[NY Post] A Russian general was killed Monday morning after an explosive device detonated underneath his car in southern Moscow, investigators said.
Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces’ General Staff, died from his injuries, Svetlana Petrenko, official spokesperson for Russia’s Investigative Committee, said.
"Investigators are pursuing numerous lines of enquiry regarding the murder. One of these is that the crime was orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence services," Petrenko said.
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Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, former commander of Russian forces in Syria and the head of operational training for the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, died in an explosion as he drove his car, a Kia Sorento, out of the car park of a residential bloc in Moscow on Monday morning. The visibly bloodied wreckage, which the Kremlin has said was destroyed by an explosive device under the vehicle, is being examined by investigators for forensic clues.
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[Korrespondent] 22.49 RNBO Secretary Rustem Umerov stated that the Ukrainian and American delegations discussed several key documents over three days in Florida. Great respect was given to the discussion of the time frame and the sequence of subsequent hours.
22.26 American Senator Lindsay Graham called on Donald Trump to put pressure on Russia, to bury ships with Russian oil, as Kremlin ruler Volodymyr Putin hopes for a peaceful settlement with Ukraine.
21.54 The mayor of Lvov, Andriy Sadovy, stated that there are 58 thousand Lviv residents at the front, so after the end of the war there will be close to 100 thousand. veterans.
21.21 The Russian army, with up to 21 troops with important artillery and FPV drones, attacked the communities of the Nikopol region. Two civilians were injured as a result of the shelling. The head of the OVA, Vladislav Gayvanenko, announced this.
Zokrema in the regional center, Pokrovsky, Marganets and Mirivsky communities of the Nikopol region, the enemy fought with important artillery, FPV drones. Through the magic attack, an 86-year-old woman and a 65-year-old man suffered. Both camps were considered to be of average importance.
20.53 The Ukrainian delegation in Florida is currently examining the documents regarding the end of the war, guarantees of security and safety of Ukraine, and also discussing possible time-to-time solutions. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this in an evening video.
19.29 The head of the Ministry of Health, Adrian Sibiga, stated that Russians are not hostile to the terrorists of the Islamic state after they transported 50 civilians from Grabovsky in Sumshchyna to Russia.
“Russian occupiers stole five dozen civilians, including summer wives, from the crooked Ukrainian village of Grabovske, which was stolen right outside the sovereign cordon near the Sumy region. With such mid-century raids “Putin’s Russia shows that it has nothing to do with terrorist groups such as ISIS, Boko Haram and Hamas,” said Sibig.
17.16 Portugal will make contributions of €50 million to the PURL mechanism. In addition, over the course of five years, €25 million is directly linked to the SAFE initiative. Minister of Defense Denis Shmigal X informed about this.
16.27 Near the village of Myaki, a ruk was cut off on the M-15 Odessa-Reni highway. The first intercessor of the head of the Patrol Police Department, Oleksiy Beloshitsky, informed about this.
14.54 The Elysee Palace announces the Kremlin’s readiness to stand aside from the Kremlin regime of Volodymyr Putin before negotiations with French President Emmanuel Macron. The French channel BFM TV reports about this.
14.27 Fighting is going on in the village of Grabovske in Sumshchyna. Ukrainian defense forces are fighting against Russian occupiers and are trying to push them into Russian territory. The Group of United Forces reported this on Telegram.
13.33 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre and discussed diplomatic work with him these days. The head of the state announced this on Telegram.
12.45 Russian military forces evacuated residents of the village of Grabovska, Krasnopilsk community, Sumy region. About this, having informed the Supreme Court for the rights of people, Dmitro Lubinets spoke on Telegram.
12.32 Minister of Defense of Ukraine Denis Shmigal, after a meeting with his Portuguese colleague Nuno Melo, endorsed Lisbon’s readiness to allocate 50 million euros for the PURL mechanism, which will ensure the purchase of armor from the United States for Ukraine. The head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine informed the social media about this to H.
11.55 The Russian army yesterday attacked transport, port and industrial infrastructure facilities in the Odessa region. The head of Odeska OVA Oleg Kiper reported this on Telegram.
11.31 Changes proposed by Europe and Ukraine until the American draft “peace plan” crosses the path to a long-term peace. The Russian propaganda news agency Interfax reported this as stated by the Kremlin's aide Yuri Ushakov.
10.59 Budapest does not interfere with the fall of Ukraine, because such a development would become a serious problem for the Ugorsk region. Ugric Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated this in his promo, part of which was published in social media X.
10.10 Russian troops crossed the sovereign cordon of Ukraine near the village of Grabovske in the Sumy region on the border with Russia and took away over 50 civilians. Officer of the Main Directorate of Communications of the ZSU Dmytro Likhovy reported this in the commentary of the UP.
9.29 Russia attacked Ukraine at night on the 21st, stagnating 97 attack drones. The PPO forces killed 75 unmanned aerial vehicles. The Ukrainian Defense Forces announced this on Telegram.
