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26 December 2025
On the front line, Ukrainian forces engaged in 237 combat clashes, over 80 of them occurred in the Lyman and Pokrovsk sectors, where the enemy is suffering significant losses.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck a number of Russian logistical facilities and enemy personnel in Donetsk region.
Fighters of the 425th Separate Assault Regiment Skelia of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are conducting clearing operations against Russian invaders in the town of Huliaipole, Zaporizhzhia region.
President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed preparations for the meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff, where a number of issues were discussed, namely countering Russian Shahed drone attacks, Ukraine's deep strikes, and Ukraine's Drone Line.
Russian troops carried out strikes throughout the day on the Nikopol, Synelnykove, and Kryvyi Rih districts of Dnipropetrovsk region, injuring two civilians.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine has never been and will never be an obstacle to peace.
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.
As of now, four people are known to have been injured as a result of Russian strikes on the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv, and two people have been killed.
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (HUR) has released exclusive footage showing the combat operations of special forces from the Chimera unit in Zaporizhzhia region in the autumn of 2025.
Since the beginning of the day, 112 combat clashes have occurred between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops. Fighting is currently ongoing on nine directions of the front, with the enemy concentrating the greatest efforts on the Lyman direction and also showing high activity on the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka directions.
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.
In Kharkiv, Russian glide bomb strikes have resulted in fatalities and injuries, with the exact number of casualties still being clarified.
In the Kupiansk sector, Russian forces are trying to compensate for their setbacks near the town but without success, while clearing operations against the enemy are ongoing inside Kupiansk itself.
Fighters of the Prymary (Ghosts) special unit of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) destroyed a Russian S-300V launcher and other high-value targets in temporarily occupied Crimea.
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.
In December, Russia recruited 150 foreign nationals from 25 countries to fight in the war against Ukraine. A further 200 foreigners are reportedly preparing to join the Russian army.
The situation in Huliaipole, Zaporizhzhia region, remains difficult: dozens of combat engagements are recorded in the city every day, while Russian forces are attempting to cut logistical routes and take control of the settlement.
Russian troops launched a missile strike on Uman in the Cherkasy region, injuring six people, including two children.
On Friday, December 26, Russian troops attacked the Zaporizhzhia district with aircraft. As a result of the attack, one person was killed, and three were wounded.
On the morning of December 24, two explosions occurred in the city of Ussuriysk, Primorsky region of the Russian Federation, at the parking area of military unit No. 19288 — the 80th Vitebsk Red Banner Command Brigade.
Two powerful explosions occurred near the temporarily occupied city of Sevastopol in the area of the Kacha Airfield on Friday night, December 26.
Russian occupation forces are attempting to expand the combat zone in the Kharkiv region, with the enemy sustaining significant losses in the area of Sotnytskyi Kozachok.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops fired on border settlements in the Chernihiv region 47 times, with 93 explosions recorded.
Russian occupiers cannot advance from the village of Hrabovske further into the Sumy region. The enemy's forces currently number approximately 100 people.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 73 out of 99 drones used by Russia to attack Ukraine since the evening of December 25. A ballistic missile and 26 UCAVs were recorded as having been hit.