Costa confirms EU’s unwavering support for Ukraine amid new U.S. security strategy
Against the backdrop of the publication of the new U.S. national security strategy, the European Union emphasizes that it remains an unwavering supporter of Ukraine.
08 December 2025
Against the backdrop of the publication of the new U.S. national security strategy, the European Union emphasizes that it remains an unwavering supporter of Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on ensuring effective security guarantees for Ukraine.
As many as our people were injured and 15 houses damaged as a result of a Russian airstrike on the town of Vilniansk in Zaporizhzhia region.
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.
FPV drone pilots from the Signum battalion of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Volodymyr Monomakh are carrying out forest clearing operations against Russian invaders in the Lyman sector.
As a result of an airstrike on Zaporizhzhia, at least five apartment buildings were damaged.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that negotiators currently discussing a peace initiative brokered by the US have different views on the issue of territories in the east of the country.
The Russian army has just struck Zaporizhzhia and the surrounding region. An industrial enterprise has been hit. Three casualties are currently known.
Russian troops shelled residential areas in downtown Kherson, injuring a local resident.
Russian forces continue daily shelling of three border regions of Ukraine and attempt to operate with infantry groups, but they cannot break through the defense lines of Ukrainian border guards.
As a result of Russian shelling in the Kharkiv region over the past day, five people were killed and 11 injured.
Russian forces once again carried out drone strikes on Fastiv in the Kyiv region.
From the morning of December 7 to the morning of December 8, Russian forces launched nearly 130 strikes on 43 settlements in 22 territorial communities of the region, injuring 12 people, including one child.
In the Chernihiv region, four people were injured over the past day as a result of Russian strikes.
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andrii Hnatov will today provide President Volodymyr Zelensky with full information about all aspects of the dialogue with the American side, as well as all documents.
Air defense forces neutralized 131 out of 149 drones used by the Russians to attack Ukraine from Sunday evening, December 7.
Russian occupiers killed four residents of Donetsk region over the past day, December 7.
In Okhtyrka, Sumy region, rescuers extinguished all pockets of fire in a nine-story residential building that erupted after a Russian attack during the night of December 8.
True victory will be when the countries once conquered by Russia appear in its place
Russian forces attacked Kryvyi Rih, Pavlohrad, and Nikopol districts in Dnipropetrovsk region. One man was killed, and five others were injured.
On December 7, Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders engaged in 164 combat clashes, with the heaviest enemy pressure in the Pokrovsk sector.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna sector of the front, operators of the Prime strike UAV company of the 5th Border Guard Detachment destroyed a radar system used by Russian invaders to monitor the air situation, as well as enemy communication equipment.
Over the past day, Russian invaders launched 615 attacks on 20 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region, resulting in injuries.
Total combat losses of Russian forces from February 24, 2022, to December 8, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,181,680 personnel, with 810 killed over the past day.
As a result of a Russian UAV crash in Chernihiv, a multi-storey residential building was damaged. Three people were injured.
Pro-Kremlin analysts are publicly acknowledging serious structural problems in Russia’s banking sector for the first time.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna sector of the front, operators of the Prime strike UAV company of the 5th Border Guard Detachment destroyed a radar system used by Russian invaders to monitor the air situation, as well as enemy communication equipment.
During consultations with European leaders, the main topics will be security issues and long-term financing for Ukraine.
Russia attacked Okhtyrka community in Sumy region with Shahed drones, leaving at least seven people injured.
On December 6, Crimean Tatar national movement activist Ayder Seiytosmanov passed away in a clinic in Belgium.