5 December 2025 in Russo-Ukrainian war

  • Armed Forces: Defense forces hit Syzran refinery and seaport in Krasnodar Krai
  • The Russian Federation attacked 137 drones, of which air defense destroyed 80, there were hits in 13 locations
  • The Russians massively attacked Chuguiv
  • As a result of Russian attacks, 19 people were injured in Kherson region, Donetsk region, and Sumy region
  • The Times: Britain offers to unfreeze 8 billion pounds of Russian assets for Ukraine
  • The Russians advanced near Siversk and two more villages in Donetsk region
  • The USA updated its national security strategy, in which it called the aggression of the Russian Federation a Ukrainian war
  • Bloomberg: The US convinced EU countries to oppose the use of Russian assets for Ukraine
  • Slovenia allocates €43 million for American weapons for Ukraine
  • The FT included the Russian propagandist Simonyan in the list of the most influential people of 2025
  • Reuters: Washington urges Europe to take over NATO's key defense capabilities by 2027
  • Mertz: Ukraine, not the United States, should receive the frozen rockets
  • In France, the military shot drones over a nuclear submarine base
  • Russians attacked a truck in Kharkiv region and killed two men
  • Denmark is significantly reducing military support to Ukraine
  • Bloomberg: Disagreements regarding money for Ukraine have intensified in the leadership of Italy
  • The European Commissioner assured that the EU will not return to energy carriers from the Russian Federation even after the end of the war
  • Syrskyi: The Russians have concentrated more than 710,000 soldiers along the entire front line
  • Estonian intelligence: Ukraine will fight difficult defensive battles in the coming months
  • Ukraine and more than 40 countries in the OSCE have condemned the strikes of the Russian Federation on the energy infrastructure
  • In Poland, they saw a positive in the new security strategy of the USA, which criticizes Europe
  • Russian troops advanced in Donetsk region
  • Armed Forces: Enemy losses minus another 1,180 Russian occupiers
  • ZSU: Russians attacked Pokrovsky and another direction of the front almost 80 times
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