SBU detains two Russian agents who were preparing strikes on TPPs, HPPs in Kyiv region
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained two Russian agents who were preparing strikes on thermal and hydroelectric power plants in the Kyiv region.
12 December 2025
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained two Russian agents who were preparing strikes on thermal and hydroelectric power plants in the Kyiv region.
The total cost of restoring the passenger depot and 27 destroyed electric train carriages in Fastiv, Kyiv region, following Russia’s large-scale attack is estimated at about UAH 400 million.
11 December 2025
Ukrainian forces engaged in 165 combat clashes with Russian invaders on December 11, with nearly half of them recorded in the Pokrovsk sector.
The first groups of the foundation course may begin their studies as early as January 2026, with the state covering tuition for eligible applicants in specific categories.
Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin is openly displaying imperial ambitions and preparing for a prolonged war against Ukraine and further escalation on the European continent, as evidenced also by his recent decrees.
Ukraine's air defenses neutralized 83 drones and two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles launched by Russia in an attack that began on the evening of December 10.
The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to December 11, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,185,080 people, including 1,460 people over the past day.
10 December 2025
Russian troops launched a missile strike on the Zaporizhzhia region.
Today, SSU Sea Baby marine drones struck the Dashan oil tanker, which belongs to the Russian Federation's “shadow fleet,” in the Black Sea.
Warsaw may transfer the rest of its MiG-29s to Kyiv in January-February next year. They will strengthen Ukraine's air defense, in particular, they will enable Ukraine to shoot down Russian missiles and attack Russian missile carriers and guided missiles.
In the Sloviansk direction, the Defense Forces are destroying Russian invaders in Siversk and its approaches, preventing small enemy assault groups from infiltrating the city.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 50 out of 80 drones used by Russians to attack Ukraine since the evening of December 9.
As many as 177 combat engagements between Ukrainian forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the frontline on December 9.
Russia suffered approximately 1,183,620 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and December 10, 2025, with 1,160 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
09 December 2025
President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are currently using long-range Neptun missiles, extended-range Neptuns, the Palianytsia and Flamingo systems, and have now begun employing the Sapsan ballistic missile.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is prepared for elections to be held in Ukraine, but stressed that their legitimacy and feasibility depend on security and changes to legislation. He also called on the United States, the European Union and the Ukrainian parliament to help create the conditions needed for elections during wartime.
Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Andrii Melnyk, outlined what he described as the main reason why Russia is able to continue its war and urged the international community to step up sanctions against Russian energy exports.
Between June and November 2025, the number of civilian casualties resulting from Russian aggression against Ukraine increased significantly in both frontline and urban areas.
Damage to the Pechenihy Dam in Kharkiv region did not come as a surprise to the Defense Forces, the military had prepared in advance for such a scenario and laid out backup routes.
In Ternopil, the dismantling of a multi-apartment building at 8 Vasyl Stus Street, which was hit by a Russian missile on November 19, has begun.
In Ternopil, the dismantling of a multi-apartment building at 8 Vasyl Stus Street, which was hit by a Russian missile on November 19, has begun.
Search-and-assault operations and the elimination of Russian invaders in the urban areas of Pokrovsk continue, with Ukraine’s Defense Forces blocking attempts by the enemy to infiltrate the northern part of the town.
Air defense forces destroyed 84 of the 110 Russian drones that the enemy used to attack Ukraine in the evening.
On the front line over the past day, December 8, 139 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded.
The total combat losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to December 9, 2025 amount to approximately 1,182,610 personnel, including 930 in the past 24 hours.
On Monday, a Ukrainian vice-consulate was opened in Rzeszów (southeastern Poland).
The military counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained a Russian informant in the Mykolaiv region, who was spying on the movement of armored vehicles of the Defense Forces near the front line in the south.
08 December 2025
On the night of December 8, Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck several Russian military targets. In the temporarily occupied part of Luhansk region, an ammunition depot and a fuel and lubricants storage site were hit, while in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region, a drone depot, a mobile fire group, and a Pantsir-S1 air-defense system were destroyed.
As a result of Russian shelling in the Kharkiv region over the past day, five people were killed and 11 injured.