Russia – Ukraine war updates latest from the General Staff of Ukraine as of December 26, 2025.
Today is the 1,402nd day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.
Ukrainian defenders are firmly holding back the pressure of the occupiers, inflicting significant losses on the enemy.
Update as of 08:00AM on Russian invasion of Ukraine
Overall, 121 combat engagements were recorded over the past day.
According to updated information, yesterday the enemy carried out one missile strike and 66 air strikes, using one missile and dropping 172 guided aerial bombs. In addition, the enemy conducted 3,614 shellings, including 90 attacks using multiple launch rocket systems, and employed 5,804 kamikaze drones.
The aggressor carried out air strikes, in particular on the areas of the settlements of Oleksandrivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast; Novotiahynka in Kherson Oblast; Zaliznychne, Huliaipole, Ternuvate, Bilohiria, Verkhniа Tersa, Staroukrainka, Liubytske, Zelene, and Boikove in Zaporizhzhia Oblast; and Zatoka in Odesa Oblast.
Over the past day, aviation, missile forces, and artillery of the Defense Forces struck three areas of concentration of enemy personnel, three command posts, one other important enemy facility, and two artillery systems of the Russian invaders.
Ukraine Front Lines updates by Directions
Northern-Slobozhanskyi and Kursk Direction
08:00 AM: our warriors repelled one russian attack over the past day. The enemy carried out one air strike, using one guided aerial bomb, and conducted 107 shellings, including two using multiple launch rocket systems.
Southern-Slobozhanskyi Direction
08:00 AM: the russian enemy attempted seven times to break through the defensive lines of our defenders in the areas of Vovchansk and Dvorichanske, and toward Vilcha.
Kupiansk Direction
08:00 AM: one russian attack took place yesterday. Our defenders repelled assault actions by the enemy toward Hlushkivka.
Lyman Direction
08:00 AM: the russian forces carried out nine attacks, attempting to penetrate our defenses in the areas of Novoselivka, Stavky, Novoserhiivka, and toward Ozerne and Zarichne.
Sloviansk Direction
08:00 AM: over the past day our defenders stopped five attempts by the occupiers to advance in the areas of Siversk and Serebrianka.
Kramatorsk Direction
08:00 AM: one combat engagement was recorded near the settlement of Novomarkove.
Kostyantinivka Direction
08:00 AM: the russian enemy carried out 15 attacks near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Kleban-Byk, Shcherbynivka, and Sofiivka.
Pokrovsk Direction
08:00 AM: Ukrainian defenders stopped 28 assault actions by the aggressor near the settlements of Chervonyi Lyman, Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Leontovychi, Kotlyne, Molodetske, Filiia, Dachne, and Hryshyne, and toward Novopavlivka, Nove Shakhove, Kucherovyi Yar, and Novoekonomichne.
Oleksandrivka Direction
08:00 AM: over the past day the russian enemy carried out 15 attacks in the areas of Pryvilne, Rybne, Krasnohirskе, Zelenyi Hai, Vorone, Yalta, and Oleksandrohrad, and toward Iskra, Vyshneve, and Yehorivka.
Orikhiv Direction
08:00 AM: Ukrainian defenders repelled one enemy attack in the area of the settlement of Pavlivka.
Huliaipole Direction
08:00 AM: seven russian attacks took place in the areas of Uspenivka and Huliaipole, and toward Dobropillia.
Prydniprovskyi Direction
08:00 AM: the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled two russian attacks toward the Antonivskyi Bridge.
Volyn and Polissia Directions
08:00 AM: no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groupings were detected.
Our warriors are inflicting significant losses on the occupying forces in manpower and equipment and are actively undermining the enemy’s offensive potential in the rear.
Overall, over the past day, Russian invader losses amounted to 840 personnel. Ukrainian defenders also neutralized three tanks, three armored combat vehicles, 74 artillery systems, one air defense asset, 537 unmanned aerial vehicles, and 180 units of automotive equipment belonging to the occupiers.
