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10:34 Klychko on the consequences of the nighttime attack on Kyiv: 4 dead, critical infrastructure damaged (PHOTO)

11:34 Blackout in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts due to an enemy strike: DTEK denied information that electricity would be restored in 2027

16:10 In Dnipro, 300 tons of oil spilled onto the roads after a strike on the city — Filatov

16:22 Russia struck a multi-story residential building in central Kharkiv: there are casualties

15:24 Budanov became the new head of the Office of the President (PHOTO)

14:03 Lavrov believes that Trump during the Alaska summit promised to force Ukraine to give up Donbas – media

18:20 Zelensky: “Dangerous statements from russia are aimed at undermining the achievements of our work with Trump’s team”

16:25 Zelensky on withdrawing from Donbas: “This is in their dreams, but…”

10:21 Trump promises Ukraine strong security guarantees in Zelensky’s presence (VIDEO)

17:04 Enemy guided bombs hit a busy Kharkiv highway, setting cars ablaze; casualties are being assessed

11:09 Putin continues to demand “the entire Donbas” in negotiations – russian media

11:25 Zelensky named and detailed 20 points of a plan to end the war for the first time

14:10 MiG-31, 3 radar stations… The SBU struck russian gear worth hundreds of millions of dollars at an airfield in occupied Crimea (PHOTO)

14:52 The kremlin hypocritically rejected Ukraine’s proposal for a Christmas ceasefire

11:00 Europe has presented a six-point plan of security guarantees for Ukraine

13:55 Lost in translation: Zelensky’s team denied information that Ukraine agreed to a buffer zone in Donbas

09:46 Zelensky on negotiations with the U.S. representatives: “We agreed that in the near future there will be a concrete understanding of security guarantees”

09:58 Zelensky stated that he expects proposals from MPs and partners and will be ready to hold elections

09:57 Zelensky emphasizes: “We have no right whatsoever to give away any of our territories”

15:08 Zelensky stated that during negotiations with the U.S., no agreement has yet been reached regarding eastern Ukraine

13:40 Syrskyi: We continue to hold the northern part of Pokrovsk

16:11 The Verkhovna Rada has adopted the state budget for 2026

10:31 Putin’s aide stated that the negotiations with the U.S. didn’t bring a compromise, but also “didn’t push back the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine”

17:55 Putin orders to “expand strikes” on Ukrainian ports and vessels and threatens Europe

10:28 Results of the talks in the U.S.: Zelensky speaks of a “constructive conversation”, while Umerov mentions “significant progress”

17:54 Yermak has submitted his resignation. Zelensky promises a reboot of the Presidential Office

09:57 Putin said that the recognition of Crimea, Donbas and “Novorossia” should be a subject of negotiations between russia and the U.S.

18:00 We want to reach an agreement with Ukraine, but right now it’s legally impossible — putin

13:00 Rashists shot 5 Ukrainian POW near Zelenyi Hai

16:44 The russian MFA: “There can be no talk of any concessions in the context of the ‘special military operation’”

14:01 Trump stated that he considers russia’s main concession to be ending the war and abandoning new seizures

10:44 Attack on Zaporizhzhia: 18 people injured

09:42 Zelensky is ready to meet with Trump to finalize the “peace plan”

17:41 Talks between Ukraine, the U.S., and russia are taking place in Abu Dhabi

17:09 Ukraine agreed to Trump’s peace agreement. Only “minor details” remain to be finalized — CBS News

17:55 Zelensky’s office stated that the 28-point U.S. peace plan no longer exists in the previously published form

12:46 The U.S. is offering Ukraine security guarantees similar to Article 5 of the NATO Charter

09:35 President Zelensky responded to the new American draft peace plan with the russian federation

18:03 “We do not want the capitulation of Ukraine”. European leaders oppose the new U.S. plan

09:16 The U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine provides for territories’ surrender, AFU reduction, and the abandonment of certain types of weapons – Reuters

14:17 State Emergency Service: 19 dead already in Ternopil as a result of russian strike (PHOTO)

11:21 Svyrydenko: 9 people were killed in Ternopil, another 22 were injured

11:22 Zelensky is preparing to visit Turkey: “We are preparing to intensify negotiations”

10:31 The Zuivka and Starobesheve TPPs in the occupied Donetsk oblast were attacked: a significant part of the “DNR” was left without electricity (VIDEO)

10:20 Russia launched missile strikes on Balakliia in the Kharkiv oblast, with fatalities and injured (PHOTO)

10:25 At night, russia attacked Kyiv with drones and missiles: 1 killed, at least 24 injured (PHOTO)

10:34 Syrskyi: There is no question of russian control over Pokrovsk or the encirclement of the Defense Forces

16:57 Zelensky demanded the resignation of Ukraine’s Ministers of Energy and Justice

11:08 Trump stated that the United States no longer finances Ukraine but receives money through NATO

11:05 A storage and launch base for “Shahed” drones was destroyed in Donetsk – Madiar (VIDEO 18+)

17:10 General Staff: The defense of the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad agglomeration continues. There is no encirclement of our units or forces

