[Korrespondent] 21.59 Russia "will not lose the war" to Ukraine, claims of its defeat are "a myth and a complete illusion." Therefore, Russian assets after the war "will have to be returned to the Kremlin." Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever stated this in an interview with the Belgian publication La Libre.
21.48 The Ukrainian delegation is preparing for a meeting in the United States with representatives of American President Donald Trump. This is stated in the address of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
20.47 Russian occupiers hit Sloviansk with aerial bombs on Wednesday, December 3. Eight people are known to have been injured, including two children. This was stated by the head of the Donetsk regional military administration, Vadym Filashkin, on Telegram.
20.14 In Kryvyi Rih, the number of injured people as a result of a Russian missile strike has increased to four people, including a child. This was reported by the State Emergency Service.
According to preliminary data, the Russians hit the city with an Iskander-M ballistic missile. Earlier, one casualty was reported.
The attack set fire to garages and damaged the administration building. Rescuers are working at the scene.
19.55 Security guarantees should provide long-term protection for both Ukraine and the European Union. This was stated by the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov on his Telegram channel.
According to him, on Wednesday, December 3, he held a meeting with the national security advisors of Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Finland, and Great Britain.
19.19 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that the alliance faces "real and long-term threats" from Russia, which "continues its inhuman war against Ukraine" and intensifies hybrid warfare in the West. This is reported by Reuters.
Two-thirds of the alliance's 32 countries have joined the PURL initiative, which provides for the allocation of funds for the purchase of weapons from the United States for Ukraine. Their total financial commitments have exceeded $4 billion.
According to him, for the first time, the contribution will not be made by members of the alliance, but by its partners - Australia and New Zealand.
18.59 An explosion was heard in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, on the evening of December 3. The Russians attacked the city with ballistic missiles. This was reported by the head of the city's military administration, Oleksandr Vilkul, on Telegram.
18.13 4,300 civilians remain in Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region. The evacuation from the city is currently underway. This was reported by Dmytro Petlin, head of the department of operational-duty service, communications, warning and informing the population of the Department for Civil Protection, Mobilization and Defense Work of the Donetsk OVA, Ukrinform reports.
17.43 Ukraine has been in contact with the US delegation after its talks in Moscow. This was reported by Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga. According to him, the head of the Ukrainian delegation, Rustem Umerov, had a conversation with the US President's special envoy, Steve Witkoff.
Representatives of the American delegation reported that, in their assessment, the talks in Moscow "had a positive significance" for the peace process, Sibiga noted.
He also added that the US has invited a Ukrainian delegation to America to continue negotiations in the near future.
17.07 In November, the intensity of hostilities increased sharply: 5,990 clashes were recorded during the month, which exceeds the average figures for the year. The hottest day was November 28 - 311 clashes. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense, citing data from the General Staff.
16.54 On the night of December 3, the Ukrainian Defense Forces hit an oil depot in the Tambov region of the Russian Federation. It is reported that several oil product tanks are on fire. The results of the hits are being clarified.
A technical observation post on the MSP-4 offshore stationary platform in the Black Sea was also hit. The occupants' UAV crew was destroyed and the surface radar on the Sivash self-elevating floating drilling rig was hit. Other results are being clarified.
It was also established that three Orion reconnaissance and strike drones were destroyed during the attack on the Saki airfield in Crimea on November 27. The attack on the Livny oil depot in the Oryol region of the Russian Federation on December 2 was confirmed, with the subsequent burning of two RV-5000 tanks.
15.27 The information from the Russian military command about the "breakthrough" in the Lyman of the Donetsk region is not true. This was stated by the press service of the Third Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"The corps units repel about 40 enemy assaults per day on the approaches to Lyman and do not allow the enemy to enter the city," said the corps commander, Brigadier General Andriy Biletsky.
According to him, in particular, over the past month, the Russians have made a dozen attempts at infiltration by small groups on the outskirts of the city. And the occupiers of each of them were eliminated or taken prisoner.
13.29 A court in Azerbaijan has sentenced citizen Ismail Hasanov to a real term of imprisonment for participating in the war against Ukraine on the side of Russia. The Hochu Zhit project reports this with reference to the publication oxi.azu.
12.58 As of the morning of December 3, the Defense Forces are providing additional logistical routes to support units in Pokrovsk and Myrnograd in Donbas, where fighting is ongoing.
"Search and assault operations and the elimination of the enemy in the city building are ongoing in Pokrovsk. In Myrnograd, Ukrainian units are holding defensive lines and eliminating the enemy on the approaches to the city," the statement from the East Troops Directorate says.
12.19 In Russia, on the night of December 1, an explosion occurred on a section of the Druzhba oil pipeline, through which Russian oil continues to be supplied to some European countries. This was reported by Ukrinform, citing an interlocutor in the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. It is noted that the attack on the oil pipeline was carried out near the settlement of Kazinsky Vysilky, which is on the Taganrog-Lipetsk oil pipeline section.
12.18 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andriy Hnatov will meet today in Brussels with national security advisors of European leaders.
Ukrainian representatives will inform their colleagues in Europe about what is known after yesterday's contacts of the American side in Moscow, and will also discuss the issue of the European component in the necessary security architecture.
After Brussels, Umerov and Gnatov will prepare a meeting with representatives of US President Donald Trump in the States.
12.17 The Russian army needs to fight in Ukraine for another year to reach the administrative borders of the Donetsk region, a senior NATO official said.
"Capturing the remaining part of the Donetsk region is not a realistic possibility for the Russians for at least another year," the source said.
This forecast is based on the current speed of Russia's advance. In particular, in Pokrovsk, which the Russian army controls by 95%, the military is advancing an average of 120 meters per day.
11.19 Counterintelligence of the Security Service detained in Kyiv an FSB agent who was coordinating the massive missile and drone attacks of the Russian Federation on the capital of Ukraine. The traitor turned out to be a 36-year-old employee of a local company that installs security and fire alarms at strategically important facilities in Ukraine.
Throughout the fall, the suspect collected coordinates for the Russians of potential "targets" for shelling the city. Also, during business trips, he monitored the consequences of enemy "arrivals" at the capital's energy facilities, which he immediately "reported" to the FSB to adjust for repeated strikes.
11.10 Russian troops shelled a trolleybus depot in Kherson with artillery at night. This was reported by the head of the Kherson MVA, Yaroslav Shanko, on December 3. It is noted that the shelling damaged the contact network, production facilities, and administrative building. 19 trolleybuses were damaged - windows were broken, and the bodies were mutilated.
10.38 Germany, Poland and Norway will jointly provide a new support package for Ukraine totaling $500 million, of which $200 million will be provided by Germany. This was stated by German Foreign Minister Johann Wadeful before the start of the meeting of the NATO Council of Foreign Ministers in Brussels, Ukrinform reports.
10.37 As a result of Russian attacks on energy facilities, more than 17.5 thousand consumers in the Kharkiv region, about 5 thousand in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions, as well as consumers in the Kherson region, were additionally without electricity on the morning of December 3.
In the Odessa region, all subscribers who lost power at night have already been restored. In the Odessa region, one worker was injured as a result of a night attack and was taken to the hospital.
9.58 The key issue in Russia's war against Ukraine is territorial. The parties are literally fighting for 20% of the Donetsk region, which has not yet been occupied by the Russian Federation. This was stated by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
"Now they are literally fighting for a territory of 30-50 kilometers and the remaining 20% ​​of Donetsk region. We have been trying to find out and, in my opinion, have made some progress in this," he said.
9.21 In the temporarily occupied Sevastopol, the position of the air defense means of the Russian invaders was discovered, the coordinates were transferred to the Defense Forces of Ukraine. This was reported by the partisan movement ATESH. It is noted that the discovered and recorded anti-aircraft missile and gun complex Pantsir-S1 is an important element of the cover of critically important objects. Next to Pantsir, the Russians placed a ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft installation. This old installation is used to protect Pantsir from attacks by attack UAVs.
09.20 Two people were killed and three injured as a result of a nighttime attack by Russian drones in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
At night, Russian troops struck Ternivka, Pavlohrad district, with drones. Men aged 43 and 50 were killed. Three more people were injured, all hospitalized. A 65-year-old man and woman are in "serious" condition. An 18-year-old boy is in moderate condition.
The attack caused a fire. A private house was partially destroyed, six more were damaged. Garages and cars were damaged. One passenger car was destroyed.
8.57 Air defense forces neutralized 83 of the 111 drones that the Russians used to attack Ukraine since the evening. The Ukrainian Air Force reported this on December 3. 27 strike UAVs were recorded hitting 13 locations, as well as the fall of downed targets (fragments) at one location.
8.45 Over the past 24 hours, 201 clashes took place at the front, 52 attacks by Russian invaders were stopped by the Defense Forces in the Pokrovsky direction, the invaders stormed the Lymansky direction more than 30 times and the Konstantinovsky direction 27 times. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on December 3.
8.19 A fire broke out at oil depots in the Tambov region of the Russian Federation, and fuel tanks in the Voronezh region of the Russian Federation were also damaged as a result of a drone attack on the night of December 3. This was reported by the governors of the Tambov region, Yevgeny Pervishov, and the Voronezh region, Alexander Gusev. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, air defense systems allegedly intercepted and destroyed 102 Ukrainian drones. In particular, 26 drones were allegedly shot down over the Belgorod region, 22 over the Bryansk region, 21 over the Kursk region, 16 over the Rostov region, 7 over the Astrakhan region, 6 over the Saratov region, and 4 over the Voronezh region of the Russian Federation.
7.50 The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 1,200 Russian military personnel, 12 artillery systems, and 47 units of automotive equipment and tanker trucks last day. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on December 3. The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 03.12.25 were approximately 1,176,230 people.
7.23 In Donbas, occupation structures are turning educational institutions into military training centers for teenagers, disguising the classes as "youth development." The Center for National Resistance reports this.
05.30 Russian troops are approximately 30 kilometers from Zaporizhia, but it is extremely unlikely that the enemy can approach the city's borders by the end of the year without a significant breakthrough, a NATO representative said on December 3.
03.28 The European Commission has found a way to convince Belgium to agree to use frozen Russian assets to provide a 140 billion euro loan to Ukraine. The European Commission is proposing to invoke Article 122, which allows governments to take decisions "in a spirit of solidarity between member states" if the economic situation requires it. This was reported by Politico, citing information from five diplomats and EU officials.
01.27 After a meeting in Moscow between Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff, his son-in-law Jared Kushner and Russian dictator Putin, different approaches to ending the war were discussed. So far, no compromise plan has been found to resolve the situation in Ukraine, as stated by Vladimir Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov.
00.24 A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff has ended in Moscow. The talks were attended by Russian President's envoy Kirill Dmitriev, President's foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov, and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. This is according to a CNN report. According to the media, the discussion lasted about five hours.