Russia – Ukraine war updates latest from the General Staff of Ukraine as of December 22, 2025.
Today is the 1,398th day of Russia’s full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine.
Update as of 08:00AM on Russian invasion of Ukraine
In total, 223 combat engagements took place over the past day.
The enemy carried out one missile strike, using a single missile, and 18 air strikes, dropping 50 guided aerial bombs on the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas. In addition, the enemy deployed 3,248 kamikaze drones and conducted 3,177 shelling attacks on the positions of Ukrainian forces and civilian settlements.
Over the past day, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces struck an area of concentration of enemy personneland one other important enemy facility.
Ukraine Front Lines updates by Directions
Northern-Slobozhanskyi and Kursk Direction
08:00 AM: three attacks by Russian invaders took place. The enemy carried out one air strike using three aerial bombs and conducted 116 shelling attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas, eight of which were from multiple launch rocket systems.
Southern-Slobozhanskyi Direction
08:00 AM: the Defense Forces repelled 16 enemy attacks in the areas of Vovchansk, Prylipka, Dvorichanske, and toward Izbytske, Vilcha, and Obukhivka.
Kupiansk Direction
08:00 AM: six enemy attacks took place. The Defense Forces repelled enemy assault actions toward Kurylivka, Petropavlivka, Pishchane, and Hlushkivka.
Lyman Direction
08:00 AM: the enemy attacked 19 times, attempting to advance toward the settlements of Druzheliubivka, Stavky, Novoserhiivka, Korovii Yar, Stepove, Olhivka, Lyman, Drobyshcheve, and in the area of Zarichne.
Sloviansk Direction
08:00 AM: Ukrainian defenders repelled five assaults by occupying forces near Yampil and Siversk.
Kramatorsk Direction
08:00 AM: the russian enemy attacked Ukrainian defensive positions three times near Minkivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, and Virolubivka.
Kostyantinivka Direction
08:00 AM: the russian enemy carried out 27 attacks in the areas of Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Kleban-Byk, Kostiantynivka, Rusyn Yar, and toward Sofiivka and Stepanivka.
Pokrovsk Direction
08:00 AM: 57 combat engagements took place in the areas of Shakhove, Rodynske, Sukhetske, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Filiia, and toward Hryshyne, Dorozhnie, Novopidhordnie, Serhiivka, Nove Shakhove, and Novopavlivka.
Oleksandrivka Direction
08:00 AM: the Defense Forces stopped 17 russian attempts to break through defensive lines in the areas of Oleksandrohrad, Sichneve, Sosnivka, Pryvilne, Rybne, Pershotravneve, and toward Andriivka-Klevtsove and Ivanivka.
Orikhiv Direction
08:00 AM: Ukrainian defenders repelled eight russian attacks in the areas of Stepove, Shcherbaky, Mali Shcherbaky, Stepnohirsk, and toward Novoandriivka and Prymorske.
Huliaipole Direction
08:00 AM: the russian aggressor attempted to advance on Ukrainian positions 11 times in the area of Huliaipole.
Prydniprovskyi Direction
08:00 AM: the russian enemy made two unsuccessful attempts to approach the positions of Ukrainian units.
Volyn and Polissia Directions
08:00 AM: no signs of enemy offensive group formations were detected.
Ukrainian warriors continue to inflict significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying forces and actively undermine the enemy’s offensive potential in the rear.
Overall, over the past day, Russian invader losses amounted to 1,120 personnel. Ukrainian forces also destroyed or neutralized three tanks, two armored combat vehicles, 10 artillery systems, 109 operational-tactical level unmanned aerial vehicles, and 64 vehicles belonging to the Russian occupiers.
