Russians attempt to advance in Vovchansk
The situation on the Vovchansk axis remains tense, with Russian forces trying to advance through the town.
06 December 2025
The situation on the Vovchansk axis remains tense, with Russian forces trying to advance through the town.
Moldova has appealed to Romania for electricity assistance following Russian attacks on Ukraine.
On December 6, at around 12:20, Russian forces attacked a civilian car with a drone in the Krasnopillia community in the Sumy region, injuring two men.
The Swedish Navy encounters Russian submarines in the Baltic Sea "almost weekly" and is preparing for a further increase in their numbers in the event of a ceasefire or truce in the war in Ukraine.
During the night of December 6, specialists of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR) together with activists of the BO Team cyber community carried out a cyberattack on the information and communication infrastructure of the Russian group of companies Eltrans+.
President Volodymyr Zelensky visited wounded soldiers who are undergoing treatment in one of Kyiv's medical institutions.
Ukraine's Defense Forces have struck the Ryazan oil refinery and the Alchevsk metallurgical complex on the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region, where shell casings are manufactured on order from the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Ukraine's Ambassador to the Netherlands Andriy Kostin said that it was a great honor for him to represent Ukraine for the first time at the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and stressed that international crimes must be punished.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte exchanged assessments of the diplomatic situation and coordinated further contacts.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever agreed to continue discussions to reach a coordinated decision on the use of frozen Russian assets at the European Council meeting on December 18.
President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit the United Kingdom on Monday, December 8.
Soldiers of the Prymary Special Unit of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine destroyed a Russian Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system in the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhzhia region.
Emergency power cuts have been introduced in several regions of Ukraine on December 6 as a result of a massive Russian missile and drone attack on energy infrastructure.
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant temporarily lost all external power supply during the night of December 5–6. This was the 11th such incident since the start of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
At least eight people were injured in Ukraine as a result of Russia’s missile-and-drone attack on December 6.
In Ukraine, as a result of Russia’s massive strike on energy facilities on Saturday, December 6, the scope of previously forecast electricity consumption restriction measures has been increased.
On the night of December 6, Russian troops launched a massive missile and drone strike on electricity generation, distribution, and transmission facilities in eight regions of Ukraine.
The situation in the northern part of the Sumy Region remains stable. The Defense Forces are holding their positions, inflicting significant losses on Russian manpower and equipment, and degrading the enemy’s combat potential.
Russian forces carried out another massive strike on communities, ports, railways, and critical infrastructure.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 585 Russian drones, 29 cruise missiles, and one ballistic missile.
Poland, on Saturday morning, scrambled Polish and NATO fighter jets to protect the country’s airspace in connection with Russia’s missile strike on the territory of Ukraine.
During a night attack in the Chernihiv region, Russian UAVs struck residential buildings and critical infrastructure, causing fires.
Over the past day, on December 5, 184 engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded.
Three districts in the Kyiv region were subjected to a massive Russian attack during the night of December 6.
On Saturday, December 6, Ukrainians mark the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The movement of several trains has been complicated due to strikes by Russian invaders on the railway infrastructure on December 6.
One person was killed, and two were wounded in Russian aggression in the Kherson region over the past day, December 5.
The total combat losses of Russian troops since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022, to December 6, 2025, amount to about 1,179,790 people, including 1,180 people in the past 24 hours.
Russia is systematically violating at least 18 articles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in temporarily occupied Crimea.