Ukrainian troops have carried out a successful operation along the Kupiansk axis and in the city of Kupyansk in Kharkiv region, the National Guard’s Khartiya Corps said.
The statement said a grouping of Ukrainian forces broke through to the Oskil …
Amy B. Zegart
Ukrainian troops have carried out a successful operation along the Kupiansk axis and in the city of Kupyansk in Kharkiv region, the National Guard’s Khartiya Corps said.
The statement said a grouping of Ukrainian forces broke through to the Oskil …

A drone hit a residential building in the western Russian city of Tver overnight on December 12, injuring seven people, including a child, according to Meduza, which cited the region’s acting governor, Vitaly Korolev. Eyewitness video captured the …
Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SSO) say they struck the vessels “Kompozitor Rakhmaninov” and “Askar-Sarydzha” in the Caspian Sea, after receiving detailed route and cargo information from members of the insurgent movement “Black Spark.”
“A …
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Russian Telegram channels are spreading what they claim to be a satellite image of Ukraine during a blackout in 2025, showing the country completely in darkness. The photo was allegedly …



UKRAINE, KHARKIV — “When I got mad at him, he was upset at first, but then he came up to me and said, ‘Do you love me?’ I told him, ‘I love and adore you.’ And he asked me, ‘Which is stronger — loving or adoring?’”
Tetiana Matiash-Myrna is talking …

Ukraine and its European partners have handed Washington their revisions to the U.S.-proposed peace framework aimed at ending Russia's war, the Kyiv Independent has learned.
The move comes amid growing U.S. pressure to advance negotiations and fresh …

Ukraine's domestically produced cruise missiles could help deal a devastating blow to Russia's air defense production, enabling increasingly effective long-range drone strikes against other targets inside Russia, a new report published on Dec. 12 …
Germany accused Russia on December 12, 2025, of a cyberattack on air traffic control and election interference ahead of its general election.
Category: Cyber & Information Warfare
Subcategory: Cyber Attacks
Incident Type: Attacks on critical …

It was a regular workday when the air raid alarm sounded at Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital at 11 a.m. on a Monday in Kyiv. Dr. Olga Babicheva and her colleagues moved their young patients to a room with no windows to better protect them. Six children …


Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
Russia’s Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Yaroslavl, one of the country’s five largest, is reportedly on fire after being struck in an overnight drone attack on Dec. 12, officials and local …



