Additional forces directed to defend Myrnohrad – military
Ukrainian forces are holding defensive lines in Myrnohrad, Donetsk region. To deter Russian invaders, the city's defense has been reinforced with additional forces and assets.
Ukrainian forces are holding defensive lines in Myrnohrad, Donetsk region. To deter Russian invaders, the city's defense has been reinforced with additional forces and assets.
Eight people were injured and two were killed as a result of a Russian strike on the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv.
The Unmanned Systems Forces struck a command post of the 14th Brigade of Russian military intelligence (GRU) special forces, as well as warehouses and a military equipment repair base in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region, and a deployment site of high-speed landing craft of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Crimea.
During a conversation, President Volodymyr Zelensky informed Finnish President Alexander Stubb about the progress of the negotiation process and Ukraine's contacts with partners.
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Sweden has increased its total contribution to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund to EUR 203.08 million by transferring an additional EUR 63.8 million.
A Russian attack on seaports in Ukraine’s Odesa region damaged a ship flying the Slovak flag, Slovakia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine held the first meeting of a working group tasked with preparing legislative proposals on the specifics of conducting elections during a special period. Among other goals, the group plans to develop mechanisms to counter Russian interference in the electoral process.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that a draft 20-point peace plan is 90% complete.
Romania scrambled two F-16 fighter jets overnight on December 26 following a new attack by Russian drones on Ukrainian ports in the Odesa region.
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US President Donald Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida on Sunday, December 28.
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Two powerful explosions occurred near the temporarily occupied city of Sevastopol in the area of the Kacha Airfield on Friday night, December 26.