Russian forces attacked the city of Mykolaiv and its suburbs overnight with several attack drones, causing a partial power outage for residents of Mykolaiv district.

In temporarily occupied Crimea, the practice of shutting down or deliberately slowing mobile internet access is becoming a permanent norm.

Operators of the Prime strike unmanned aerial systems company of the 5th Border Guard Detachment destroyed a D-30 artillery gun, an electronic warfare system, communications equipment and enemy shelters in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna sector.

Fighters of the Phoenix unmanned systems regiment have repelled another Russian combined assault in the Toretsk sector, destroying a motorcycle column and an enemy tank.

A court has sentenced five Russian servicemen in absentia to ten years in prison for torturing civilians during the temporary occupation of parts of the Okhtyrka district in Ukraine’s Sumy region at the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.

Soviet authorities persecuted Ukrainian carolers because they were seen as a threat to communist ideology and an expression of national identity.

The 2026 state budget expands funding for public investment to UAH 111.5 billion, resources the state will channel into modernizing critical infrastructure, regional recovery, strengthening energy resilience, and developing transport, social, healthcare, and educational facilities.

The case of a scholar wanted in Ukraine sparked a debate on the relationship between museums and the Russian state.

The Central Bank of the Russian Federation is introducing strict controls and restrictions on the cryptocurrency market; cryptocurrency is now banned from being used as a means of payment.

Police in Cherkasy region are establishing the circumstances of a car explosion in Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi that occurred on Christmas Eve.