Founded in 1918
Wednesday, 24 December 2025, 16:45
23 December 2025
In the area of the town of Siversk, Russian invading forces, having a significant advantage in manpower and equipment, continue their offensive operations. In order to preserve the lives of personnel and the combat effectiveness of units, Ukrainian defenders have withdrawn from the settlement.
Russian forces launched a strike on an enterprise in the town of Kremenchuk, Poltava region, in the afternoon of December 23, injuring two people.
On December 23, following a proposal from the Ministry of Defense (MoD), the government adopted a package of decisions to strengthen Ukraine's defense industry, including new conditions for the relocation and rapid restoration of the production capacities of Ukrainian arms manufacturers.
In the Kherson region, more than 1,500 people were tortured in Russian torture chambers. The occupiers took people to torture chambers not only to “extract” information or force them to cooperate, but in some cases, the victims or their relatives were forced to pay a “ransom” for their freedom.
Soldiers of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after the Knights of the Winter Campaign, together with adjacent units, repelled a mechanized assault by Russians near Ivanopilia in the Kostiantynivka direction, neutralized the assault troops, and destroyed the tanks.
Soldiers of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after the Knights of the Winter Campaign, together with adjacent units, repelled a mechanized assault by Russians near Ivanopilia in the Kostiantynivka direction, neutralized the assault troops, and destroyed the tanks.
Poland has received a request from Ukraine to extradite Russian archaeologist Alexander B., whom Kyiv has declared wanted for illegal excavations in Crimea following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
If it were not for the decision of the Council of Europe, international law would no longer exist
Five wind farms with a total capacity of 544 megawatts are to be built in the Vinnytsia region over the next two years.
In Vinnytsia region, more than two thousand internally displaced persons out of 142 thousand remain in temporary accommodation facilities in the region.
The vast majority of Russian missiles during the enemy attack on the night of December 23 were intercepted by F-16 pilots. At the same time, the number of missiles for air defense systems and air-to-air missiles from Western partners is not sufficient to meet Ukraine's current needs.
Russia is sustaining massive losses in its war against Ukraine. Yet, it primarily mobilizes residents of poorer regions, meaning that Russians from major cities are disproportionately less likely to fight and die. In this way, the Kremlin is deliberately limiting losses among the politically active urban population.
President Volodymyr Zelensky received a detailed briefing from Rustem Umerov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, and Andrii Hnatov, Chief of the General Staff, following meetings with representatives of U.S. President Donald Trump. Drafts of several documents have been prepared.
Energy workers have fully restored the electricity supply in the Rivne region after a massive Russian attack.
Fourteen houses, including eight residential buildings, were damaged in the Vinnytsia region as a result of a Russian attack this morning.
Since the evening of December 22, during a massive Russian aerial attack on Ukraine, the Defense Forces neutralized 635 out of 673 aerial attack assets, including almost all cruise missiles.
Russia has carried out its seventh attack on Ukraine's thermal power plants since early October, damaging the stations' equipment.
Critical infrastructure, a medical facility, and residential buildings were shelled by Russia in the Khmelnytskyi region.
On December 23, Russian invaders fired on the industrial zone of Kramatorsk from an Italmas drone in the Donetsk region.
As of 11:30, according to preliminary data, Air Defense Forces neutralized 621 Russian aerial targets: 587 unmanned aerial vehicles of various types and 34 Kh-101 and Iskander-K cruise missiles launched by Russia against Ukraine since the evening of December 22.
A Lebanon-flagged vessel carrying Ukrainian soy was damaged as a result of the December 23 attack on Odesa's port infrastructure.
Overnight and in the morning, Russia launched more than 650 drones at Ukraine, a significant number of them Shahed-type UAVs, as well as more than three dozen missiles. At least 13 regions were targeted.
In the Sviatoshynskyi district of Kyiv, the number of injured in the Russian attack has risen to five, including a child.
Due to a massive Russian attack on December 23, Ukraine's nuclear power plants were forced to reduce electricity generation.
Over the past day, the Russian army shelled three settlements in the Kharkiv region, damaging civilian infrastructure.
A critical energy infrastructure facility in the Lviv region has been hit as a result of a Russian air strike.
In the Odesa region, damage to energy, port, transport, industrial, and residential infrastructure was reported overnight as a result of an attack by Russian drones.
During a combined attack on December 23, Russia used more than 600 drones and dozens of missiles, striking Ukraine's energy facilities, mostly in the western regions.
A child was killed, and five people were injured in the Zhytomyr region as a result of Russian shelling, which also damaged houses and enterprises.
One person was killed, and power outages occurred in the Khmelnytskyi region as a result of Russian shelling.