An Azerbaijan Airlines plane flying from Baku to Grozny crashed at Aktau airport. Of the 67 passengers on board, 25 survived, 19 of them have already been hospitalized.
Russian troops are conducting assault operations in the Kharkiv sector, both on foot and with equipment. The enemy conducted 5 assaults near Vovchansk and Vysoka Yaruga in the last day.
The occupants intensified their assaults and started using equipment in the Toretsk, Kramatorsk and Siversk directions. In Toretsk, 11 assaults took place overnight, and the fight is on for every house.
An 18-year-old orphanage inmate from Kherson region committed suicide after being illegally taken to Russia. The Prosecutor General's Office has launched a war crime investigation into the death of the Ukrainian teenager.
A 31-year-old drunken man threw a grenade at his sister and her friend during a conflict in the village of Havronshchyna. The explosion injured three people, including the attacker, who was detained by police.
A Russian missile strike on a residential building in Kryvyi Rih killed 1 person and injured 13. The 32-apartment building, shops and cars were damaged, and people may be trapped under the rubble.
A man who could not be rescued has been pulled from the rubble of a residential building in Kryvyi Rih that was destroyed by a Russian missile. There may be people under the ruins of the 32-apartment building.
A Russian ballistic missile hits a 4-storey residential building in Kryvyi Rih with 32 apartments. People's voices can be heard under the rubble, rescuers are conducting a hands-on search, and 9 people were injured.
The State Ecological Inspectorate found 142 violations during inspections of Christmas tree harvesting and sales before the holidays. 40 people were brought to administrative responsibility, and 97 cases were referred to court.
The head of the Ukrainian Security Center called mobilization and involvement of civilians in the army the main challenges of 2025. To counter Russian attacks, Ukraine needs a large-scale supply of anti-personnel weapons.
90% of surgeries in the military involve combined head injuries. Treatment and rehabilitation of such injuries can take decades and require a multidisciplinary approach.
A large-scale fuel oil leak has occurred in the Kerch Strait after the Russian tanker accident. Eleven dolphins and 143 birds were killed, and the oil slick continues to spread across the sea.
Zelenskyy chaired a meeting of the Council of State on the situation in Syria after the fall of the Assad regime. Ukraine is ready to support the Syrian people with food and help stabilize the situation in the region.
The Babushkinsky District Court of Dnipro will postpone the election of a preventive measure against MP Tyshchenko to January 6 due to his absence from the hearing. Tyshchenko did not appear due to his coronary heart disease, although he was obliged to be present.
The Kyiv Court of Appeal rejected the appeal of Artem Kosov's lawyers to change the measure of restraint to house arrest. A former parole officer is accused of killing a 16-year-old teenager at a funicular station in Kyiv.
Tomorrow, on December 24, the Ministry of Justice will validate the backups of state registries after a large-scale Russian cyberattack. The registers will be restored in a comprehensive manner, as they are interconnected.
The Consul visited in the hospital a Ukrainian woman born in 1972, who was injured in a car accident at a Christmas market in Magdeburg. The woman's condition is assessed as serious, she is being provided with the necessary treatment.
MP Mykola Tyshchenko did not attend the court hearing in Dnipro, although he promised to appear. He and former police officer Pysarenko are accused of unlawfully depriving a war veteran of his liberty.
Advisor to the Presidential Administration Serhiy Leshchenko said that negotiations to end the war are inevitable, but Ukraine must be strong in them. The key condition is to receive an invitation to NATO and security guarantees from the United States and Europe.
Fighting continues in Kurakhove, Toretsk and Chasovyi Yar in the urban areas. The occupiers have changed their tactics and are trying to block the logistics of Ukrainian defenders instead of frontal assaults.
The state registers of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine have suffered a large-scale cyberattack. According to MP Fediyenko, the attack could have been caused by bribery of employees or phishing, but all data was saved.
During martial law, about 50 people have died trying to illegally cross the border across the Tisa River. Border guards regularly detect people with hypothermia during dangerous border crossings.
A release of fuel oil from the crashed Volgoneft tanker has been detected on the Kerch Peninsula. Emergency Situations Ministry and environmental services are trying to eliminate the pollution of the coastline and sea area.
During the shelling of Kherson, a Russian group tried to force the Dnipro River in the area of Antonivskyi Bridge. The Ukrainian defense forces prevented the crossing attempt, preventing the enemy from reaching even the middle of the river.
On the Odesa-Reni highway, a Hyundai driver overtook a bus and collided with an oncoming Ford, which then crashed into the bus. Two people from the Ford were hospitalized, and traffic on the highway was hampered.
The Reserve+ app is used by 3. 5 million Ukrainians every day. The new version now allows you to update your contact information without a physical visit to a local recruitment center.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine denied the information from The Guardian about the transfer of air defense troops to infantry. The reassignment only concerns servicemen from security and rear units, not affecting air defense specialists.
A leopard attacked an employee at the Odesa zoo, inflicting multiple injuries. Attempts to tranquilize the animal failed, and the police were forced to euthanize it to prevent a threat to human life.
The government supported the resolution on the formation of a list of priority weapons and military equipment. Manufacturers will be able to sign contracts for 3-10 years to develop the Ukrainian defense industry.
The Cabinet of Ministers has appointed Yulia Hnatiuk as acting head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory. The decision was made after the dismissal of the previous head, Anton Drobovych.
