Between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops, 52 combat encounters have occurred since the start of the day. Fighting continues on six front-line directions, with the enemy concentrating most of its efforts on Pokrovsk.

The Trump administration bans five people who have called for tech regulation from entering the country.

In the island zone of the Kherson region, Russian occupiers continue to lay mines in channels and set up firing positions on certain islands. At the same time, the Defense Forces destroy 2–3 enemy boats every day.

Santa is speeding through his Christmas deliveries, but a sheriff had to stop him for "flying a little too fast".

On the key question of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas, Zelensky says a "free economic zone" is a potential option.

The vehicle had earlier been involved in a crash and everyone in the surrounding area was safely evacuated before the blast.

An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council was called to discuss the US seizure of two tankers.

Signal was earlier lost with a jet that took off from Ankara with Gen Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad and four others on board.

The number of people injured as a result of an enemy attack on Zaporizhzhia has increased to three.

Drone operators of the 81st Separate Slobozhanska Airmobile Brigade destroyed a Russian infantry fighting vehicle together with its landing troops near Serebrianka.