Year: 2025

At a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief’s Headquarters, key attention was focused on drones: countering Shahed strikes, developing the “Drone Line”, deep strikes, and changing the air defense strategy. A new threat was also recorded — the use of Belarusian territory to bypass Ukrainian interceptors.

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has released video footage of the combat operations of the “Khymera” unit, which is part of the “Tymur Special Unit”. The footage was filmed on the Zaporizhzhia front in the autumn of 2025.

On January 1, 2026, the Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Article 11 of the Law of Ukraine ‘On Military Duty and Military Service’ Regarding the Military Training of Citizens of Ukraine Under the Program for Training Reserve Medical Service Officers” (№. 4538-IX) enters into force.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a telephone conversation with President of Finland Alexander Stubb, during which the sides exchanged information on current contacts with international partners and the progress of preparations for key negotiations in the United States.

Six state-owned and private banks have concluded the largest consortium agreement in the history of Ukraine’s financial market to provide lending to the defense-industrial complex in the amount of UAH 21.5 billion for a three-year term under state guarantees.

First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska summarized the implementation of barrier-free initiatives carried out by ministries in cooperation with civil society and international partners within her “Without Barriers” initiative and the National Strategy for Creating a Barrier-Free Environment.

Russian occupation forces are attempting to regroup on the left bank of the Oskil River but have achieved no success near Kupiansk.

Since February 2025, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have introduced an electronic Primary Medical Card (ePMC), Form №. 001/o, as well as a Casualty Card, Form №. 002/o. This is not merely a shift from paper to digital format, but a transition of Ukraine’s military medicine to NATO standards, the creation of an evidence-based system for the treatment of combat injuries, and the provision of social justice for defenders.

The Termit unmanned ground robotic system has, for the first time, successfully carried out the evacuation of wounded soldiers without the involvement of personnel — three servicemen were evacuated from the battlefield during a single operation.

On Friday, December 26, the official platforms of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine premiered the short film “Retribution”. 

Ukraine continues to strengthen its air defense system thanks to international support. Germany has already transferred the ninth modern IRIS-T surface-to-air missile system to Ukraine. This was previously reported by Ukraine’s Minister of Defense Denys Shmyhal.

In the city of Siversk, the Defense Forces of Ukraine are actively and successfully destroying the enemy, as Ukrainian warriors know the city well, having defended it for a long time.

Fighters of the aerial reconnaissance company of the Pentagon Unmanned Systems Battalion of the 225th Assault Regiment are engaged in searching for key targets in the enemy’s rear, locations where enemy infantry is concentrated, and recently have begun hunting enemy aerial reconnaissance assets.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has adopted a resolution developed by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine that introduces state financial support for defense industry enterprises under financial leasing agreements.

Fighters of the 49th Assault Battalion “Carpathian Sich”, in cooperation with the 100th Mechanized Brigade, the 28th Mechanized Brigade named after the Knights of the Winter Campaign, and the 36th Marine Brigade named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Bilynskyi, destroyed a column of occupiers.

In the Kramatorsk sector, the enemy is attempting to attack exclusively with small infantry groups, while keeping equipment far from the line of contact.

Fighters of the Apachi Battalion of Unmanned Systems of the 81st Airmobile Slobozhanska Brigade of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine demonstrated the destruction of a crossing used by Russian forces to move their troops.

On the night of December 26 (starting from 18:00 on December 25), the enemy attacked with one Iskander-M ballistic missile launched from the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea, as well as 99 strike UAVs of the Shahed type, “Gerbera”, and other types of drones.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy plans to meet with Donald Trump in the near future for negotiations.

In recent days in the Pokrovsk direction, pilots have been forced to fly “by instruments” due to fog interfering with normal operations.

Fighters of the Voron Battalion of Unmanned Systems of the 100th Mechanized Brigade repelled an assault by enemy equipment protected with so-called “grills”.

Fighters of the 1st Battalion of the 108th Kodatska Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine detected and struck a detachment of Kadyrovites moving along a road toward Ukrainian positions.