10:03 Zelensky stated that there is no agreed peace plan between Ukraine and its partners

12:12 More than 2,000 rashist strikes along the front line and in settlements of the Donetsk oblast: 8 killed, 19 wounded (PHOTO)

15:02 Occupied Luhansk and several other cities were left without electricity after a hit

14:00 The occupiers shelled Sloviansk in the Donetsk oblast with MLRS, killing 3 people (PHOTO, VIDEO)

10:44 Russia struck Kramatorsk with an Iskander missile in the morning (PHOTO)

11:44 Putin should focus on ending the war in Ukraine, not on missile tests – Trump

10:25 Zelensky reported enemy SRGs and logistical problems in Pokrovsk

16:04 Putin’s “chief negotiator” has arrived in Washington to “restore relations”

15:22 The kremlin did not dare to criticize Trump and called for a “specification of the parameters of further dialogue”

10:15 EU ambassadors agreed on the 19th package of sanctions against russia – media

12:06 “Six dead, including 2 children”: Zelensky on the consequences of russia’s night attack on Ukraine (PHOTO)

14:45 Lavrov stated that a ceasefire now would "leave a huge part of Ukraine under the control of Nazis"

12:43 Zelensky and European leaders stated that the current line of contact should be the starting point for negotiations with russia

17:24 Russian MFA is unhappy with Trump for not pressuring Kyiv to protect the russian language and the "canonical Orthodox Church" of the moscow Patriarchate

10:19 Trump denied that he had suggested Zelensky give russia all of Donbas. He calls to “cut”

09:44 thanked the First Lady, Melania, for her involvement with children. He was very appreciative, and said that this will continue

16:16 Russia struck a Ukrainian Armed Forces training center with ballistic missiles: there are casualties

11:06 A sudden power outage in 6 districts of occupied Donetsk: dozens of schools and hospitals were left without electricity

09:53 Yet another gas explosion in an apartment building of the “LNR”, this time in Alchevsk: there are fatalities (VIDEO)

11:38 Russia carried out strikes on Ukraine’s thermal power plants overnight

11:00 Donetsk OSA on the explosion of the main ammonia pipeline "Tolyatti - Odesa": "There is no threat to human life"

12:49 “The enemy is exhausting itself”. The pace of russian advancement has slowed, but they are still pressing in several directions — military expert Vladyslav Selezniov

09:48 Zelensky: “Our defense in winter depends on air defense missiles, we have deliveries, the US has not blocked anything”

16:38 Ukraine has brought back another 185 of its Defenders, who were in Mariupol, at "Azovstal" and Chornobyl NPP (PHOTO)

12:43 Saldo "with great sorrow" announced the death of the head of Nova Kakhovka’s occupation administration

11:29 The "LNR" head complained to putin that "investors" are not investing in the coal industry: miners are without salaries, mines are on the verge of closure

11:02 The enemy killed an entire family in the Sumy oblast by deliberately striking a residential building (PHOTO)

17:41 Now Ukrainian weapons can reach any russian military targets — Sybiha

11:00 Kellogg: the US will not prevent strikes by Ukraine deep into russian territory

16:45 Mariupol’s “mayor” predicts that in the near future hundreds of thousands of “specialists who will develop the city” will be brought there from russia

17:04 The enemy struck a training unit of the Ground Forces; there are losses among the personnel

13:31 The occupiers shot a civilian family and took a girl hostage to advance russian troops in the Donetsk oblast

10:56 Trump has radically changed his stance on russian aggression: a return to Ukraine’s 1991 borders is possible (SCREENSHOT)

10:33 Trump on the russian-Ukrainian war: It looks like this won’t end for a long time (VIDEO)

09:46 Zelensky submitted a draft law on deploying AFU units to other states to the Verkhovna Rada

10:18 The enemy shelled Kostiantynivka, there are dead and injured

11:26 Putin backed resettling “SMO” participants in occupied Ukrainian territories with a free hectare of land

17:01 Another russian bombing strike on Kostiantynivka: five people killed (PHOTO)

16:40 Zelensky reported on the details of the Dobropillia counteroffensive operation in the Donetsk oblast

15:20 President of the European Parliament in Kyiv: Ukraine will never walk alone

13:07 Merz: "Ukraine’s capitulation to russia is unacceptable, we will not allow it"

11:05 National Guard of Ukraine: The russian breakthrough near Pokrovsk has been eliminated

15:50 Trump for the first time called russia an “aggressor”

10:30 Trump said that "the hatred between Zelensky and putin is unfathomable"

13:38 Putin’s office announced a pause in negotiations between Ukraine and russia

10:24 The EU Court refused Yanukovych, his son, and Abramovich exclusion from the sanctions lists

11:03 Zelensky: 15 of our oblasts were under russian attack, there are dead and wounded (PHOTO)

10:34 Polish military acknowledged that the intrusion of russian UAVs is an act of aggression creating a threat to civilians

10:42 Social media report that a UAV strike hit the Donetsk Metallurgical Plant (VIDEOFACT)

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