Russo-Ukrainian war main facts

  • 5 December 2025

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

  • 4 December 2025

  • Armed Forces: At the front, 167 battles, more than 50 assaults of the occupiers were choked in the Pokrovsky direction
  • Armed Forces: In the war against Ukraine, Russia lost another 1,240 soldiers
  • WSJ: Europeans warned Zelensky against concessions to the Russian Federation without reliable US security guarantees
  • A meeting of the Ukrainian and American delegations took place in Miami
  • Vance on ending the Russian war against Ukraine: The biggest disappointment, but there is hope
  • The USA invited Poland to the G20 summit, which it wants to become a member of
  • Almost 90 people were evacuated from Donetsk region in two weeks
  • The Russians shot a Ukrainian prisoner of war in Donetsk region
  • The USA allowed transactions with Lukoil gas stations outside the Russian Federation until the end of April 2026
  • Zelenskyi and Koshta discussed the planned talks with the USA
  • The Armed Forces hit a chemical plant in the Stavropol Territory of the Russian Federation, which supplies components for explosives
  • The NATO general urged to prepare for the growth of hybrid threats
  • NATO is restructuring its command to strengthen defenses in the north
  • Russia accused the West of preparing for an armed conflict with it
  • Melania Trump announced the return to Ukraine of seven children kidnapped by the Russian Federation
  • Callas: Over the past 100 years, Russia has invaded 19 countries that have never attacked it
  • Germany transfers fighter jets to Poland to protect NATO's eastern flank
  • The President of Cyprus in Kyiv: We are ready to help Ukraine become a member of the EU
  • Turkey urged Russia and Ukraine not to attack the energy infrastructure
  • Spiegel: Macron and Mertz fear that the US may betray Ukraine and Europe
  • ZSU: The enemy DRG penetrated Dobropill, but they were already destroyed
  • The Russians advanced to Vovchansk and near Mirnograd
  • Syrskyi: Ukrainian military holds the northern part of Pokrovsk and blocks attempts to bypass the city
  • The head of the OSCE stated that the conditions for ending the war in Ukraine will determine the security of the entire region
  • In China, Macron proposed a moratorium on strikes on Ukraine's critical infrastructure
  • Germany allocates another 100 million euros for the Ukrainian energy industry
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