Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating 🎄
Wishing you peaceful days ahead, more kindness, more calm, and more hope. And an extra thought for Ukraine.
More footage has emerged from the recently thwarted Russian mechanized assault near Dobropillia. The 1st Separate Assault Regiment, alongside FPV drone teams and supporting units, destroyed 11 vehicles, including 4 tanks and 2 APCs, and neutralized multiple infantry.
Germany has made a record contribution to Ukraine’s energy sector, transferring over €160 million to the Energy Support Fund, the largest tranche of assistance to date to help restore and strengthen Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
GUR unit Lasar’s Group has successfully struck and destroyed a TOS‑1A “Solntsepyok”. During a recent operation, aerial reconnaissance from the 32nd Mechanized Brigade spotted the system firing on Ukrainian defensive positions. After receiving targeting data, Lasar’s Group pilots of heavy bombers executed a precise strike, neutralizing the launcher.
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In addition to what happened in Kupyansk, Ukrainian forces continue their offensive north of the city. Attacking both the Zapadne-Kalynove axis and Holubivka. The latter is in a gray zone but has Russian presence. Looks like the AFU aims to clear the whole area west of the Oskil.
On the night of December 21, Ukrainian drones struck key infrastructure at Russia’s Taman port. Video analysis by Cyberboroshno confirms direct hits on two tankers: one suffered damage to its bridge, while the other, likely full of oil, was hit at its transfer hose. Multiple port piers were also targeted, including direct impacts on Pier 3’s supports and visible fires near the oil storage terminal onshore.
But, but but. Gerasimov said Kupyansk was taken?
Russian war correspondents one by one now confirm the loss of Kupyansk in Kharkiv Oblast, mocking their own command: “The city is lost, but at least medals were handed out.” They say Ukraine deployed significant forces and that earlier Russian statements proved empty.
Ukrainian drone operators from Ronin unmanned systems battalion of the 65th Separate Mechanized Brigade struck two key Russian targets. A P-18 “Terek” radar was destroyed, and a TOR-M2 air defense system was damaged.
Archival footage from the GUR special forces “Black Winter Group” operation on the Pokrovsk axis in November 2025 has been released.
President Zelensky extended Christmas greetings to Ukrainians, highlighting national unity:
“Millions of us will look to the sky tonight for the first star...over Kyiv, Zakarpattia, Odesa, or Kupyansk. No matter where we are, Ukrainians are together today, celebrating Christmas as one big family.”
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