[Korrespondent] 22.53 In November 2025, 226 civilians were killed and 952 injured in Ukraine, mostly by Russian missiles and drones. This was reported by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine in its monthly report on the protection of civilians.
In November, Russia carried out five large-scale combined attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities, which caused large-scale emergency power outages in most regions.
The recorded increase in the number of long-range strikes led to a significant increase in casualties in 2025. From January to November 2025, 645 civilians were killed as a result of missile and drone strikes (27% more than last year), 4,123 people were injured (68% increase).
22.38 During the Russian attack on the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk, a ship of a Turkish company was hit. Turkey called for immediate de-escalation and stated the urgent need to reach agreements on guarantees for the safety of shipping in the Black Sea, as well as to stop attacks on energy and port infrastructure.
The operator Cenk Denizcilik reported that the vessel M/V CENK T, which plies between the Turkish port of Karasu and Odessa, was damaged.
21.42 Drones of the Security Service of Ukraine again struck Russian oil production platforms in the Caspian Sea, production processes were suspended. This was reported by Ukrainska Pravda, citing sources in the SBU.
"Long-range drones of the Alpha Special Operations Center of the SBU successfully attacked the Filanovsky oil production platform for the second time this week. In addition, another platform, the Korchagin platform, was hit. Both facilities belong to the Lukoil-Nizhnevolzhskneft company and operate in the Caspian Sea," the report says.
SBU drones damaged critical equipment on both ice-resistant platforms, which led to the suspension of production processes.
The Filanovsky field is one of the largest explored in Russia and in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea. Its reserves are estimated at 129 million tons of oil and 30 billion cubic meters of gas.
20.17 US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has been temporarily suspended from participating in peace talks on Ukraine due to disagreements within the Trump administration, The Telegraph reports, citing informed sources.
19.33 Defense forces struck an oil refinery in the Yaroslavl region of the Russian Federation and a number of facilities in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine . This was reported by the General Staff.
Thus, it is noted that as part of reducing the offensive potential of the Russian Federation and complicating the supply of fuel and ammunition to the military units of the occupiers, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck the facilities of the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in the Yaroslavl region of the Russian Federation.
An ammunition depot near the village of Avdiivske (formerly Pervomayske) and enemy manpower concentration sites in the Myrnograd and Rodynske districts of Donetsk Oblast were also hit.
18.59 The missile strike by Russian aggressors on a civilian ship in Chornomorsk demonstrates that Moscow does not take seriously "the chance for diplomacy that exists now, but continues the war precisely to destroy normal life in Ukraine." President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote about this in Telegra.
18.46 In Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, Russians attacked civilian transport with FPV drones - injured six people, damaged three cars. Russian troops dropped an aerial bomb on Kostyantynivka: two people were killed and one was injured, a high-rise building and a car were damaged.
18.13 The next meeting of the contact group on Ukrainian defense issues in the Ramstein format will be held online next week. The German Ministry of Defense reported this .
17.51 ​​A ship caught fire in Odessa after the sounds of explosions. According to preliminary data, one person was injured. Information about a possible leak or air pollution with chemicals is not recorded.
The ship caught fire during an air raid alert that lasted from 15:21 to 16:22. During this period, at least four explosions were heard in Odessa. The Ukrainian Air Force warned of a ballistic missile threat from the south, and then of two high-speed targets on Chornomorsk.
17.44 EU Council President Antonio Costa said that the European Union will fulfill the commitments made in October and provide financing for Ukraine's urgent needs in 2026-2027, including military and defense support.
"I am preparing for the upcoming European Council (EUCO) meeting during telephone conversations with leaders. Together we have already faced important meetings before - and we will continue to face them. And we are ready to offer solutions again," Costa emphasized.
He assured that during preparatory telephone conversations with members of the European Council, "one message came across clearly: in October, we committed to meeting Ukraine's financial needs for the next two years. Now we need to implement this commitment."
17.23 The United States under the Donald Trump administration has effectively given Ukraine the green light to strike Russia's so-called "shadow fleet," The Atlantic reported, citing American and Ukrainian officials.
16.50 In Belgorod, Russia, the military dropped an ordnance near one of the kindergartens. The governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, noted that there was an "ordnance drop", so the explosives technicians of the Russian Ministry of Defense decided to dispose of it.
"All people who were in the building have been moved to a safe place. Currently, the services are quickly evacuating residents living within a radius of 300 meters," he said.
Meanwhile, Telegram channels write that a Russian air bomb fell near Kindergarten No. 55 in the Kreid area, as indicated by a characteristic crater.
16.37 Since the beginning of the day, 93 combat clashes have taken place on the front in 11 directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational update . The Russian occupation army has focused its attacks on three key directions in the Donetsk region.
16.02 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will arrive on a visit to the German capital Berlin on Monday, December 15. This was reported by Bild , citing information received from security circles. The exact format of the talks is still unclear. It is also not yet known whether a US representative will be present.
