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Russia strikes Kherson market on Christmas Day, killing market worker
Prokudin said that the attack killed a 47-year-old market worker who was at his workplace
Russian shelling on December 24 killed at least three civilians and injured 32
Local Oblast Military Administrations and the National Police of Ukraine reported that on December 24, Russian troops conducted massive shelling of the Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Kherson, and Sumy regions. As a result of the attacks, at least three people were killed, and another 32 were injured
Russian shelling killed four adults and a child in Ukraine on December 23
On December 22, Russian military strikes injured more than two dozen Ukrainians. In total, over almost four years, Russian military shelling has officially killed more than 14,500 people in Ukraine
China helps Russia strike on Ukraine’s energy sector — Zelenskyy
Zelenskyy stated that there have been correlations between Chinese satellite imaging of Ukrainian territory and Russian strikes on the corresponding energy infrastructure facilities
‘Russia no different from ISIS, Boko Haram or Hamas’: Ukraine demands return of 50 abducted civilians
Sybiha emphasized that there is a constant threat to life if your neighbor is Russia
Russian attacks kill civilian in Donetsk region, injure 11 in Donetsk and Kherson Oblasts on December 20
Russians killed one civilian in the Donetsk region and injured four in the Donetsk Oblast and seven in the Kherson Oblast in Russian attacks on December 20, 2025
Russians enter border village in Sumy Oblast and deport more than 50 Ukrainian civilians (updated)
The source of the Ukrainska Pravda news outlet in military circles said taht assault attempts on the border sector of the Sumy Oblast in the area of Hrabovske have been ongoing for several days. The enemy is being repelled and has been unable to advance deeper
Russian airstrike on Izium in Kharkiv Oblast kills two
The SES clarified that Russian troops conducted several strikes on the city using guided aerial bombs
Russian military attack on Zaporizhzhia Oblast, killing man, injuring three civilians
Russian forces conducted 713 attacks on 19 settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast over the past day, including 19 airstrikes on Zaporizhzhia, Huliaipole, Orikhiv, Preobrazhenka, Vozdvyzhivka, and Novodanylivka. The attacks injured 10 people
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
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
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
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
Russian occupiers abducted Crimean Tatar woman in temporarily occupied Crimea: they accuse her of “treason”
The Human Rights House Crimea reminded that during the last two years, Russian security forces in temporarily occupied Crimea have intensified the practice of enforced disappearances. As of the end of 2024, there were 27 confirmed cases of this type. Eight of these people could not be found, three were convicted by the illegitimate "courts" on the peninsula, and the rest were released. In 2025, out of 18 persons, only one was released
Russia strikes family car on Odesa bridge, killing mother and wounding three children
Kiper said this is yet another cynical war crime by Russia – a strike on civilians
Russian occupiers illegally alienate the property of boxer Oleksandr Usyk and other citizens of Ukraine in Crimea
The so-called "nationalizations" by the occupying Russian authorities in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol city carry no legal force under international law. Human rights defenders view this as an element of the aggressor state's repressive policy
The Mission of The President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea named the key Russian and occupation agencies responsible for the deportation of Ukrainian children
The Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea pointed out that the Russian occupiers have established this vertical by involving a number of institutional structures at both the federal level of the Russian Federation and the local occupation administrations
World must ensure Russia is held legally accountable for the war — Zelenskyy
Zelensky thanked the Netherlands for agreeing to host legal bodies to hold Russia accountable, including the Compensation Commission, which countries plan to establish through an agreement to be signed in The Hague on December 16
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Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is a classic neo-colonial war for the enslavement of an entire people
Ukraine invites nations across Africa, South America, and Asia to join a global justice alliance
“Sharper than physical pain – the feeling of helplessness”: speech of the imprisoned journalist
