15 December 2025 in Russo-Ukrainian war

• Air defense of Ukraine neutralized 133 Russian drones, but there are hits in 10 locations
• Russians attacked Dnipropetrovsk region - 2 injured, there is destruction
• More than 4 million euros were collected and donated to the Czech initiative to support Ukraine
• The EU opened technical negotiations on three clusters with Moldova, as well as with Ukraine
• The Russian Federation demands almost $230 billion from the Belgian depository due to frozen assets
• The EU has assured that they do not plan to make a decision on the Rosactivs without Belgium
• Almost 185,000 families in Odesa are already without electricity after the Russian attack
• In Odesa, 430,000 families remain without electricity, there are power cuts in two other regions
• The European Union expanded the sanctions regime against Belarus
• The EU has expanded sanctions against Russia due to hybrid and cyber threats
• The EU expanded sanctions against Russia's shadow fleet
• In Russia, one of the largest refineries was suspended due to a drone attack
• In the south, 430,000 consumers remain without electricity as a result of Russian attacks
• SBU drones hit the oil production platforms of the Russian Federation in the Caspian Sea
• Drones hit the Astrakhan gas processing plant
• The SBU blew up a Russian submarine in Novorossiysk with drones
• Negotiations between the Ukrainian and American delegations continued in Berlin
• Media: Trump's envoys in Berlin put pressure on the Ukrainian delegation, demanding to hand over Donbas
• Zelensky considers the negotiations with the US delegation to be productive
• Zelenskyi: We and the USA still have different positions on the division of territories
• Zelenskyi on security guarantees for Ukraine: the first developments look good
• Zelenskyi: There is not a single live power plant in Ukraine
• Kallas: Donbas is not Putin's ultimate goal
• Kallas: The EU is not discussing softening of sanctions against Russia
• German Chancellor Merz said that for the first time since February 24, 2022 there is a real chance for a truce
• Callas said that the EU has delivered the promised 2 million artillery shells to Ukraine
• The new head of British intelligence accused Putin of delaying negotiations on Ukraine
• The leaders of the EU countries issued a joint statement on peace negotiations regarding Ukraine
• In the Odesa region, 125,000 more families were restored to electricity in the evening after massive Russian attacks
• The Armed Forces received reinforcements and are holding back the Russians in the Pokrovsk-Myrnograd agglomeration
• Starmer spoke to Rutte ahead of talks on Ukraine
• Trump held a conversation with European leaders: I think we are closer to peace now than ever
• The Romanian government survived a vote of no confidence
• The Russians advanced in Gulyaipol
• Trump said he recently spoke with Putin
• The Kremlin commented on the recent conversation between Trump and Putin: it was back in October
• Armed Forces: Another 1,150 Russian occupiers were neutralized during the day
• Armed Forces: There were one and a half hundred skirmishes at the front during the day, 40 of them in the Pokrovsky direction