Russian attacks killed at least two civilians and injured dozens across several Ukrainian regions, including Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Kherson, and Donetsл Oblasts on 15 December 2025, according to Vladyslav Haivanenko, Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, and Oleh Hryhorov, Head of the Sumy Oblast Military Administration and the National Police. More than 10 people were injured in the Kherson and Donetsk regions.
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
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff stated that "a lot of progress" was made during the December 14 meeting, which also involved Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Ukraine, which has been fighting a "grinding war" since Russia invaded in February 2022, hopes to persuade the United States that any ceasefire must be agreed upon without prior territorial concessions to Russia
The Russian plan remains categorically unacceptable – 75% of Ukrainians consider it completely unacceptable (the same number as in September 2025). Only 17% of Ukrainians are ready for the Russian version of peace (the same number as before),
In addition to the fatalities, at least 3,529 people sustained various injuries, which is 75% higher than during the same period last year
According to the National Police of Ukraine, Russian shelling on December 8, 2025, killed at least four civilians in the Donetsk and Kherson regions, while nearly 50 people sustained various injuries, including in the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Sumy regions
According to the National Police, Russian shelling on November 25, 2025, killed eight civilians in Kyiv and the Chernihiv region, with more than four dozen others injured, including those in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Odesa, and Zaporizhzhia regions
The National Police reported that Russian shelling on November 20, 2025, killed eight civilians across the Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, and Chernihiv regions, and at least 25 others sustained various injuries in the Donetsk, Kherson, and Kharkiv regions
Russian forces launched massive strikes on a number of Ukrainian regions on November 15, killing at least four people and injuring 16 civilians, according to the local regional military administrations
DeepState also reported that Ukrainian forces killed these Russian soldiers with an FPV drone within 20 minutes
Seven civilians were killed and 10 injured in Russian shelling on November 13, 2025, with strikes hitting the Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv regions and causing further casualties in Donetsk, Kherson, and Dnipropetrovsk, according to the National Police
As a result of Russian military shelling on November 11, 2025, three civilians were killed in the Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Dnipropetrovsk regions, while more than 10 others sustained various injuries, particularly in the Odesa, Kherson, and Kharkiv regions
On the night of November 8, 2025, Russian forces launched a massive attack on a number of Ukrainian cities, using Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles, Kalibr cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and drones. The strikes killed at least two people, wounded dozens, and destroyed residential buildings and energy infrastructure facilities
The National Police of Ukraine, the State Emergency Service (SES), and regional military administrations reported civilian casualties. Russians also caused damage, including to energy and railway infrastructure, across the Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Lviv, and Mykolaiv regions following Russian shelling on the night of October 30, 2025
The National Police of Ukraine reported that Russian shelling on October 23, 2025, killed eight civilians across the city of Kyiv and the Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Kherson Oblasts, with over three dozen others wounded, including those in the Zaporizhzhia and Sumy regions.
Ukraine's air force said Russia had sent 405 drones and 28 missiles, 15 of which were ballistic
Zelenskyy, who called Putin a terrorist in the interview, confirmed his readiness to meet with him face-to-face
Russian shelling on October 15, 2025, killed one person in the Donetsk region and wounded 17 others across the Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kherson, and Kharkiv Oblasts
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