8.59 Russian troops attack on 12 straight lines, the most on Pokrovsky. During the last battle, 235 battles were fought at the front. Please inform the General Staff of the ZSU about this.
7.59 The partisans carried out a major sabotage in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation and paralyzed a key military school of the Russian Army near Rostov-on-Don. The partisan movement Atesh reported this on his Telegram channel.
7.31 Russia spent another 1,130 of its troops during the war against Ukraine last year. Here are the tributes to the General Staff of the ZSU.
04.02 Ukrainian soldiers from the Rubak battalion of the 77th Army Brigade captured 40 occupiers who came out of the gas pipe of Novoplatonivka in Kharkiv region, reports DeepState.. Assault the 16th birthday of Novoplatonivka was completed. The occupiers again decided to speed up the gas pipeline that runs from Svatovoye to Oskol, but they were depleted.
03.05 The Kremlin’s special envoy, Kirilo Dmitriev, stated that the US peace talks are proceeding “constructively.” In other words, the stench persists for a week.
00.21 In the Rostov and Kursk regions of the Russian Federation, due to UAV attacks, power stations began to burn out and the lights were turned off.
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian defenders are making efforts to destroy the enemy and restore control over the settlement.
Fighting continues in the village of Grabovske in Sumy Oblast. Ukrainian defense forces are fighting Russian occupiers and trying to push them back into Russian territory. The United Forces Group reported this on Telegram.
Ukrainian defenders are making every effort to destroy the enemy and restore control over the settlement.
"Fights are currently ongoing in the village of Grabovske. Ukrainian defenders are making efforts to drive the occupiers into Russian territory," the report said.
The military denied information appearing in the media about the alleged "presence of Russian units in the neighboring village of Ryasne."
According to official data, there are no occupiers there today.
Earlier, the media wrote that in Grabovskoye, Russian invaders took local residents to the territory of the Russian Federation to conduct so-called "filtration measures."
As we already wrote, the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed in comments to the media that Russian troops crossed the state border of Ukraine near the village of Grabovske in Sumy region on the border with Russia and took out more than 50 civilians from there.
[NewsFront] 21:36 Operators of attack UAVs of the Eastern Forces Group rammed more than 10 heavy enemy drones in the area of the village of Gulyai-Pole in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Drone operators from the Center group of forces destroyed the hiding manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the encircled Dimitrov in the Donetsk People's Republic.
FPV drone crews from the Northern Forces burned the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Humvee and MaxxPro armored vehicles used to rotate militants and deliver ammunition to their positions.
20:20 In the period from 11:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.
19:59 "Solntsepyok" covered the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Vovchansk direction with thermobaric munitions, -video.
18:48 Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the Gulyai-Polye direction –MAP.
17:51 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the Novopavlovsk direction, –MAP.
17:42 Assault groups occupied the territory of a farm north of Krasnoarmeysk,MAP.
16:13 Units of unmanned aerial systems troops together with sappers of the Dnepr group of forces in the Zaporizhzhia regioncleared mines access roads to the line of combat contact using UAVs.
15:18 Konstantinovskoye direction. Advanc of the Russian Armed Forces near the Kleban-Bykskoye Reservoir, MAP
15:14 Tankers of the "Vostok"broke through defense in Sladkoe, using new tactics.
At dawn, on the fractured terrain line, the Vostok tank pairs worked like a well-oiled machine: one vehicle covered the sector with fire from the depths, while the second, in sharp bursts, moved to the front line and fired direct fire.
14:06 Russian units are actively clearing out Mirnograd, gradually bringing the long-term operation to liberate the Pokrovsk-Mirnograd agglomeration closer to its conclusion.
13:58 The enemy transferred the 35th Naval infantry Brigade and the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade to the Krasnoarmeyskoye direction to strengthen its positions, fearing the development of an offensive by the Russian Armed Forces after the liberation of our units engaged in the liquidation of the cauldron in Dimitrov. MAP.
12:40 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of December 21, 2025. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct the special military operation:
Units of the "North" force group improved their tactical position and defeated units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Jaeger Brigade near the villages of Ryzhevka and Alekseyevka in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of a motorized infantry and three mechanized brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoyarskoye, Ternovoye and Volchanskie Khutor in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 120 servicemen and nine vehicles.
Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of one airmobile, two assault, four mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Podoli, Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Lesnaya Stenka, Kovsharovka, Boldyrevka, and Monachinovka in the Khar'kov region and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 210 servicemen, a T-72 tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, a Canadian-made Senator armored personnel carrier, 14 vehicles, and two field artillery pieces. Three ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated the engineering, mountain assault, and three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Kramatorsk, Druzhkovka, Zakotnoye, Konstantinovka, Nikolaevka, and Minkovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 215 troops, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier and Stryker armored car, 11 vehicles, two artillery pieces, and a Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple launch rocket system launcher. An electronic warfare station, three ammunition depots, and a fuel depot 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 village of Rodinskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic of scattered Ukrainian Armed Forces formations.
