[NewsFront] 20:50 UAV operators from the GROM "Cascade" unmanned aerial vehicle brigade of the Russian Armed Forces, using Lancets, destroyed the RADA radar and the 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,video.
20:36 In the period from 17:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed four Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Three UAVs over the territory of the Republic of Crimea, and
One UAV was flying over the Black Sea.
19:48 Airborne unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems crews in the area of the city of Orekhov in the Zaporizhzhia region are destroying enemy personnel,video.
19:24 Signalers from the command brigade of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Dnipro group of forces provide the command of the group, military units and subdivisions with reliable communications in the Kherson region, video.
18:50 in Ukraine will start to call up cadets of the SBU Institute
The department's document notes the need to "prepare lists of fourth- and fifth-year cadets of the Educational and Scientific Institute of State Security for subsequent assignment on short-term official missions to combat zones."
18:06 UAV crews of the Ulyanovsk paratroopers liquidated enemy infantry in strongholds in the Orekhovo area in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Attack drone operators from the Vostok group thwarted an attempt to transport enemy reserves near Gulyai-Polye.
Drone operators from the Center group of forces continue to destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the village of Grishino, northwest of Krasnoarmeysk.
FPV drone crews burned enemy vehicles, engineering equipment, and a field ammunition depot.
17:13 In the period from 13:00 Moscow time to 17:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 24 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
14 UAVs – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
10 UAVs – over the Black Sea.
16:32 In the Odessa region, two employees of the TCC, who were hunting people, were killed by underground fighters,video.
15:52 During the assault on Hulyaipole and the offensive on the Zaporizhzhia Front, the Russian armydestroysenemy with new "Russian Hymars"
15:15 During an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone wounded two civilians, including a child.
In the village of Zamostye in the Graivoron District, an FPV drone struck a car. An ambulance crew is transporting a man with barotrauma and a shrapnel wound to the face to the regional clinical hospital. An 8-year-old girl, who suffered a mine blast injury and shrapnel wounds to the face and shoulder, is being transported to the regional children's clinical hospital. The victims are receiving all necessary medical care.
14:41 According to local authorities, in the village of Khodyakovka in the Glushkovsky district, an enemy drone attacked a civilian riding a bicycle. The 57-year-old man was killed.
13:17 In the period from 8:00 Moscow time to 13:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on dutydestroyed 17 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
16 UAVs – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
One UAV – over the Black Sea.
12:24 Units of the Eastern Group of Forces continued their advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the village of Kosovtsevo in the Zaporizhzhia region.
11:04 Servicemen of the Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of the 41st Guards Combined Arms Army of the Center Group of Forceshanded overstate and departmental awards for completing combat missions in the SVO zone.
10:42 Russian Investigative Committee will investigate the criminal actions of Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Belgorod and Kursk regions
According to government authorities in the city of Shebekino in the Belgorod region, a drone attacked a truck, injuring a man.
In the Glushkovsky district of the Kursk region, a civilian was wounded as a result of Ukrainian armed aggression.
10:15 18-year-old Russian woman was accujsed of bombing a Russian serviceman's car in Stavropol
According to the FSB, the girl was recruited through telephone scammers linked to Ukrainian intelligence services.
She was threatened with criminal charges and, under this pressure, was handed a homemade explosive device equivalent to approximately 400 grams of TNT. She intended to plant the bomb under a car near a military unit.
9:53 Officers of the FSB Directorate for the LPR detained a criminal in a case that had been opened against a Luhansk resident who recruited individuals for Ukrainian special services to carry out sabotage and terrorist attacks on the territory of the Republic. The press service of the Directorate reported this.
9:20 TCC of Ukraine conducted raids in Kherson, which were particularly brutal, said Volodymyr Saldo
According to the governor of the Kherson region, employees of territorial recruitment centers, armed with automatic weapons and operating without police escort, are breaking into private homes.
8:33 Frontline summary on the morning of December 26, 2025
Zaporizhzhya Front
In the Kamensk direction, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the landings north of Stepnogorsk.
In the Hulyaipole direction, Russian troops are advancing in the village of Novoandreyevka southwest of Orekhovo.
On the left bank of the Gaichur River, Russian forces are expanding their bridgehead and fighting for Hulyaipole. Advances are reported in the center and south of the city. Russian troops are advancing toward Kosovtseve and Ternovatoye. There are gains in Andreyevka, and fighting is underway for Bratskoye.
Donetsk Front:
On the Pokrovsk front, Russian troops are advancing toward Myrnohrad, taking up new positions southwest of Rodynske.
On the Dobropillya front, they are advancing toward Novy Donbas.
Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the Slavyansk direction. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the liberation of Svyato-Pokrovskoe, located 3 kilometers south of Seversk. Russian troops are expanding their zone of control southeast of Platonovka.
Street fighting continues in Kupyansk
. Russian forces are reportedly advancing in Kurilovka.
In the Volchansk direction, Russian troops are advancing in the Volchansk Khutors, in the forest near Liman, and also in the Staritsa area.
The Russian Armed Forces on the Sumy Front are advancing near Kondratovka and advancing toward the western outskirts of Alekseyevka. Fighting for Andreyevka is underway. There is also progress westward near Vysokoye and Grabovsky.
8:17 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 77 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
34 - over the territory of the Volgograd region,
23 - over the territory of the Rostov region,
Five - over the territory of the Kaluga region,
Five - over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Three - over the territory of the Moscow region,
Three - over the waters of the Black Sea,
Two - over the territory of the Belgorod region,
One - over the territory of the Voronezh region,
One - over the waters of the Sea of Azov.
8:00 Calculation of loitering munitions "Cube" of the units of the unmanned systems troops of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the "West" group of forces destroyed temporary deployment point for the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry.