Overview
- Overnight into Dec. 25, strikes hit Odesa’s port and industrial sites, killing one and injuring two, while separate attacks killed civilians in Kharkiv and Chernihiv, according to regional authorities.
- NEC Ukrenergo reported consumers without power in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions, with emergency disconnections continuing in Odesa due to earlier damage.
- The General Staff logged 151 combat engagements in the past day, citing the heaviest Russian pressure on the Pokrovsk and Huliaipil directions and estimating about 860 Russian personnel losses.
- Frontline updates said only several dozen Russian troops remain in Kupyansk with limited capability, Russian forces hold parts of Vovchansk without full control, and assault groups are trying to infiltrate central Huliaipole.
- A Russian drone hit an evacuation mission in Kostiantynivka, killing one civilian and wounding two, while the SBU announced a 15‑year sentence for a Belarusian KGB agent and the detention of two pro‑Kremlin agitators.