As a result of the Russian attack on Chernihiv, 10 people were injured, including three children. An 80-year-old woman died.
Law enforcement officers have uncovered new facts and individuals in the case of a criminal group that terrorized elderly residents of Ukraine, threatening prosecution for refusing to buy biologically active additives. A hundred new episodes have been documented, and 21 individuals have been notified of suspicion.
Andriy Pavelko, former president of the Ukrainian Association of Football, has been included in the list of persons hiding from pre-trial investigation bodies. He is accused of embezzlement and official forgery, with a disappearance date of November 5, 2025.
In Dnipro, a man inflicted knife wounds on two military personnel from the Territorial Recruitment Center (TCR) during a notification process. The injured were hospitalized, and shots were fired into the air to apprehend the assailant.
In Kyiv, two men threatened a taxi driver with a pistol and forced him to drive them around the city for free. The attackers also threatened a police officer when the driver sought help.
Prosecutors served a notice of suspicion on the director of a special school in Cherkasy region due to the mass infection of 14 children and 6 adults with Salmonella enterica bacteria. The cause was a violation of sanitary rules and norms for preventing infectious diseases.
In Vinnytsia region, a 24-year-old man was detained who stole two cars in one night and got into accidents with both of them. He faces up to eight years in prison with confiscation of property.
Two Ukrainian citizens were detained at the Ukrainian-Slovak border while attempting to import 2 kg of methamphetamine. During searches, another 1.7 kg of the substance was seized from them, with a total value of approximately 9.5 million hryvnias.
In Kyiv's Sviatoshynskyi district, a Porsche Cayenne driver died after crashing into a concrete barrier on Beresteiskyi Avenue. The car overturned, and the driver died from the injuries sustained.
A 31-year-old man cultivated and sold psilocybin mushrooms, disguising them in chocolate bars. The value of the seized substances exceeds one million hryvnias.
A Mitsubishi driver ran over a police officer and then tried to escape. He was detained after a chase in the Dniprovskyi district, with the car door being forcibly opened.
Since 2019, Ukraine has tightened responsibility for violating child transportation rules. Over 10,000 violations have been recorded in a year, despite fines of UAH 510-850.
A 55-year-old woman from Kyiv region has been notified of suspicion due to the death of 51 animals in her shelter. She kept evacuated cats in unsanitary conditions without food and water, which led to their mass death. The woman faces up to eight years in prison.
Law enforcement officers are investigating at least 6 criminal proceedings against the Odrex clinic for fraud and improper treatment. New cases have been opened based on statements from relatives of deceased patients and injured individuals who consider themselves victims of doctors' actions.
The Ministry of Development has decided on the mandatory evacuation of children from 19 settlements in Donetsk Oblast. About 200 people with limited mobility are also being evacuated from Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Svitlana Onyshchuk, head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Military Administration, appealed to law enforcement agencies to check the operation of entertainment venues. This happened after the death of an 18-year-old boy as a result of a fight near one of the venues in Ivano-Frankivsk.
A group of individuals who killed a 33-year-old foreigner in a cemetery near Kyiv have been notified of suspicion. The court chose pre-trial detention for the detainees.
In Odesa region, the head of the city council's land commission was detained for demanding $9. 5 thousand for the lease of 95 hectares of land. She faces up to 10 years in prison with confiscation of property.
In the Kharkiv region, a junior medical brother of the Chuhuiv branch of forensic medical examination was exposed for appropriating mobile phones of fallen Ukrainian soldiers. He has been notified of suspicion of theft committed under martial law, repeatedly.
A group of seven individuals, including a bank director and private enforcement officers, has been exposed in Dnipro for embezzling over UAH 50 million. They forged court decisions and debited funds from bank clients' accounts to controlled cards.
On December 21, a scuffle involving a group of teenagers occurred in a shopping center in Vinnytsia, as a result of which a 16-year-old boy was injured. The police are investigating criminal proceedings under Part 2 of Article 296 (Hooliganism) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
In Rivne on December 18, a Chevrolet driver on Myru Avenue hit a 51-year-old woman and her 15-year-old son at a pedestrian crossing, and then fled the scene of the accident. The victims were hospitalized, and the driver was detained and taken into custody for 30 days without bail.
In Lviv, a driver drove into Znesinnia Park, ignoring prohibitory signs, and hit a Municipal Guard employee. The injured person was hospitalized, and the driver was detained and a criminal case was opened.
In Lviv region, three men organized an interregional channel for illegal arms trade, selling Kalashnikov assault rifles for $1,000 per unit. The perpetrators disguised the weapons as sports nutrition, and received payment in cash, including by hiding money in books.
In Odesa, police launched a criminal investigation into the death of two kittens in a cat cafe. Some of the animals in the establishment were in a sickly condition.
A brawl with shooting occurred between two groups near Bessarabska Square in Kyiv. Police have opened a criminal case on charges of hooliganism and are establishing the circumstances of the incident.
Over the past day, seven civilians were injured in shelling in the de-occupied territories of Kherson region. Russian troops used artillery, mortars, MLRS, and drones, damaging houses, transport, and infrastructure.
The death toll from the enemy strike on Izium, Kharkiv Oblast, has risen to two: a 47-year-old man and his 42-year-old wife, a police officer, were killed. On December 20, at about 3:40 PM, the armed forces of the Russian Federation launched a guided aerial bomb attack, damaging an enterprise, a cafe, a Palace of Culture, a residential building, and cars.
Kyiv police initially denied, then confirmed the fact of an unidentified drone being launched over the capital. Earlier, a video of a drone with a Russian tricolor appeared online.
In Kyiv region, near Snytynka station, a passenger train fatally injured a 26-year-old man who was sitting on the railway tracks. The victim died at the scene, police are investigating the circumstances of the tragedy.
