Emergency power outages have been introduced in Ukraine due to the consequences of missile and drone attacks. Energy workers are working to restore stable electricity supply, and consumers are urged to save electricity.
In Kyiv, a road accident involving an Audi occurred on Brovarsky Avenue, injuring five people. Traffic is blocked in both directions from the Metro Bridge.
Japan rejected the EU's proposal to use frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine. Tokyo refused to use $30 billion in frozen assets held on its territory to issue a loan to Ukraine.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported 139 combat engagements per day, almost a third of which occurred in the Pokrovsk direction. The enemy launched missile and air strikes and used kamikaze drones.
Oil prices fell on Tuesday after a 2% drop the previous day. Brent futures fell to $62.41 a barrel, and WTI to $58.75.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces are holding back the Russian occupiers' offensive, repelling 22 out of 25 attacks in the Pokrovsk direction. In total, 87 combat engagements have taken place on the front since the beginning of the day.
In Kyiv, during the 49th week of 2025, 9782 new cases of flu and ARVI were registered, which is 1. 8% less than the previous week. The incidence of COVID-19 decreased by 29.3%, with 3 deaths recorded.
A number of regions are switching to emergency power outages. This decision was made due to grid overload at the direction of NPC "Ukrenergo".
Ukrenergo's tariffs for electricity transmission and dispatching will increase in 2026, but this will not lead to a change in tariffs for household consumers. The increase will be 8.3% for transmission and 11.2% for dispatch control, which will cover the company's costs for fulfilling special obligations and settlements in the electricity market.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the leaders of Britain, France, and Germany held a meeting in London. Zelenskyy emphasized the importance of unity between Europe, Ukraine, and the USA.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived at the British Prime Minister's residence on Downing Street in London. He will meet with the leaders of Great Britain, France, and Germany.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the destruction of a number of enemy objects in the occupied territories, including ammunition depots and UAVs. In the Temryuk seaport, 20 tanks were destroyed, which is 70% of the total number.
From September 2026, student scholarships at educational institutions will double. The State Budget-2026 provides UAH 6.6 billion for scholarship payments.
In Kostiantynivka, a family of four, including two minors, sustained blast injuries and shrapnel wounds from an FPV drone attack. The injured have been hospitalized, and their condition is assessed as moderate.
Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the UK for meetings with E3 leaders. After that, he will hold a bilateral meeting with Starmer and participate in a phone call with the leaders of Finland, Italy, NATO, and the EU, and then head to Belgium.
Mercedes has updated its line of compact cars, introducing the seven-seater GLB crossover. The new GLB is longer and wider than its predecessor EQB, and has received an electric version with a range of up to 631 km.
President Zelenskyy signed Law No. 8187, which improves defense resource management, taking into account the experience of NATO and EU countries. The government will form the management procedure, and the Ministry of Defense will determine accounting and reporting.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with his British, French, and German counterparts in London. This will be followed by a video call with EU and NATO leaders, and then a visit to Brussels for high-level meetings.
France is under pressure to finance Ukraine using €18 billion in Russian sovereign assets, whose location Paris has concealed for over two years. These assets, mostly immobilized in private banks, represent the second-largest accumulation of frozen Russian central bank assets in Europe.
The adopted draft law on the State Budget of Ukraine for 2026 has been submitted to President Volodymyr Zelensky for signature. Information on this is posted on the parliament's website.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved changes to the Procedure for booking conscripts, allowing defense industry enterprises to book employees for 45 days to eliminate violations. The 72-hour period for checking lists for critically important enterprises has been canceled.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi emphasized the need to improve the process of basic military training and training centers. He also noted the importance of adapting recruits at the beginning of basic military training, as a significant number of AWOL cases occur during this period.
Russia attacked the energy infrastructure of the Donetsk region at night, which led to power outages for consumers in five regions of Ukraine. Today, hourly power outage schedules are in effect throughout the country.
EU countries will have to allocate billions of euros to guarantee loans to Ukraine totaling up to 210 billion euros, with Germany providing support of up to 52 billion euros. The European Commission presented these figures after proposing a "reparation loan" for Ukraine of 165 billion euros from frozen Russian assets.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The meeting takes place amid fears that the US may pressure Ukraine to accept a peace deal with Russia.
As a result of the UAV strike on Fastiv, the roofs of buildings caught fire over an area of 1500 square meters. The blast wave damaged a private house and administrative buildings.
On the night of December 8, Russia attacked Ukraine with 149 Shahed, Gerbera, and other attack UAVs. Ukrainian air defense shot down 131 enemy drones in the north, south, and east of the country.
An M8. 1 class solar flare was observed on the Sun, causing a full halo coronal mass ejection. It is expected to collide with Earth on Tuesday, which could lead to a G3 level geomagnetic storm.
Russian troops attacked Dnipropetrovsk region with FPV drones and UAVs, as a result of which a 51-year-old man was killed and five people, including children, were injured. An agricultural enterprise, private houses, a gas pipeline, and an administrative building were damaged.
Rustem Umerov and Andriy Hnatov held constructive talks with President Trump's representatives in the US. The Ukrainian team's task was to obtain full information about the conversation in Moscow and draft proposals for discussion with the President of Ukraine.
