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Monday, 29 December 2025, 12:58
Ukraine and the United States share a common stance on the need for a diplomatic end to the war, but if Russia refuses to accept a peace agreement, international support for Ukraine will continue.
U.S. President Donald Trump discussed all 20 points of the draft framework document between Ukraine, the United States, Russia, and Europe on ending the war with Russian ruler Vladimir Putin ahead of his meeting with the President of Ukraine.
The Russia-Ukraine war will end once the Ukrainian state receives security guarantees.
Russian invaders have unsuccessfully attempted to entrench themselves along the railway north of Rodynske, as well as in the city’s western districts. Fighting for the city is ongoing.
President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed with President Donald Trump the possibility of extending U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine for a period of 30-50 years.
In the village of Shakhove, Pokrovsk district, Donetsk region, Russian invaders executed two servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who had been taken prisoner.
In the Republic of Adygea (Russian Federation), explosions were heard overnight on December 29 in the area of the Khanskaya military airfield.
Russian invaders killed one resident of the Donetsk region over the past day, December 28.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 21 of the 25 drones used by Russians to attack Ukraine since the evening of December 28.
Russian troops struck four settlements in the Kharkiv region over the past day, injuring three people.
Russian troops launched drone strikes on the Nikopol and Synelnykove districts in the Dnipropetrovsk region, causing fires.
On December 28, Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 209 combat clashes with Russian invaders.
The total combat losses of Russian forces since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022, to December 29, 2025, are estimated at around 1,205,690 personnel, including 1,180 in the past 24 hours.
Soldiers of the strike drone company Aquila from the Stalevyi Kordon (Steel Border) border brigade destroyed five enemy shelters and two Russian antennas in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors.
As a result of a strike by Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces on a command post and deployment sites of special forces of Russia’s 14th Brigade of Military Intelligence (GRU) in the temporarily occupied village of Berdianske in Donetsk region, 51 invaders were killed and 74 more wounded.
U.S. President Donald Trump believes that the outcome of negotiations on ending the war between Russia and Ukraine could become clear within a few weeks.
A DESTRUCTION TEAM unit of the rapid response border commandant’s office of the 5th Border Guard Detachment struck enemy shelters as well as drone control antennas on the Northern Slobozhanshchyna front. The antennas had been used to coordinate enemy actions and adjust fire.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that although agreement has been reached on most of the 20 points of the peace plan, the issue of Donbas remains difficult.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he does not rule out the possibility of visiting Ukraine in order to reach agreements on ending the war.
In the Ivano-Frankivsk region, rescuers evacuated 32 people, including 7 children, due to snow-covered roads.
A passenger bus has turned over in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. As a result of the road traffic accident, one person was killed, and eight others were injured.
In the Lviv region, 104 settlements have been left without electricity due to adverse weather conditions.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen noted “significant progress” in the context of the meeting between the presidents of Ukraine and the United States on peace talks and emphasized her readiness to help consolidate it.
At Moscow's Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo airports on the evening of December 27, more than 270 arrivals and departures were delayed due to flight restrictions introduced following a drone attack.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said that negotiations to end the war in Ukraine are in their final stage, although several thorny issues still need to be resolved.
Over 90% of aid to Ukraine passes through Poland, so Warsaw's position at the time of signing the peace agreement will be crucial.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb has said that European leaders held a more than hour-long "good call" with the presidents of Ukraine and the United States, Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump, emphasizing that concrete steps toward ending the war were discussed.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida yielded significant achievements.
U.S. President Donald Trump said that substantial progress had been made in negotiations to end the war following his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which took place at the Mar-a-Lago residence in the state of Florida on Sunday.