Zelensky invited to address Polish parliament
Marshal of the Polish Sejm Wlodzimierz Czarzasty has invited President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to deliver a speech in the Polish parliament.
20 December 2025
Marshal of the Polish Sejm Wlodzimierz Czarzasty has invited President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to deliver a speech in the Polish parliament.
Fighters of the Steel Border brigade destroyed eight shelters and three Russian invaders.
Defense Forces of Ukraine have destroyed a Russian ammunition depot in the Kupiansk sector. Soldiers of the 77th Separate Airmobile Dnipro Brigade of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed an ammunition storage site of the Russian invaders in the Kupiansk direction using drones.
Operators of the drone battalion of Ukraine’s 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade “Steel Lions” have shown the current state of the town of Lyman in Kramatorsk district of Donetsk region.
The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has received FPV drones worth a total of UAH 1 million from donors.
19 December 2025
Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal inspected the construction of fortifications in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Russian troops shelled the Kherson region with artillery, including rocket artillery, and attacked with drones throughout the day, injuring eight people.
Russian troops attacked four districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region with drones and artillery throughout the day, damaging houses, a gas pipeline, and power lines.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky discussed with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk the strengthening of Ukraine’s combat aviation and defense projects under the SAFE program, including joint drone production.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky discussed with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk the strengthening of Ukraine’s combat aviation and defense projects under the SAFE program, including joint drone production.
Türkiye has informed both Ukraine and Russia, as the parties to the conflict, of the need to act cautiously to avoid measures that could negatively affect security in the Black Sea.
A Russian Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicle has been found in northwestern Türkiye, in Kocaeli Province, which borders Istanbul Province.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal and the UK Chief of the Defense Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton, discussed Ukraine's needs for repelling enemy air attacks and a joint project to produce the Ukrainian Octopus interceptor drone.
Rescuers from 12 regions of Ukraine are working in the Odesa region after massive Russian attacks. More than 660 Points of Invincibility have been established in the region.
Long-range drones operated by the Security Service of Ukraine's (SBU) Alpha Special Operations Center have struck a third Russian oil production platform in recent weeks on the Caspian Sea shelf, owned by Lukoil.
Ukraine is offering Poland its expertise in drone defense, as well as cooperation on maritime security issues that take into account the realities of modern warfare.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that he knows where the Russian ballistic missile Oreshnik will be deployed in Belarus and that this information is being shared with partners.
On the issue of transferring MiG-29 fighter jets, Poland is seeking a framework of reciprocal partnership and hopes the matter can be resolved.
As a result of massive shelling of Odesa, about 85,000 subscribers remain without heat supply and 64,000 without electricity. Repair work is continuing at an accelerated pace.
The Security Service of Ukraine has carried out a new, unprecedented special operation, more than 2,000 kilometers from Ukraine's territory.
Australia has completed the transfer of M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks to Ukraine as part of its military aid package.
The Russians have launched an air strike on Zaporizhzhia. A building has been damaged, and a fire has broken out.
Over the past day, 12 settlements in Ukraine’s Kharkiv Region came under Russian attack. One person was killed and seven others were injured.
On the night of Friday, December 19, a group of drones attacked a number of sites on Russian territory, including the chemical company TogliattiAzot in Russia’s Samara region.
On December 18, a total of 193 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded along the frontline.
Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 108 out of 160 Russian drones between the evening of December 18 and the morning of December 19.
In the Kherson region, two people were killed and 12 others wounded over the past day as a result of Russian attacks.
18 December 2025
On December 18, Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 183 clashes with Russian troops, with the fiercest fighting raging in the Pokrovsk sector, where 46 attacks occurred.
Russian troops attacked Odesa with drones in the evening of December 18, damaging civilian infrastructure and residential buildings.
A tanker belonging to Russia’s “shadow fleet” that was attacked in Rostov-on-Don is reportedly sinking near the marine terminal of the Novoshakhtinsk Petroleum Products Plant.