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31 December 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron believes that Russia's war against Ukraine remains a key factor of instability on the European continent, and that Europe must accelerate the development of its own defense and make specific commitments to protect Ukraine.
In 2025, President Volodymyr Zelensky made about 60 visits abroad, received almost 100 heads of foreign states and governments in Ukraine, held 20 international video conferences, made over 230 phone calls with leaders of states and governments, and participated in almost 150 events in Ukraine.
In 2025, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) demonstrated impressive results by conducting a unique special operation called Spider Web, striking a Russian submarine and delivering systematic blows to the enemy's infrastructure that supports the war.
On January 3, a meeting in the format of national security advisors is expected to include representatives from more than 10 European countries, as well as NATO, the European Commission, and the European Council. American partners are also expected to join online.
Russian forces shelled and attacked the Nikopol, Pavlohrad, Kryvyi Rih, and Synelnykove districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery and strike drones. Four people were injured, and civilian infrastructure was damaged.
In 2025, the amount of international security assistance reached $45 billion – a record figure since 2022.
On Wednesday, December 31, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned, for separate meetings, the Charge d'Affaires of India in Ukraine and the Charge d'Affaires of Pakistan in Ukraine regarding statements supporting the Russian fake narrative about an alleged "attack on Putin's residence."
Ukraine's Defense Forces burn down Russia's military power, the capabilities of its military-industrial complex, and its oil refineries every day, thereby undermining the aggressor's desire to continue this war.
In the city of Vovchansk, the situation is fairly stable; at the same time, Russian forces are attempting to bypass the city in order to expand their control zone.
The Defense Forces struck the Tuapse oil refinery, the Tamanneftegaz oil and gas terminal, a Rosrezerv oil depot, and a number of other facilities of the Russian invaders.
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.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has congratulated Ukrainians on the upcoming New Year.
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 Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed surprise at the official reaction of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan to Russia's fabricated “attack on Putin's residence,” which has no confirmation and has been officially refuted by the Ukrainian side.
A total of 76.1 million tonnes of cargo passed through Ukraine's ports this year, including 67.8 million tonnes via the Odesa ports.
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.
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.
Border guards in the Lviv region organized a New Year flash mob at the border, creating a human Christmas tree together with travelers.
In 2025, Russia launched more than 10,000 drones, 60,000 guided bombs, and about 2,400 missiles at Ukraine.
Ukraine's Ambassador to Poland, Vasyl Bodnar, has drawn attention to another incident of violence motivated by national hatred that occurred in the city of Radom near Warsaw and targeted a Ukrainian citizen.
Starting January 1, Ukrainian citizens who need to do so will be able to change their voting address.
Negotiations on ending the Russia-Ukraine war have entered a critical phase.
To determine where to establish additional polling stations abroad, it is necessary to initiate an active registration process, during which Ukrainian citizens will be able to declare their intention to vote at a specific location.
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha expressed gratitude to Denmark for its consistent support of Ukraine during Denmark's presidency of the Council of the European Union.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky expressed gratitude to Romania and Croatia for joining PURL and announcing their first contributions to the program.