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12 December 2025
Journalists have identified the names of 155,368 Russian soldiers who have been killed since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. One-third of them were volunteers.
In Huliaypole, Russian troops have intensified their attempts to infiltrate the eastern parts of the city, entering residential buildings and supporting their assaults with powerful airstrikes in the Huliaypole and Orikhiv directions.
The number of combat engagements on southern fronts has risen by 17–20% in December, and Russian forces have intensified assault actions and airstrikes, striking Huliaipole daily.
The Concord Theater in Paris hosted an exhibition entitled “Imprisoned Freedom,” which featured 26 portraits of Ukrainian journalists who were illegally detained and imprisoned by the Russian Federation.
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has announced that it has filed a lawsuit against the Belgian clearing and settlement institution Euroclear over frozen Russian assets.
Soldiers of the 425th Separate Assault Regiment “Skelia” of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with adjacent units, cleared the Yuvileiny residential area in Kupiansk of Russian troops.
The Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk had an audience with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, during which they discussed strengthening international efforts to return Ukrainian children, prisoners of war, and civilian hostages.
While visiting Kupiansk, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that it is extremely important to achieve results on the front lines today so that Ukraine can achieve results in diplomacy.
The Russian ambassador to Germany was summoned to the German Foreign Ministry over a large-scale cyberattack and a disinformation campaign during the federal election campaign, which German authorities say were carried out by Russian intelligence services.
Soldiers from the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate's special forces unit “Prymary” destroyed a Russian An-26 transport aircraft, two 55Zh6M “Nebo-M” radar systems, and a 64N6E radar system in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
In the city of Shostka, Sumy region, Russian troops attacked a sports school with strike drones while children were training there.
In the Odesa region, 84,000 customers remain without electricity due to an enemy attack on the night of December 12.
Journalists from Le Monde misinterpreted the remarks of Mykhailo Podolyak, Adviser to the Head of the Office of the President, suggesting that Ukraine is allegedly ready to agree to the creation of a demilitarized zone in the Donetsk region.
On December 12, the Russian army struck the Nova Vodolaha community in the Kharkiv region, injuring at least four people.
State Border Service spokesman Andriy Demchenko said that the activity of enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups (DRG) has significantly decreased recently.
Units of the Khartia Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine have liberated Kindrashivka, Radkivka, and several blocks in northern Kupiansk, which has enabled them to cut off Russian supply routes and markedly stabilize the situation in the Kupiansk sector.
A unit of the Special Operations Forces, operating jointly with the Black Spark resistance movement, carried out a special operation in which two Russian vessels transporting weapons and military equipment were struck near the shores of the Republic of Kalmykia in the Caspian Sea.
Russian media are spreading statements by the Russian Ministry of Defense with fabricated accusations against Ukraine about alleged preparations to use weapons of mass destruction.
The Kyiv Police and the Security Service of Ukraine have detained three individuals suspected of organising a terrorist attack in the Darnytskyi district of the capital.
The National Police published photos of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast, which was destroyed by Russian troops.
The National Police published photos of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast, which was destroyed by Russian troops.
The National Police published photos of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast, which was destroyed by Russian troops.
A fire has broken out at a mechanical plant in the Russian city of Orsk, where artillery shell casings of specific calibers are manufactured.
EU ambassadors have agreed to indefinitely freeze Russia’s sovereign assets, removing the main obstacle to providing Ukraine with a “reparations loan” worth €210 billion.
Due to enemy drone strikes on the night of December 12, a fire broke out on the territory of one of the state-owned coal mines, and two workers were wounded.
In temporarily occupied Crimea, a drone destroyed a Russian An-26 transport plane at the Kacha Airfield.
As of the morning of December 12, customers in the Odesa, Donetsk, and Kharkiv regions were left without power due to Russian attacks.
Due to the Russian attack on the Odesa region, a substation has been damaged, and as of this morning, 90,000 users remain without electricity.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 64 of the 80 drones used by Russians to attack Ukraine since the evening of December 11.
There were 174 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defence Forces and Russian invaders over the past day. The enemy exerted pressure in the Pokrovsk sector, while intense fighting continues in the Lyman, Kostiantynivka, Oleksandrohrad, Huliaipole, and Orikhiv sectors.