day, 58 combat clashes have been recorded along the entire frontline. Fighting is currently ongoing in four sectors, with Russian forces most actively continuing their attacks in the Pokrovsk sector.
The Russian State Duma has openly announced possible mobile internet shutdowns on New Year's Eve.
German instructors, together with their European counterparts, have so far trained around 23,000 Ukrainian service members in Germany, out of a total of about 85,000 trained across the European Union, and they will continue providing training for as long as necessary.
Long-range drones operated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Alpha Special Operations Center struck the Temp oil depot in the city of Rybinsk, Yaroslavl region of the Russian Federation, early this morning. The facility is part of Russia's Rosrezerv system and is intended for storing large volumes of fuel.
From now on, soldiers will be able to independently select and quickly obtain means to combat enemy “Shahed” drones.
In 2025, Russia launched more than 10,000 drones, 60,000 guided bombs, and about 2,400 missiles at Ukraine.
On the night of December 31, Russians attacked a food industry enterprise in Zlatopol (formerly Pervomaiskyi) in the Kharkiv region.
Since the beginning of 2022, the war against Ukraine has cost Russian taxpayers an estimated $550 billion, which is equivalent to 24 annual federal budgets for higher education or 22 budgets for healthcare.
The Russian army struck an industrial infrastructure facility in Zaporizhzhia.
On the night of December 31, 2025, the Main Intelligence Directorate, together with the State Border Guard Service, attacked the Tuapse maritime oil terminal and the Tuapse oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar region.
Statements claiming that Ukraine allegedly struck Russian government facilities are a distraction and an attempt to sabotage the peace process.
German ambassador Heiko Thoms congratulated Ukrainians on the New Year and assured that Germany will continue to support Ukraine on its path toward a just and lasting peace.
The Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) carried out strikes against a number of military and infrastructure facilities in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions, as well as in Crimea.
Six people were injured as a result of the attack on Odesa on the night of December 31. All the victims are members of two families.
As of the morning of December 31, a significant number of consumers in the Odesa and Donetsk regions have been left without electricity due to Russian strikes; outages have also been recorded in the Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv regions.
Soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are conducting search operations and destroying Russian invaders in Huliaipole, Zaporizhzhia region.
On the night of December 31, Russians attacked energy facilities in the Odesa region.
Rodynske in the Donetsk region is under the control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
On the night of December 31, drones damaged a pier in the port, an oil refinery, and a gas pipeline in a residential area of the city of Tuapse in Russia.
A 68-year-old man was killed in the Kharkiv region as a result of a Russian strike.
Russian troops struck Bila Tserkva in the Kyiv region at night on December 31, injuring a man and a woman.
Five people were wounded in Russian strikes in the Kherson region over the past 24 hours.
Over the past day, on December 30, Russian invaders killed three residents of the Donetsk region.
As many as 149 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded along the frontline on December 30.
Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 101 out of the 127 drones launched by Russian forces against the country since Tuesday evening.
Russia suffered approximately 1,207,910 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and December 31, 2025, with 1,000 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.