Servicemembers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have released photos showing Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region destroyed by Russian invaders.

The occupying army attacked the Nikopol district with FPV drones and artillery throughout the day.

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov, during a visit to Turkey, is seeking to resume prisoner exchanges between Ukraine and Russia in the new year.

President Volodymyr Zelensky informed Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides of new details regarding Ukraine’s contacts with American partners and briefed him on the overall diplomatic situation.

Russian forces attacked Semenivka in the Chernihiv region with drones throughout the day, damaging an apartment building.

In the Kherson region, one person was killed during the day as a result of shelling; there are also injured people in Kherson and Bilozerka, and criminal proceedings have been launched.

Among the countries of the Coalition of the Willing, there are those prepared for "certain forms of their presence" on the territory of Ukraine after a ceasefire is achieved.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in his New Year address criticized Europeans for their alleged unwillingness to put an end to the war in Ukraine, and Slovaks for disagreeing with his course.

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Rustem Umerov and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan discussed the security situation and the return of Ukrainians from Russian captivity during a meeting in Ankara.

Some points of a potential peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia may not correspond to the idea of justice.