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12 December 2025
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.
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.
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.
On the night of December 12, drones attacked Yaroslavl, northeast of Moscow. The attack targeted the local oil refinery Slavneft-YANOS, which is one of the five largest oil refineries in Russia.
Washington chooses isolation, harshly criticizes allies and seeks “strategic stability” with Moscow. What does this mean for Kyiv?
On December 11, Russian invaders killed two residents of Donetsk region and injured three others.
On December 12, Ukraine marks Ground Forces Day. Established by a presidential decree on October 18, 1997, the holiday honors the contributions of the Ground Forces – the largest branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine – in ensuring the country’s defense capabilities.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, total Russian combat losses in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to December 12, 2025, amount to approximately 1,186,480 personnel, including 1,400 losses in the past 24 hours.
On the Pokrovsk axis, pilots from the Phoenix border guard unit destroyed two Russian BM-21 Grad multiple-launch rocket systems.
Deputy Head of the Office of the President Ihor Zhovkva held a meeting with directors of Eastern Europe departments of the foreign ministries of the Nordic-Baltic region, who are responsible for shaping policy toward Ukraine.
Aerial reconnaissance operators of the Sky Hawks strike drone unit from the 4th Border Guard Detachment destroyed four positions of Russian invaders on the Southern Slobozhanshchyna fronts.
The Ministry of National Defence of Poland has appealed to Google to blur images of military and critical infrastructure in its applications.
The President of Poland will not be a hindrance to Ukraine’s accession to the European Union.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained two Russian agents who were preparing strikes on thermal and hydroelectric power plants in the Kyiv region.
In November 2025, 11,005 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were sold on the domestic market, compared with 3,742 units purchased by Ukrainians a year earlier.
The total cost of restoring the passenger depot and 27 destroyed electric train carriages in Fastiv, Kyiv region, following Russia’s large-scale attack is estimated at about UAH 400 million.
11 December 2025
The Trump administration may send a representative to a meeting in Europe this week only if there is a "real chance" of signing a peace agreement.
Europe continues to insist on a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and on the principle that any peace agreement must not contain the seeds of future conflicts.
Ukraine will soon receive around EUR 2.3 billion in funding after the Council of the EU today adopted a decision on the sixth regular disbursement of support under the EU's Ukraine Facility.
U.S. President Donald Trump is deeply disappointed with both sides of the Russia-Ukraine war and now wants action instead of talk.