Overview
- The General Staff recorded 112 combat engagements across nine sectors by 16:00 on December 26.
- Lyman was the most active axis with 27 Russian attacks, 19 advances halted and clashes ongoing in eight locations.
- Russian forces mounted 20 assaults near Pokrovsk and 18 near Kostyantynivka, with additional fighting on the Kupiansk, Oleksandrivka, Huliaipole and Orikhiv directions.
- Border settlements in Sumy and Chernihiv came under artillery fire, while strikes on the North‑Slobozhansky and Kursk fronts included four guided bombs and 61 shellings, one from an MLRS.
- Three guided aerial bombs hit Kharkiv’s Shevchenkivskyi district, killing two and injuring eight including a 9‑month‑old, as dozens of homes and vehicles were damaged and emergency crews searched for victims.