Volunteer from Kharkiv killed in attack on evacuation group in Donetsk region
A volunteer from Kharkiv, Vyacheslav Ilchenko, was killed as a result of a Russian strike on an evacuation group in Donetsk region.
25 December 2025
A volunteer from Kharkiv, Vyacheslav Ilchenko, was killed as a result of a Russian strike on an evacuation group in Donetsk region.
In the Kharkiv region, a unit of the Strix reconnaissance-and-strike UAV group from the 4th Border Guard Detachment thwarted a covert attempt by Russian forces to cross the border via the Lozova river.
In the Kharkiv region, a unit of the Strix reconnaissance-and-strike UAV group from the 4th Border Guard Detachment thwarted a covert attempt by Russian forces to cross the border via the Lozova river.
Only several dozen Russian troops remain in Kupiansk, Kharkiv region. They have been left without full logistical support, and the Russian side has effectively acknowledged the failure of attempts to hold the city.
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has called on the world to strengthen Ukraine's air defense capabilities, as Russia continues to bomb Ukrainian cities.
Russian troops are present in large numbers in Vovchansk and control certain areas, but they do not have full control over the city, and their offensive actions on the outskirts remain unsuccessful.
Over the past day, Russian troops have struck 14 settlements in the Kharkiv region, killing one person and injuring 17 others.
As of the morning of December 25, Russian strikes have left consumers without electricity in four regions, while the Odesa region is experiencing emergency outages due to the aftermath of earlier attacks.
The Russian army dropped two guided aerial bombs on Derhachi in the Kharkiv region. The strikes damaged an energy infrastructure facility and a private enterprise.
Russian invaders struck port and industrial infrastructure in the Odesa region overnight, killing one person and injuring two others.
Units of the National Guard of Ukraine destroyed dozens of pieces of Russian heavy equipment during another enemy mechanized assault.
24 December 2025
Russian troops have been attacking critical infrastructure facilities that provide Kharkiv residents with heat, hot and cold water supply all day long.
In the Sumy community, a 20-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl were injured as a result of an attack by Russian drones.
Russian propaganda has forged a Ukrainian media headline to discredit the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ukraine’s air defense forces destroyed a Russian missile in the skies over Cherkasy region, with the blast wave damaging an educational institution, a garage complex, and a local cemetery.
As a result of strikes on energy infrastructure, the capacity of one of Kharkiv’s heat supply facilities has been significantly reduced, and some districts of the city are also without hot water.
The Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense has released footage of a combat operation carried out in November by its Black Winter Group unit on the Pokrovsk front.
In Chernihiv and the Chernihiv district, power outages affected tens of thousands of homes as a result of a Russian strike on energy infrastructure.
Soldiers of the 16th Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated small Russian assault groups that had infiltrated the village of Vilcha in the Vovchansk urban community of Kharkiv region.
One person was killed and 11 wounded as a result of a strike on a thermal power plant in the Kharkiv region.
As a result of fresh Russian attacks, power outages were reported as of the morning of December 24 in the Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv regions.
The total combat losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to December 24, 2025 amount to approximately 1,200,370 personnel, including 1,090 in the past 24 hours.
23 December 2025
On December 23, there were 110 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops, including 29 attacks in the Pokrovsk sector.
Ukrainian Defense Forces are blocking the advance of Russian troops in the central part of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region.
Russian troops attacked crossings in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region on December 23, killing one person.
In the border village of Sotnytskyi Kozachok in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, Russian invading forces suffered losses while attempting to expand the frontline, with more than 50 soldiers killed over several days.
Over the past day, the Russian army shelled three settlements in the Kharkiv region, damaging civilian infrastructure.
A traffic accident involving a truck occurred on Beresteiske Highway in Kyiv, leaving one person dead and four others injured.
From June 1, nearly 147,000 citizens have been evacuated from Ukraine’s frontline areas to safer regions, including more than 16,500 children and over 5,000 people with limited mobility.
22 December 2025
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