Countries around the world celebrated the new year with colourful shows and long-held traditions.

Russian forces shelled and attacked the Nikopol, Pavlohrad, Kryvyi Rih, and Synelnykove districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery and strike drones. Four people were injured, and civilian infrastructure was damaged.

In 2025, the amount of international security assistance reached $45 billion – a record figure since 2022.

On Wednesday, December 31, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned, for separate meetings, the Charge d’Affaires of India in Ukraine and the Charge d’Affaires of Pakistan in Ukraine regarding statements supporting the Russian fake narrative about an alleged "attack on Putin’s residence."

Ukraine’s Defense Forces burn down Russia’s military power, the capabilities of its military-industrial complex, and its oil refineries every day, thereby undermining the aggressor’s desire to continue this war.

In the city of Vovchansk, the situation is fairly stable; at the same time, Russian forces are attempting to bypass the city in order to expand their control zone.

Israel’s move is criticised by 10 countries, which say the new registration rules for international NGOs are "restrictive" and "unacceptable".

The Defense Forces struck the Tuapse oil refinery, the Tamanneftegaz oil and gas terminal, a Rosrezerv oil depot, and a number of other facilities of the Russian invaders.

Police arrested 14 crew members on the ship sailing from St Petersburg, Russia, to the Israeli port of Haifa.

Tourist Niels Honkoop says shattered glass littered the carriage floor and injured people were lying in the aisles.