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13 December 2025
As of 22:00 on December 13, 2025, the Ukrainian General Staff reports 146 combat clashes along the frontline, with the Pokrovsk sector seeing the most intense fighting – 42 Russian attempts to breach Ukrainian defenses.
Russian forces are redeploying additional reserves to the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad agglomeration.
The Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has released footage of special forces storming and clearing sections of the front line in the Pokrovsk sector.
Over the past day, December 12, 178 combat engagements between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders were recorded on the frontline.
The G7+ Ukraine Energy Coordination Group has expressed its readiness to help strengthen the protection of Ukraine's energy sector against aerial and missile attacks.
Drone operators from Ukraine's State Border Guard Service destroyed a shelter and a ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun belonging to Russian invaders on the southern front.
12 December 2025
On December 12, there were 161 combat engagements between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders, with the most intense fighting in the Pokrovsk direction, where the enemy attempted 37 attacks.
A videoconference in the format of national security advisers, with the participation of Ukraine, the United States, and European partners, was held to discuss further steps in working on the peace plan.
Ukrainian Navy Marines from the 38th Separate Marine Brigade named after Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi captured several groups of Russian soldiers during an attempted breakthrough toward Myrnohrad in Donetsk region.
There are areas on the battlefield where Ukraine’s Defense Forces have managed to shift the situation precisely by introducing new approaches and technologies. Today, there is no room left for solutions that were still relevant just six months ago.
Russian troops are attempting to land on Bilohrudy Island, have resumed assaults near Antonivsky Bridge, and continue to shell Kherson and surrounding areas, but Ukrainian Defense Forces are holding most of the islands at the mouth of the Dnipro River.
Since the beginning of the day, 93 combat engagements have been recorded on the front, with the enemy exerting the greatest pressure in the Pokrovsk and Lyman directions.
In Huliaypole, Russian troops have intensified their attempts to infiltrate the eastern parts of the city, entering residential buildings and supporting their assaults with powerful airstrikes in the Huliaypole and Orikhiv directions.
The Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk had an audience with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, during which they discussed strengthening international efforts to return Ukrainian children, prisoners of war, and civilian hostages.
While visiting Kupiansk, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that it is extremely important to achieve results on the front lines today so that Ukraine can achieve results in diplomacy.
State Border Service spokesman Andriy Demchenko said that the activity of enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups (DRG) has significantly decreased recently.
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.
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.
Washington chooses isolation, harshly criticizes allies and seeks “strategic stability” with Moscow. What does this mean for Kyiv?
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 President of Poland will not be a hindrance to Ukraine’s accession to the European Union.
11 December 2025
Ukrainian forces engaged in 165 combat clashes with Russian invaders on December 11, with nearly half of them recorded in the Pokrovsk sector.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, speaking at a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing, emphasized the key principles required for an acceptable peace agreement to end Russia's war against Ukraine.
In the Sloviansk sector, the city of Siversk remains under the control of Ukraine's Defense Forces, and counter-sabotage measures continue.
Questions of possible compromises on territorial issues within a peace plan must be decided by the people of Ukraine — either through elections or a referendum.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he hopes the United States will help Ukraine unblock its path to EU membership through its influence on certain countries.
Ukraine has submitted a revised peace plan to the United States, but it is not yet final.
President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized that his current priority is ending the war in Ukraine and developing a peace plan, not appointing a new head of the Presidential Office.