19 December 2025

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Russia kills eight civilians, injures 25 in ballistic missile strike on Odesa port (updated)

Russia kills eight civilians, injures 25 in ballistic missile strike on Odesa port (updated)

The work of operational and emergency services is complicated due to the ongoing air raid alert

Russian strikes killed four people in Ukraine on December 18

Russian strikes killed four people in Ukraine on December 18

The National Police reported that as a result of shelling by the Russian military during the day of December 18, 2025, four people died in the Kharkiv and Kherson regions, and more than two dozen sustained injuries in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts

Ukrainian energy company films ‘Shchedryk’ in Russian-bombed power plant to call on world for infrastructure protection

Ukrainian energy company films ‘Shchedryk’ in Russian-bombed power plant to call on world for infrastructure protection

The DTEK energy company filmed a Christmas musical performance, "Shchedryk," in the machine hall of a thermal power plant (TPP) that was destroyed by Russian attacks, and called on the world to strengthen the protection of Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

USA impose sanctions against two more judges of the International Criminal Court over the Gaza case

USA impose sanctions against two more judges of the International Criminal Court over the Gaza case

The ICC deplored the U.S. administration’s announcement of new sanctions designations against its judges. The Court called these sanctions "a flagrant attack" on the independence of an impartial judicial institution that operates pursuant to the mandate conferred by its States Parties from across the regions

Ukraine receives 1,003 bodies of servicemembers from Russia

Ukraine receives 1,003 bodies of servicemembers from Russia

The Coordination Headquarters said that investigators from law enforcement agencies, in collaboration with expert institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, will conduct all necessary examinations to identify the repatriated bodies

UN condemns Russian aggression, human rights violations on occupied territories and demands troop withdrawal from Ukraine

UN condemns Russian aggression, human rights violations on occupied territories and demands troop withdrawal from Ukraine

The resolution relies on the findings of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on violations by Russia, which confirm facts of enforced disappearances and torture both in the occupied territories and in Russia itself