Russo-Ukrainian war main facts

  • 9 December 2025

  • Zelensky arrived in Rome to meet with the Pope and Meloni
  • Mertz believes that parts of US national security strategy are dictated by ideology
  • Lithuania declared a state of emergency due to the attack of weather probes from Belarus
  • Shock and bewilderment, the 2nd International Legion about the liquidation of its unit
  • The Russian Federation attacked with 110 drones. Air defense neutralized 84 drones, there were hits in 9 locations in Ukraine
  • The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported over 120 downed Ukrainian UAVs overnight

  • 8 December 2025

  • Armed Forces: 139 combat encounters with the enemy took place at the front during the day, 43 in the Pokrovsky direction
  • Armed Forces: Ukrainian defense forces neutralized another 930 Russian invaders
  • The Russians killed 3 civilians in one day in Donetsk region, and wounded another 16
  • Britain warns: The country is close to giving up its dominance in the Atlantic to the Russian Federation
  • Japan rejected the EU's proposal to use frozen rockets in favor of Ukraine
  • The Russians drag the infantry into Siversk, the city passes into their hands
  • Axios: The US is pressuring Zelensky for territorial concessions as part of the peace plan
  • Trump on helping Ukrainians: I don't give them anything, and NATO countries buy US weapons at full price
  • Orban agreed with Turkey on further supplies of Russian gas to Hungary
  • Zelensky arrived in Brussels for meetings with the leadership of NATO and the EU
  • The Russians massively attacked the energy infrastructure of Sumy
  • Zelensky: American weapons through PURL will not replace US security guarantees
  • Zelensky: In 2026, Ukraine will need $15 billion to purchase US weapons
  • Zelenskyi: We have neither a legal nor a moral right to give away territories
  • The Russian army dropped an aerial bomb on Kramatorsk, a family with children was injured
  • Two people were injured as a result of Russian attacks on Nikopol region
  • Kazakhstan decided to pump oil through China after Ukraine's attack on the Russian port
  • Macron was informed that the leaders of the four countries discussed Trump's peace plan in London
  • Mertz in London expressed skepticism about the documents prepared by the US on the peace process in Ukraine
  • Starmer, Zelensky, Macron and Mertz met in London
  • Politico: The US continues to promote a peace scenario in which Ukraine should withdraw from Donbas without a fight
  • The Russians hit Zaporizhzhia and Vilniansk - 15 people were injured
  • The Armed Forces of Ukraine left part of their positions near Pokrovsk and Myrnograd
  • The Netherlands promised another 700 million euros to support Ukraine
  • Britain is strengthening underwater defenses against Russia
  • The Russians hit Fastov again - fires broke out
  • In Chernihiv, a Russian drone exploded near a high-rise building - a gas pipeline was on fire, 3 injured
  • Russians ransacked the Dnipropetrovsk region - a man died, 2 children were injured
  • The Russians hit a high-rise building in the Okhtyr community - seven injured
  • The Russians attacked Ukraine with 149 UAVs, 131 of which were neutralized by air defense

  • 7 December 2025

  • ZSU: At the front, there were 164 encounters with the enemy per day, most in the Pokrovsky direction
  • ZSU: Enemy losses - 810 Russian occupiers
  • Trump said that the Russian Federation agreed to his peace plan, and Zelensky did not even read it
  • The Netherlands took to the air F-35 fighter jets via an unknown drone
  • The Russians advanced in Myrnograd
  • ZSU: In the Pokrovsky direction, the Russians attacked already 46 times a day
  • The Russians destroyed a large warehouse of medicines in the Dnipro
  • Russia liked the new US national security strategy
  • The EU says it needs to have a war plan without the US if Article 5 doesn't work
  • Enhanced power outage schedules are in effect throughout Ukraine
  • Russians attack Kharkiv region - three dead, 10 injured
  • Poland turned to Interpol regarding the search for Ukrainians who are considered saboteurs of the Russian Federation
  • Russian troops advanced in Donetsk region and Zaporizhzhia
  • Pavel did not rule out that Europe could start shooting down Russian planes or drones in response to provocations
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