On December 30, as many as 142 combat engagements took place along the frontline between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invaders. The enemy was most active in the Pokrovsk and Huliaipole sectors.

Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) has imposed a preventive measure in the form of bail on Member of Parliament Yurii Kisel, who is one of the suspects in a corruption case involving the Verkhovna Rada.

There is no credible evidence of a Ukrainian attack on President Vladimir Putin’s residence, while the continuation and intensification of Russian strikes against Ukraine point to an undermining of international diplomatic efforts.

Türkiye’s Chief Ombudsman Mehmet Akardja has confirmed that lists of missing Ukrainian prisoners of war, as well as those who are seriously ill or severely wounded, were handed over to Russia. The lists had been provided to him a month earlier.

In Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Russian invaders shelled the town of Kostiantynivka with tube artillery, killing a civilian.

Türkiye has unveiled a new missile designed to protect naval platforms from missiles equipped with radio-frequency homing seekers.

European leaders held urgent talks on Ukraine following statements by Russia indicating its intention to change its negotiating stance.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine to six more defenders, five of them posthumously.

Technical specialists have completed repairs on a critically important power line near the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) under a local ceasefire mediated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Russia is currently seeking to cut the Odesa region off from the rest of Ukraine by targeting infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.