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05 December 2025
Since the beginning of the day, 106 combat engagements have taken place at the front, with Russian invaders maintaining the highest pressure in the Pokrovsk sector.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russia has built a shadow fleet of more than 1,240 tankers to circumvent Western sanctions and continue selling oil.
While working to bring an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine, it is important to remember the bitter lessons of the Budapest Memorandum.
A political prisoner, Tofik Abdulhaziiev, who Russia sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment, was diagnosed with a brain tumor following a computed tomography scan conducted at Prison Tuberculosis Hospital No. 3 in Chelyabinsk.
The 2026 state budget does not provide for an increase in monetary compensation for service members. At the same time, improved conditions for contract service are planned.
Two men were killed in Izium, Kharkiv region, when a drone struck a truck.
In the Chernihiv region, 90% of customers have been left without power due to a systemic network failure.
In the early hours of December 5, units of the Defence Forces of Ukraine targeted infrastructure at Russia’s Temryuk Seaport and the Syzran Oil Refinery.
The situation in the Kupiansk area of Kharkiv region is more optimistic than in other sections, as Russian forces rushed their offensive, overestimated their own capabilities, and are suffering losses in urban districts.
Russian troops are advancing in Vovchansk, Kharkiv region, and are trying to gain a foothold among the ruins of the city.
President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting with First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergiy Kyslytsya, during which they discussed specific areas of diplomatic activity and the negotiation process, in particular with the U.S.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal discussed further directions for defense cooperation between the two countries with Slovenian Defense Minister Borut Sajovic.
The Lithuanian government plans to declare a state of emergency in the country “due to the threat to civil protection” from balloons from Belarus that are disrupting the operation of Vilnius Airport.
SBU counterintelligence detained in Mykolaiv a man who, on Russia's instructions, was supposed to plant an improvised explosive device on a service vehicle used by Ukrainian defenders.
On the morning of December 5, emergency electricity outages are being implemented in Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk regions, and partially in Kirovohrad region.
A group of drones struck several fuel and energy facilities in various regions of Russia during the night of December 5.
Defense forces neutralized 80 drones used by Russian troops to attack Ukraine overnight, with enemy impacts recorded at 13 locations.
Over the past day, Russian forces carried out strikes on Kharkiv and seven settlements in the region, damaging residential houses, power lines, and civilian enterprises.
Over the past day, Russian forces attacked the Sumy region nearly 90 times, hits reported at 39 settlements. One person injured.
Over the past day, seven civilians were injured as a result of shelling in the Donetsk region.
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance hopes that good news regarding the end of Russia’s war against Ukraine could emerge within the next few weeks.
Here Ukrinform, together with experts, provides an insight into the situation in the most challenging sectors of the front line
On December 4, as many as 167 combat engagements took place between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops, with the enemy attacking most intensely in the Pokrovsk sector.
The Ukrainian delegation will continue negotiations in the United States to clarify the details of the meeting between Trump's representatives and Russia, and to coordinate further steps to achieve a just peace.
Pilots of the Phoenix border unit destroyed a Russian ground robotic system equipped with a large-caliber Utes machine gun on the Toretsk front.
In Kherson region, 11 people were injured over the past day as a result of Russian aggression.
Ukrainian border guards used an FPV drone to destroy a launch site of Russian unmanned aerial vehicles in the Kursk sector.
Russian forces attacked Synelnykove and Nikopol districts of Dnipropetrovsk region, resulting in civilian casualties, including one person killed and several injured.
Russia’s total combat losses in personnel from February 24, 2022 to December 5, 2025 have reached approximately 1,178,610, including 1,240 eliminated over the past day.
Throughout November, the Unmanned Systems Forces hit more than 23,000 enemy targets in key sections of the front and deep in the enemy’s rear, inflicting significant material losses on Russia.