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21 December 2025
Over the past week, the Russian Federation launched approximately 1,300 attack drones, nearly 1,200 glide bombs, and nine missiles of various types at the territory of Ukraine. The Odesa region suffered the most.
Ukraine’s air defense forces neutralized 75 of the 97 drones launched by Russia in an overnight attack that began on Saturday evening.
On December 20, as many as 235 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded along the front line, including 72 in the Pokrovsk sector.
The total combat losses of Russian troops since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022, to December 21, 2025, amount to approximately 1,196,740, including 1,130 in the past 24 hours.
Ukraine's energy system continues to operate under intense enemy attacks, but remains intact and under control.
20 December 2025
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that partners have begun to “hold back” missiles intended for Ukrainian air defense systems due to Russia's intimidation of Europe with drones.
In the morning of December 20, Russian forces struck infrastructure at the Pivdennyi Port in Ukraine’s Odesa region, with hits recorded on storage tanks.
Air defense forces destroyed 31 of the 51 drones that the Russians used to attack Ukraine on the evening of December 19.
On December 19, 165 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded.
Eight people have died and 27 were injured as a result of a Russian missile attack on a port infrastructure facility in Odesa district.
The total combat losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to December 20, 2025 amount to approximately 1,195,610 personnel, including 1,090 in the past 24 hours.
Fighters of the Unmanned Systems Battalion of the 35th Separate Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a Black Eye electronic warfare (EW) system and an antenna of the Russian invaders in the Pokrovsk sector.
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.
By the end of 2025, 704 religious sites in Ukraine had been destroyed or damaged as a result of Russian aggression, with around 200 completely destroyed.
19 December 2025
Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal inspected the construction of fortifications in the Zaporizhzhia region.
NATO has stated that the volume of weapons supplies to Ukraine has not decreased despite changes in U.S. policy following Donald Trump’s return to power.
Near Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, Ukraine's Defense Forces carried out a special operation to destroy a large concentration of armored vehicles belonging to Russian invaders.
President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, commented on his attitude toward Ukrainian refugees and their contribution to the Polish economy.
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 December 18, a total of 193 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded along the frontline.
Russia is stepping up its efforts on the “European front”
Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 108 out of 160 Russian drones between the evening of December 18 and the morning of December 19.
Russia suffered approximately 1,194,520 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and December 19, 2025, with 1,220 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
18 December 2025
Soldiers of the 15th Separate Artillery Reconnaissance Brigade Black Forest detected and destroyed a launcher of Russia’s S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile system along with its ammunition.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine discussed the provision of weapons, aircraft, and surface-to-air guided missiles to Ukraine to strengthen air defense during talks with the Director General of the NATO International Military Staff, Lieutenant General Remigijus Baltrėnas.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that there is a shortage of missiles for specific air defense systems and urged partners to assist either by providing missiles, issuing licenses for their production, or allocating funds for their purchase.
On the night of December 18, Defense Forces units struck several air defense targets, a drone storage facility, and other Russian army objects in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
On the night of December 18, long-range unmanned aerial vehicles of the Special Operations Center "A" of the Security Service of Ukraine successfully struck elements of Russia’s air defense systems at the Belbek Military Airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea.
Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 63 out of the 82 UAVs launched by Russia in an attack on Ukraine beginning on the evening of December 17.