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05 December 2025
According to experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the New Safe Confinement (NSC) at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which was damaged in a drone strike in February, has lost its primary safety functions. However, its main structures and monitoring systems did not sustain irreversible damage.
Ukraine and Poland have agreed that starting next year, epidemiology teams from both countries will conduct joint training exercises along the border.
At this year's session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC, the Ukrainian delegation is participating for the first time as representatives of a state that has officially acceded to the Rome Statute.
Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin announced a National Security Council meeting to discuss a drone incident that occurred during President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to the country.
Russian forces attacked the district center and four communities in the Nikopol District, Dnipropetrovsk region, damaging eight houses.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a decision aimed at curbing the growth of electricity transmission tariffs.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reviewed a report from SBU Chief Vasyl Maliuk on the agency's work to counter occupiers and collaborators.
Deputy Head of the OSCE Secretariat Kate Fearon avoided directly answering a question on whether she considers Russia an aggressor killing innocent civilians in Ukraine, and whether the term Russian aggression against Ukraine is appropriate for the Secretariat.
In the coming years, Sweden will gradually phase out aid to Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Mozambique, Liberia, and Bolivia, using these funds instead to increase support for Ukraine.
On the Siversk axis, Russian forces shot a Ukrainian defender who approached with his hands raised to surrender.
In The Hague, at an event held as part of the session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC, dedicated to discussing how to achieve justice for Ukraine, participants were able to use VR goggles to experience the atmosphere of a Russian prison where Ukrainians are being illegally held.
The state has shifted the problem of mobilization onto the servicemembers of Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Centers (TCC) and cannot protect them from attacks. Solving this problem is the responsibility of the executive authorities, local self-government bodies, and law enforcement agencies.
In The Hague, at an event held as part of the session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC, dedicated to discussing how to achieve justice for Ukraine, participants were able to use VR goggles to experience the atmosphere of a Russian prison where Ukrainians are being illegally held.
On Saturday, December 6, electricity consumption restrictions will be in effect nationwide in Ukraine, 24 hours a day.
There are no longer any recorded attempts by Russians to pose as civilians in the Toretsk sector—overall, there are no residents left there.
Since the beginning of the day, 106 combat engagements have taken place at the front, with Russian invaders maintaining the highest pressure in the Pokrovsk sector.
The Security Service of Ukraine, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office uncovered a criminal group in Kyiv led by a Member of Parliament. According to the investigation, the members of this group offered a business representative USD 250,000 to arrange for the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine to impose sanctions against a competing company.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russia has built a shadow fleet of more than 1,240 tankers to circumvent Western sanctions and continue selling oil.
While working to bring an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine, it is important to remember the bitter lessons of the Budapest Memorandum.
A political prisoner, Tofik Abdulhaziiev, who Russia sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment, was diagnosed with a brain tumor following a computed tomography scan conducted at Prison Tuberculosis Hospital No. 3 in Chelyabinsk.
The 2026 state budget does not provide for an increase in monetary compensation for service members. At the same time, improved conditions for contract service are planned.
Two men were killed in Izium, Kharkiv region, when a drone struck a truck.
In the Chernihiv region, 90% of customers have been left without power due to a systemic network failure.
In the early hours of December 5, units of the Defence Forces of Ukraine targeted infrastructure at Russia’s Temryuk Seaport and the Syzran Oil Refinery.
The Frankivsk District Court of Lviv has imposed pre-trial detention on the suspect in the murder of a Territorial Recruitment Center serviceman, ordering 60 days in custody without the right to get bail.
The situation in the Kupiansk area of Kharkiv region is more optimistic than in other sections, as Russian forces rushed their offensive, overestimated their own capabilities, and are suffering losses in urban districts.
Russian troops are advancing in Vovchansk, Kharkiv region, and are trying to gain a foothold among the ruins of the city.
President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting with First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergiy Kyslytsya, during which they discussed specific areas of diplomatic activity and the negotiation process, in particular with the U.S.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal discussed further directions for defense cooperation between the two countries with Slovenian Defense Minister Borut Sajovic.
The Lithuanian government plans to declare a state of emergency in the country “due to the threat to civil protection” from balloons from Belarus that are disrupting the operation of Vilnius Airport.