Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported 1,010 Russian personnel losses in the past day and updated cumulative losses to about 1,183,620, alongside new equipment losses.
- Frontline clashes reached 177 in the last 24 hours, with the heaviest pressure on the Pokrovsk axis where Ukrainian forces report halting dozens of assaults.
- ISW says the Kremlin is escalating a cognitive warfare campaign to extract concessions, noting Russia has taken only 0.77% more Ukrainian territory in 2025.
- Putin reiterated on December 9 that Russia will achieve its war aims, while UK defence intelligence previously assessed total Russian casualties at roughly 1.168 million.
- Ukraine’s energy ministry reported ongoing outages in Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions as Ukrenergo enforces nationwide consumption limits and the government prioritizes critical facilities and authorizes power imports.