President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made 25 working trips across Ukraine in a year, focusing on the security situation, especially in frontline regions. He visited Kyiv, Donetsk, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Sumy, Odesa, and other regions.
In 2025, Russians used over 60,000 guided aerial bombs, about 2,400 missiles, and over 100,000 drones. Air raid alerts sounded at least 19,033 times across Ukraine.
Russia again attacked energy facilities in several regions of Ukraine, causing blackouts in five regions, including over 170,000 consumers in Odesa region and thousands in Brovary district of Kyiv region. Bad weather also left part of the residents of Khmelnytskyi and Ternopil regions without electricity.
The average price of a cup of espresso in Ukraine increased by 17% over the year, reaching UAH 41 in December 2025. The most expensive coffee is in Lviv region (UAH 47), the cheapest is in Khmelnytskyi region (UAH 33).
On Monday, December 29, cloudy weather with black ice and a blizzard is forecast in Ukraine, Level I danger has been declared. The temperature at night will be 1-6°C below zero, during the day from 4°C below zero to 1°C above zero.
On December 28, rescuers in Ivano-Frankivsk region towed 12 cars and a bus, evacuating 32 people, including 7 children. This happened against the backdrop of bad weather, which left 346 settlements in six regions without electricity.
In Ukraine, due to bad weather, roads are snow-covered in 9 regions and wet in 12, but passage on state-level roads is ensured. To ensure passage, 1312 units of equipment and 1484 workers have been deployed.
Due to bad weather, 346 settlements in Lviv, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Dnipropetrovsk, Volyn, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions were left without electricity. Regional power grid brigades are working to restore it.
In Ukraine, due to snow and black ice, 404 road accidents were recorded, 66 of them with casualties. In Kyiv, there were 45 accidents, 6 of them with casualties.
MHP's network of social stores, which includes 7 stationary and 9 mobile points, covers over 290 settlements and serves over 40,000 customers. The company plans further expansion of the network in 2026, particularly to Cherkasy and Khmelnytsky regions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacted to Russia's massive attack, which included over 650 drones and 30 missiles aimed at energy and civilian infrastructure. Three people were killed, and at least 13 regions were hit.
As a result of the ninth massive attack by the Russian Federation, Rivne, Ternopil, and Khmelnytskyi regions are almost completely de-energized. There are also power outages in 6 more regions, and emergency blackouts have been applied in Odesa region and throughout Ukraine.
As a result of the Russian attack on the Khmelnytskyi region on the night of December 23, a person born in 1953 died. Power outages were also recorded.
Two FSB informants, exposed in Khmelnytskyi region in April 2024, have been sentenced to 12 and 10 years in prison. They installed hidden mini-cameras near operational airfields of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in western Ukraine to track combat aircraft.
On Thursday, December 18, an anticyclone will prevail in Ukraine, ensuring calm weather without significant precipitation. Air temperatures will remain high for this time of year, and fogs are possible in some regions.
The SBU found a Makarov pistol with a silencer, which was used to kill People's Deputy Andriy Parubiy. The weapon was in a cache set up by the killer and contains his DNA.
NABU detectives conducted searches of officials of the State Tax Service in Khmelnytskyi and Mykolaiv regions, as well as at the central office of the State Tax Service. The criminal proceedings concern events of 2024-2025 related to risky enterprises.
In Mukachevo, a court sentenced three teenagers to imprisonment for the gang rape and robbery of a 46-year-old woman. Two received seven years and one month each, and the third, who already had a criminal record, received seven years and two months.
69,000 children received Christmas gifts and wrote postcards for Ukrainian soldiers as part of the "Sweet Christmas" initiative.
A large-scale production and sale of illegal tobacco has been uncovered in Khmelnytskyi region. Over 120 tons of products and equipment worth over UAH 25 million have been seized.
In Khmelnytskyi region, a man was sentenced to life imprisonment for systematically raping his underage stepdaughter in 2022. He was also found to have illegally stored ammunition and explosives.
Ukraine is completing the 2025 harvest, having collected 52. 58 million tons of grain crops from 89% of the sown areas. In total, up to 60 million tons of grain and up to 20 million tons of oilseeds are expected.
In Ternopil, an 18-year-old student died in the hospital after falling from a third-floor dormitory window. Police are investigating the incident as an accident.
Law enforcement officers uncovered a scheme for the illegal alienation of 6 hectares of forest near Bukovel, causing over UAH 20 million in damages to the state. Three individuals, including a cadastral registrar, have been notified of suspicion.
On Monday, November 17, rains are expected in Ukraine, and a warning of dangerous meteorological phenomena has been issued in the west of the country. The temperature at night will be 2-7° Celsius, during the day 9-14°, and up to 16° in the south and the Carpathian region.
The patrol police of Khmelnytskyi region released a video of the search for two lionesses who escaped from the enclosures of a local private rehabilitation center. One lioness was returned to the enclosure, the other was found outside the territory and returned to her place of confinement.
A 49-year-old woman, in cooperation with her brother, a Russian agent, in Donetsk region, coordinated enemy attacks on the Defense Forces in the Kramatorsk and Lyman directions. The court sentenced her to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property; her brother was also sentenced to 15 years in prison.
The SBU counterintelligence detained a foreigner who was adjusting missile and drone strikes on Zhytomyr and Khmelnytskyi regions. He photographed energy-generating and heat-supply enterprises, as well as checkpoints of the Defense Forces.
In 2025, the growth of new cafes and restaurants more than halved, despite the fact that the number of opened individual entrepreneurs exceeds the number of closed ones. Half of the closed establishments lasted less than a year and a half, and a quarter - less than six months.
The MHP-Hromadi Charitable Foundation and MHP company announced the winners of the "PROgrowth" grant competition. In 2025, the competition budget increased to UAH 4.3 million, and 281 winners will receive up to UAH 15,000 for professional development and training.
