Ukraine’s leader gives an upbeat assessment after discussing the plan with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

There have been 115 combat engagements on the frontline, with Russian forces making 26 attempts to break through Ukrainian defenses in the Pokrovsk sector, losing more than 70 occupiers in the process.

Russian forces carried out an airstrike on the Zaporizhzhia district, leaving four people wounded.

In Volyn, Russian forces attacked a critical infrastructure facility, but there were no casualties.

Fighters of the 3rd Assault Battalion of the 225th Separate Assault Regiment have liberated five villages in Dnipropetrovsk Region: Orestopil, Novoselivka, Sosnivka, Khoroshe, and Vorone.

Emergency and search operations have been completed in a five-story residential building in Chernihiv that was attacked by Russian Shahed-type kamikaze drones on Thursday, December 25. One person was killed.

Ukraine’s Defense Forces have demonstrated how the General  Cherry AIR interceptor effectively destroys Russian reconnaissance and strike drones.

In the city of Chornomorsk, Odesa region, Russia’s army attacked the Illichivsk Oil and Fat Plant (IOFP) on the night of December 25.

Satellite images have captured the aftermath of a strike by Ukraine’s Defense Forces on the Russian seaport of Temryuk, located in the Azov Sea bay on the Taman Peninsula.

Senators from both the Democratic and Republican parties have condemned Russia’s killing of Ukrainian civilians at a time when Christians around the world are celebrating Christmas.