19 December 2025 in Russo-Ukrainian war

• Explosions rang out in the Russian city of Oryol, and the lights went out in the city
• Drones attacked the Togliattiazot plant and the Oryol thermal power plant in Russia
• Russia attacked with 160 drones. Air defense of Ukraine neutralized 108 drones, there were hits in 23 locations
• In Odesa, due to the Russian attack, a person was injured, a part of the city was without electricity, heat and water
• The presidents of Ukraine and Poland met for the first time after Nawrocki came to power
• 1,003 bodies were returned to Ukraine, which, according to the Russian Federation, belong to the Ukrainian military
• Macron said that Europe must find a way to interact with Putin
• Putin stated that he does not see Kyiv's readiness to discuss the territories, but in general there are signals for dialogue
• Orban on the EU loan for Ukraine: Extremely bad decision and lost money
• Orban on Russia's war against Ukraine: It is not entirely clear who attacked whom
• The President of the Czech Republic would like his country to participate in the financing of a loan for Ukraine
• The Armed Forces denied that the Russian Federation captured Serebryanka and Dronivka in Donetsk region
• SBU hit a tanker of the shadow fleet of the Russian Federation in the Mediterranean Sea
• Putin stated that he is not responsible for the deaths of people in Ukraine
• Navrotskyi: Zelenskyi's visit to Warsaw is good news for Poland, but bad news for the Russian Federation
• Zelensky: Without an independent Ukraine, Moscow will come after Poland
• Australia completed the transfer of 49 Abrams tanks to Ukraine
• The Russian army attacked Zaporizhzhia - 7 people were injured
• Ukrainian drones hit an oil production platform of the Russian Federation in the Caspian Sea
• Russian Orlan-10 drone crashed in Turkey
• Rubio announced progress in negotiations on Ukraine, but the most difficult issues lie ahead
• The government of Ukraine announced that they have completed the work to open all negotiation clusters with the EU
• The Russian Federation damaged houses, gas pipelines and power lines in four districts of Dnipropetrovsk region
• Politico: EU loan costs for Ukraine will amount to about 3 billion euros per year
• Ukraine received 125 million dollars from the World Bank
• The Russian army struck the port infrastructure of Odesa - 7 dead, 15 injured
• FT: Britain will not use frozen assets of the Russian Federation to help Ukraine
• After the attack of the Russian Federation in the Mykolaiv Oblast, the lights went out in two districts
• A meeting of the Ukrainian delegation with American and European partners took place in the USA
• The Russians advanced to Siversk
• Armed Forces: Another 1,090 Russian occupiers were neutralized during the day
• ZSU: 165 combat clashes were recorded at the front during the day