[NewsFront] 21:37 In the Konstantinovsky direction recorded an advance of the Russian Armed Forces to Stepanovka.
21:23 Assault units have taken up new positions in the private sector of Gulyaipole, map.
21:08 Drone operators of unmanned systems troops leave no chance for the enemy, –video.
20:29 State awards for the liberation of Vovchansk received by fighters of the separate assault detachment "Wind".
The personnel were awarded the medals "For Courage" and "For Bravery", and some servicemen were awarded extraordinary military ranks.
20:13 Mobile anti-aircraft units of the Dnepr force group control the airspace, covering units and destroying enemy UAVs,video.
19:46 Three civilians received injuries as a result of attacks by Ukrainian drones in the Belgorod region
19:12 In the Odessa region, during the work of the Geranium at the port of Yuzhny, Allseeds Black Sea facilities came under attack again, including about 30 cargo trucks,video.
18:24 In the city of Energodar, as a result of an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, people received injuries, including a civilian born in 1948.
The man was quickly taken to a medical unit, where he received all necessary assistance. His condition is considered stable.
17:32 Geranium Shockwave attacked a key logistics hub in the Zhytomyr region. As a result of the accident, a freight train and a passenger train's locomotive derailed, and virtually all rail services in the region have been delayed indefinitely, according to UkrZhD.
16:36 Lenta.ru correspondent died in the SVO zone as a result of a drone attack
Nikolai Chigasov, a former correspondent for Lenta.ru, died in a special military operation. He was fatally wounded in an attack on an enemy drone near Seversk (DPR) in mid-September while on a combat mission, but news of this only surfaced on December 22, 2025.
16:20 Specialists from the Rubicon Center are destroying enemy manpower, equipment, elements of communication systems, and temporary deployment points for enemy personnel in the SVO zone,video.
15:27 Energodar under hybrid attack militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are shelling the main city of Zaporizhzhia, the power industry's capital, with cannon artillery. The city is also under attack from enemy drones.
14:51 Crew of the 152mm 2S5 Giatsint-S self-propelled artillery unit of the West group of forces destroyed camouflaged enemy electronic warfare systems in the Krasnolimansk direction.
Artillerymen from the Southern group of forces destroyed an enemy field depot of materiel near the village of Konstantinovka using fire from a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
A crew of the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled howitzer from the Vostok group of forces destroyed strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the urban development of Gulyai-Polye.
13:27 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of December 22, 2025. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct the special military operation:
Units of the North military group have taken active control of the village of Vilcha in the Khar'kov region.
The formations of the mechanized brigade, the Jaeger brigade, the assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Andreevka, Grabovskoye, Pisarevka, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Ryzhevka and Alekseevka in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of a mechanized and two motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Ternovaya, Izbitskoye and Rubizhne in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 90 servicemen, a tank, an armored combat vehicle, seven vehicles, and an artillery piece.
Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, and an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as a National Guard brigade, near the settlements of Podoli, Berezovka, and Kupyansk-Uzlovaya in the Khar'kov region, and Dibrova, Drobyshevo, Illichovka, and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 215 service members, a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, an Italian-made Iveco armored fighting vehicle, 16 vehicles, and a self-propelled artillery unit. Six ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. Formations of two mechanized brigades and a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been defeated near the settlements of Kramatorsk, Nikolaevka, Kirovo, Zakotnoye, Konstantinovka, and Minkovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 235 troops, six armored combat vehicles, including a Canadian-made Senator armored personnel carrier, a HMMWV armored car, and a US-made MaxxPro armored combat vehicle, nine vehicles, and three artillery pieces, including a US-made M-777 155mm howitzer. Three electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
Units of the Center group of forces continued to destroy the encircled enemy in the city of Dimitrov in the Donetsk People's Republic and clear the settlements of Grishino and Rodinskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic of scattered Ukrainian Armed Forces formations.
The manpower and equipment of two mechanized, two airborne assault, infantry, ranger, airmobile brigades, and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Udachnoye, Volnoye, Novy Donbas, Artemovka, Toretskoye, Kucherov Yar, Novoaleksandrovka, Belitskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic and Novopavlovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The enemy's losses amounted to more than 450 military personnel, three armored combat vehicles, four pickup trucks and two field artillery pieces.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of an assault brigade, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Kosivtsevo, Dorozhnianka, and Gulyai-Pole in the Zaporizhzhia region and Andriyivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 250 service members, two armored combat vehicles, and seven cars. Two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novodanilovka, Orekhov, and Primorskoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen, a tank, five vehicles, an artillery piece, an electronic warfare station, and four warehouses of supplies and fuel were destroyed.
12:32 Rubicon Center publishes frames of destruction of the M1A1 Abrams tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Pokrovsk area.
11:30 A crew of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS of the 30th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Center Group of Forces intercepted rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
Artillerymen from the Tula Guards Airborne Forces unit of the "North" group of forces destroyed a concentration of enemy infantry at a stronghold in the Sumy region.
10:23 Intensive training for servicemen of the newly formed Baltic Fleet Naval Infantry Division passes at the Khmelevka training ground.
The personnel practice capturing enemy strongholds, storming trenches, and clearing simulated urban areas using standard small arms.
9:53 Over the past week in the Oleshkinsky district of the Kherson region, six civilians were hit, two of them died.
According to local authorities, a total of 1,072 munitions were fired across the district, half of which were strikes from Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery, and the other half were massive raids by Ukrainian drones.
Between December 13 and December 19, 2025, the enemy continued to target civilians. Four men were wounded and two were killed.
9:01 Su-34 crew inflicted an air strike with bombs equipped with a universal planning and correction module against a concentration of armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of responsibility of the Southern group of forces
8:30 In the period from 23:30 Moscow time on 21.12 to 07:00 Moscow time on 22.12 by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed six Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Three – over the territory of Krasnodar Krai,
Two – over the Black Sea,
One – over the territory of Bryansk Oblast.
In total, during the night from 20:00 Moscow time on December 21 to 07:00 Moscow time on December 22, air defense alert systems intercepted and destroyed 41 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
8:01 Calculation of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS of the Vostok group destroyed unmanned aerial vehicle control points and enemy drone operator locations in Gulyai-Pole.