They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the Jaeger, Airmobile, Airborne, two Mechanized, two Airborne Assault Brigades, two Assault Regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, a Territorial Defense Brigade, and a National Guard Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Verovka, Annovka, Sergeyevka, Artemovka, Toretskoye, Belitskoye, Rodynskoye, Novooleksandrivka in the Donetsk People's Republic and Novopavlivka in the Dnipropetrovsk Region.
The enemy's losses amounted to more than 455 servicemen, US-made Abrams tanks and German-made Leopard tanks, two armored combat vehicles, four pickup trucks, a field artillery gun and an electronic reconnaissance station.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of an assault brigade, four assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Gai and Andriyivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Ternovatoye, Dorozhnianka, and Hulyai-Pole in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 245 service members, six armored combat vehicles, six cars, and a US-made 155mm M-198 howitzer. A supply depot was 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 Orekhov and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, a tank, an armored combat vehicle, five vehicles, two field artillery pieces, including a US-made 105mm M-119 gun, two electronic warfare stations, and an Israeli-made RADA radar station were destroyed.
12:19 Advance of the Russian army west of Seversk, MAP.
11:44 Active participation in the liberation of the village of Svetloe included fighters of the "Center" force group.
09:54 A crew of the ZALA complex of the 18th Army of the Dnipro group discovered an American M-777 howitzer on the right bank of the Kherson region and destroyed it with the help of the Lancet loitering munition.
09:49 Crews of the 83rd and 79th Motorized Rifle Regiments of the Sever group in the area of Kolodeznoye burned 152mm self-propelled gun 2S3 "Akatsiya" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces together with the ammunition.
09:47 Artillerymen of the Vostok group destroyed enemy strongholds in Gulyaipole, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
07:34 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Vysokoye in Sumy Oblast was liberated
Advance in the village of Volchansky farmsteads
Russian Armed Forces took control of most of the village of Grabovskoye.
Advance in Gulyaipole
07:09 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type: two UAVs over the territory of the Volgograd region and one UAV over the territory of the Rostov region.
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[Regnum] Russia expects compliance with the agreements reached in Alaska regarding the Ukrainian settlement. This was announced by Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov on December 21.
"So that the Americans and everyone else comply with the agreements that were reached, in particular, in Anchorage," Ushakov told reporters.
Furthermore, the presidential aide emphasized that the Russian side also expects other agreements to be implemented as part of negotiations with the United States.
On December 21, Yuri Pilipson, Director of the Second European Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, stated that Russia and the United States are continuing negotiations to resolve the Ukrainian conflict in the spirit of the understanding reached at the Alaska summit. Pilipson noted that Europe is obsessed with a "big war" and is attempting to hinder the peace process by pushing the Ukrainian leadership to continue hostilities.
On December 11, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced that President Vladimir Putin and White House Special Envoy Steven Witkoff had resolved all misunderstandings regarding the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine during their latest meeting, which arose due to the pause following the Alaska summit. Lavrov noted that Russia and the United States had agreed to continue their work, and Moscow had conveyed to Washington proposals for collective security guarantees for Ukraine.
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[REGNUM] The Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) are fiercely resisting, attempting to stabilize the situation in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), military expert Andrei Marochko told TASS on December 21. According to him, the enemy is unsuccessfully attempting to increase its forces, but Russian fighters are using a proven tactic of encircling the town. This news marks the 1,395th day of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.
According to Marochko, so-called pincers have already formed around Kostiantynivka; they are tightening, systematically pushing the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of the city.
President Vladimir Putin, listing the successes of our troops during a direct line on December 19, announced the liberation of more than half of Konstantinovka.
"And there is no doubt that the Russian Armed Forces will take this city as well," the Supreme Commander-in-Chief emphasized.
According to the Ministry of Defense, units of the Southern Group of Forces inflicted losses on Ukrainian Armed Forces brigades not only near Konstantinovka, but also near the settlements of Kirovo, Kramatorsk, Krivaya Luka, and Minkovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
"The enemy lost over 265 service members, two armored combat vehicles, 20 vehicles, and an artillery piece. A US-made AN/TPQ-48 counter-battery radar, an electronic warfare station, and four supply depots were destroyed," the Defense Ministry reported on December 20.
Several days earlier, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov reported on the operation to encircle a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysko-Dimitrov agglomeration area.
"During the liberation of Krasnoarmeysk, assault groups penetrated residential areas deep within the enemy's defenses, cutting through and blocking their formations at strongpoints. During the final stage of the city's liberation, over 900 buildings were taken under control simultaneously in several districts within 24 hours," Gerasimov emphasized.
He also said that our troops continue to destroy enemy formations blocked in Dimitrov.
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[NY Post] A Russian general was killed Monday morning after an explosive device detonated underneath his car in southern Moscow, investigators said.