15.26 A ceasefire in Ukraine can only come after the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Donbas. Yuri Ushakov , an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said this in a comment to Russian media. The territory of Donbas will completely come under Russian control, if not through negotiations, then through military means, he believes.
At the same time, the Kremlin representative suggested for the first time that there would be no military personnel from either Russia or Ukraine in the occupied territory of Donbas, but there would be the Russian Guard and the Russian police.
15.02 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region, where the Ukrainian army is fighting with Russian occupiers. It is now extremely important to achieve results on the front so that Ukraine can achieve results in diplomacy, the head of state noted.
14.27 Over the past two days, the Ukrainian military has hit three important targets in the temporarily occupied Crimea, including an An-26 military transport aircraft . This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The drone hit the enemy aircraft at the moment when the Russians were preparing for takeoff and had even started the An-26 engines.
14.12 The head of the Kremlin regime, Vladimir Putin, is trying to present the successes of his occupation army as a process that will supposedly "inevitably lead to the complete defeat of Ukraine." US President Donald Trump's negotiating team and the American leader himself seem to share this position. In fact, it is far from reality, according to Ukrainian military personnel on the front lines and independent experts, The Wall Street Journal reports.
13:50 Russian aggressors struck the Novovodolazka community in the Kharkiv region with drones. Six people are currently known to have been injured, said the head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Synegubov.
13.23 Ukrainian military conducted a successful operation in the Kupyansk direction and in the city of Kupyansk, Kharkiv region. This was reported by the Charter National Guard Corps. During the fighting, the villages of Kindrashivka, Radkivka and their surroundings, as well as a number of neighborhoods in the north of Kupyansk, were liberated.
12.58 Ukrainian military and the Chernaya Iskra rebel movement conducted a special operation, as a result of which they hit two Russian ships in the Caspian Sea that were transporting weapons and military equipment. This was reported by the Special Operations Forces (SOF) command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
12.25 Three men who committed a double terrorist act in the Darnytsia district were detained in Kyiv. The SBU reported this. The perpetrators were detained "hot on the trail" within six hours of the explosions.
12.19 The Moscow City Court sentenced in absentia the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, and several ICC judges to terms ranging from 3.5 to 15 years in prison. This was reported by the Russian Prosecutor General's Office.
12.01 Since the beginning of this year alone, the aggressor country Russia has attacked Ukrainian energy facilities 4.5 thousand times . Deputy Minister of Energy Roman Andarak reported this at a briefing. Recent history knows no examples when the energy system of individual states existed under conditions of such large-scale and targeted terror, he noted.
11.41 The information disseminated in the media about the alleged "consent of Ukraine to the creation of a buffer zone" in Donbas is incorrect. This was told to journalists by the presidential communications adviser Dmytro Lytvyn, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
11.23 In the Russian city of Orsk in the Orenburg region, a fire broke out at the local Mechanical Plant . It produces more than 50% of artillery shells of certain calibers produced in Russia. It also manufactures components for multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS).
10.59 A drone destroyed a Russian An-26 transport plane at the Kacha airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea. This was reported by the monitoring Telegram channel Crimean Wind.
10.36 On Friday night, Russian invaders carried out drone strikes on energy facilities in several regions. This was reported by Ukrenergo. As of this morning, a significant number of consumers in the Odessa and Donetsk regions have been left without electricity due to attacks by the "shaheeds". There are also local power outages in the Kharkiv region as a result of the fighting.
10.24 Over the past 24 hours, a total of 174 combat clashes with the enemy were recorded on the front, the most intense direction being Pokrovsky, where the occupiers carried out 49 attacks. This was reported by the General Staff.
9.59 Russia attacked Ukraine using 80 attack drones. Air defense forces managed to shoot down 64 enemy UAVs. The Ukrainian Air Force reported this on Telegram.
9.47 Russian occupiers have advanced near Myrnograd in the Donetsk region. Analysts from the Ukrainian monitoring project DeepState reported this on Telegram.
8.50 Russian occupiers attacked Odessa and the Odessa region with drones on the night of December 12. The energy sector was hit, buildings were damaged, and fires broke out. This was reported by the head of the Odessa Military Administrative District, Serhiy Lysak, on his Telegram channel.
8.00 One person was killed and four others were injured as a result of a Russian strike on the city of Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk region. Acting head of the OVA Vladislav Gaivanenko said this on Telegram.
7.43 The Ukrainian Defense Forces neutralized 1,400 Russian invaders over the past 24 hours. The total losses of enemy personnel in the war exceeded 1 million 186 thousand people. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in its morning summary published on Facebook.
04.58 Drones have once again attacked a refinery in Yaroslavl, Russia. Local residents are posting footage of a fire at the plant.
03.21 Russians attacked Odessa with drones. Part of the city was left without electricity and water.
01.01 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that Europe insists on a just and lasting peace in Ukraine. At the same time, any peace agreement must not contain the seeds of future conflicts. She also said that the next week will be decisive on the issue of financing Ukraine.