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17 December 2025
The total combat losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to December 17, 2025 amount to approximately 1,192,350 personnel, including 1,730 in the past 24 hours.
Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 37 of 69 Russian drones.
We must clearly understand: Ukraine is our home, and the primary responsibility for it rests with us
16 December 2025
Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal has announced new important commitments by partners to support Ukraine's defense.
The United Kingdom has decided to provide GBP 600 million worth of air defense capabilities to Ukraine to help protect Ukrainians over the winter months.
The UK government is providing funding to the country's troops to ensure preparedness for future deployment in Ukraine after the peace is established as part of security guarantees to the country.
With sufficient funding, Ukrainian arms manufacturers — including the defense company Fire Point, which produces the long-range Flamingo missiles — are capable of scaling up production. However, partners need to place greater trust in young Ukrainian companies that currently have the most relevant experience in this field.
Ukraine's operation to strike a Russian submarine in the port of Novorossiysk was quite complex and multi-layered. This is already the second enemy submarine destroyed by Ukrainian forces.
Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 57 out of the 69 drones launched by Russia against Ukraine starting on the evening of December 15.
Ukraine's Defense Forces engaged in 151 combat clashes with Russian invaders along the front lines on Monday, December 15.
The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to December 16, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,190,620 people, including 1,150 people over the past day.
15 December 2025
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that for many months, the main target of Russian strike drones and missiles has been the energy sector, and now there is not a single power plant in Ukraine that has not been affected by the strikes.
In the port of Novorossiysk, Russia, Sub Sea Baby underwater drones of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) for the first time in history struck a Russian Project 636.3 Varshavyanka class submarine (NATO designation: Kilo). As a result of the explosion, the submarine sustained critical damage and is effectively out of service.
In the port of Novorossiysk, Russia, Sub Sea Baby underwater drones of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) for the first time in history struck a Russian Project 636.3 Varshavyanka class submarine (NATO designation: Kilo). As a result of the explosion, the submarine sustained critical damage and is effectively out of service.
Russian forces have significantly increased the intensity of assaults and the use of weaponry in southern Ukraine. At the same time, the Defense Forces have destroyed hundreds of units of enemy equipment since the beginning of 2025.
Warsaw plans to transfer six to eight MiG-29 fighter jets to Kyiv that are set to be withdrawn from service in the Polish Armed Forces by the end of this year.
Over the past day, Russian troops fired 61 times on populated areas in the Chernihiv region, with 96 explosions recorded.
Russia reports drone attacks on Moscow and at least eight other regions, with Belgorod claiming that a thermal power plant has been hit.
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has released details of a new modification of the Russian UAV “Geranium-2,” equipped with an R-60 air-to-surface missile.
Air defense forces destroyed 133 of the 153 drones used by Russian invaders to attack Ukraine since Sunday evening.
On the front lines yesterday, December 14, 158 combat engagements of the Ukrainian Defense Forces with Russian invaders were recorded.
The total combat losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to December 15, 2025 amount to approximately 1,189,470 personnel, including 980 in the past 24 hours.
A resident of the Velyka Pysarivka community in the Sumy region was attacked by a Russian drone while riding a bicycle. As a result of the enemy strike, the 62-year-old man was killed on the spot.
In Russia, the return of military personnel from the front has turned into a serious internal threat: “veterans” of the war against Ukraine have already killed or injured more than a thousand people.
14 December 2025
A group of EU countries located closest to Russia’s borders plans to begin work next week on concrete measures to strengthen defense capabilities, as Moscow poses too great a threat.
On December 13, the Prymary (Ghosts) unit of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) destroyed two high-value radar systems belonging to Russian invaders in temporarily occupied Crimea.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that Ukraine must be prepared for any possible developments regarding elections, adding that the Parliament should soon develop options for how they could be conducted.
In Zaporizhzhia, the number of people injured as a result of Russian attacks has increased to eight.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine have struck facilities of the Afipsky Oil Refinery (Krasnodar region, Russian Federation), the Uryupinsk Oil Depot in the Volgograd region (Russian Federation), and carried out strikes against enemy facilities and targets in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine.
This week, Russia launched more than 1,500 strike drones, about 900 guided aerial bombs, and 46 missiles of various types at Ukraine.