December 21, 2025, 01:00

Please note information regarding the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine as of December 20, 2025.

Ukrainian military during training, hromadske December 21, 2025, 01:00

The 1396 day of heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people has come to an end pOssian full-scale military invasion.

ESTIMATED LOSSES OF THE ENEMY

MAIN NEWS 🔸 At the Belbek airfield in the temporarily occupied Crimea, long-range SBU drones hit two Russian Su-27 fighters

🔸 the Russians entered the village of Grabovskoe in the Sumy region, located 200 meters from the border, and took away fifty residents, reported Kordon.Media and Sumy Public

🔸 Reuters, citing six sources familiar with American intelligence, reported that the Russian leadership continues to plan to seize the entire territory of Ukraine, as well as those parts of Europe that were part of the Soviet Union

🔸 Zelensky said that Ukraine will not be able to independently finance its Armed Forces numbering 800,000 after the wars

🔸 Transport connections across the bridge in the area of ​​Mayaki village in Odesa region have been partially restored. Passenger cars, minibuses and small trucks were allowed to cross the bridge

Selection of news: hromadske

INFORMATION FROM THE GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMY REGARDING THE SITUATION AT THE FRONT (22:00)

In total, 220 combat clashes took place since the beginning of this day. Ukrainian defenders continue to resolutely repulse the enemy’s attempts to advance deep into our territory.

The Russian invaders carried out 42 airstrikes, dropping 101 guided bombs. In addition, 1,684 kamikaze drones were engaged for destruction and 2,467 attacks were made on the positions of our troops and settlements.

Nine attacks by Russian invaders took place in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions. The enemy carried out 59 attacks on the positions of our troops and populated areas, four of which were fired from rocket salvo systems.

Today, the enemy attacked the positions of our defenders 12 times in the South-Slobozhansk direction in the areas of the settlements of Sotnytskyi Kozachok, Vovchansk, Prylipka and in the direction of Izbytskyi and Hryhorivka. One battle is still going on.

In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy today carried out six offensive actions in the area of ​​Stepova Novoselivka and in the direction of Nova Kruglyakivka and Pishchany.

In the Limansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled 13 enemy assaults in the areas of the settlements of Ridkodub, Novoyehorivka, Novovodyane, Zarichne, Seredne, Kolodyazi and towards the settlement of Korovyn Yar.

In the Slavyansk direction, the enemy attacked ten times near Dronivka, Siversk, Vyimka and towards Zakitny.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy tried three times to advance on the positions of our defenders near the settlements of Vasyukivka, Orihovo-Vasylivka, and Stupochka.

18 combat clashes took place in the Kostyantynivsk direction today. The enemy stormed the positions of Ukrainian units in the areas of the settlements Oleksandro-Shultine, Pleshchiivka, Yablunivka, Rusyn Yar and towards Sofiivka.

In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of this day, the enemy has attacked 60 times in the areas of Nikanorivka, Shakhove, Myrnograd, Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Kotlyna, Udachne, Molodetske, Novosergiivka, Dachne and in the direction of Novopavlivka. In some locations, the fighting continues to this day.

Today, according to preliminary data, 128 occupiers have been neutralized in this direction, 107 of which are irreversible. In addition, Ukrainian soldiers destroyed a tank, an armored combat vehicle, ten units of automotive equipment, four satellite communication terminals, an electronic warfare device and three UAVs, and our defenders also hit 13 enemy personnel shelters.

In the Oleksandrivskyi direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 18 attacks by invaders in the areas of Filia, Zeleniy Gai, Piddubne, Sosnivka, Verbove, Stepove, Vyshneve and Zlagoda settlements, and another battle is still ongoing.

In the Gulyaipil direction, the aggressor tried 13 times to advance on the positions of our troops in the areas of Varvarivka, Zeleny, and Gulyaipol.

In the Orihiv direction, our defenders repelled three attacks in the Shcherbaki region and towards Primorsky.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy made three fruitless attempts to approach the positions of Ukrainian units in the direction of the Antoniv bridge.

Glory to the Ukrainian defenders!
Glory to Ukraine!

ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY

Peace is better than war, but not at any cost, for we have already paid a high price. It is important for us to have a just, strong peace so that it cannot be violated by one more wish of Putin or another Putin. It is very important that there are strong security guarantees for this, to make impossible even the thought and the physical possibility to come to us again with aggression.

The Budapest Memorandum is… I don’t think there was an agreement. I believe that it was a piece of paper, because our territories were occupied and a lot of people died. And we were not protected by this agreement. I don’t think it’s strong or effective.

Therefore, for me, agreements are not just about signing. We need to know the details of what will happen if the “Russians” come with aggression and start another war. Like the Americans, the Europeans will react. How will partners react. What deterrence package will be in Ukraine. What will be located on the territory of Ukraine. How our army will be staffed. How strong, what reserves will we have. What can we count on? What package of sanctions will be introduced simultaneously against the aggressor.

The agreement must be fair and effective for Ukraine.

We believe in the Armed Forces and help them! Together we are a force! Glory to Ukraine!

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