Overview
- The General Staff reported about 200 engagements on December 10, with 36 Russian attacks on the Pokrovsk axis as Ukrainian forces said they blunted a mechanized push and claimed roughly 186 enemy combatants neutralized, including 124 irrecoverable.
- Ukraine’s 7th Air Assault Corps said the 68th Jaeger Brigade destroyed the first enemy armored group near Pokrovsk, described ongoing strikes on Russian personnel and equipment, and noted difficult logistics with efforts to widen supply corridors toward Mirnograd.
- The Energy Ministry reported morning outages in Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions, while nationwide consumption limits and rolling cuts remained in force; the government moved to revise critical‑infrastructure lists, reduce nonessential lighting, and permit electricity imports for state‑sector companies.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would seek legislation to enable elections under martial law and is prepared to hold a vote only if the United States and partners provide security guarantees for the process.
- Ombudsperson Dmytro Lubinec said Kyiv insists on an all‑for‑all return covering POWs, civilian hostages, and deported children, as the National Police presented a war‑crimes system holding nearly 900,000 alleged perpetrators to U.S. partners and prosecutors detailed an Odesa child‑trafficking case targeting at least 25 children.