Ukraine December 2025

Zelensky meets European leaders as Trump accuses him of not reading US proposal to end war (LINK) 8 December 2025

Trump says Zelenskyy 'isn't ready' to sign US-backed peace deal (LINK) 7 December 2025

Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk hit by 'massive' strike as peace talks in US conclude: Russian defence ministry said it had shot down 77 Ukrainian drones in several locations (LINK) 7 December 2025

Moscow launched 653 drones and 51 missiles at Ukraine overnight into Saturday, triggering air raid alerts across the country and wounding at least eight people. (LINK) 6 December 2025

IAEA launches expert mission to Ukraine as Russia ramps up attacks on energy infrastructure: mission is in Ukraine to "assess the status of electrical substations critical for nuclear safety and security", including at the Chernobyl site (LINK) 5 December 2025

Chernobyl radiation shield has stopped working after Russian drone strikes in February, IAEA warns (LINK) 5 December 2025

— The so-called new safe confinement was built as part of a €1.5 billion Europe-led initiative in 2019 to replace the reactor destroyed in the plant's 1986 meltdown, in which over 30 people died. But the large steel structure "lost its primary safety functions, including the confinement capability" when its outer cladding was set ablaze after being struck by Russian drones, according to a new report by the International Atomic Energy Agency. IAEA Director-General's statement (LINK): "Timely and comprehensive restoration remains essential to prevent further degradation and ensure long-term nuclear safety."

Kremlin says Russia is encouraged by talks with US, ready to engage further (LINK) 5 December 2025

CNBC: Putin's latest warning to Ukraine shows how unlikely a peace deal is: on visit to India, the Russian leader said Moscow would take part of Ukraine by force if Kyiv's troops did not withdraw from the region (LINK) 5 December 2025

Putin says there are points he can't agree to in the U.S. proposal to end Ukraine war but refuses to elaborate on what Russia could accept or reject (LINK) 5 December 2025

Institute for the Study of War: Russian offensive campaign in Ukraine assessment, December 5, 2025 (LINK) 5 December 2025

— Russian forces are attempting to completely deny Ukrainian tactical- and operational-level logistics to the Pokrovsk direction using drones to achieve effects of battlefield air interdiction (BAI).

Ukraine confirms drone strikes on seaport, oil refinery in Russia (LINK) 5 December 2025

EU bans Russian gas imports from early next year after last-minute agreement (LINK) 3 December 2025

— "We were paying to Russia €12 billion per month at the beginning of the war for fossil fuels. Now we're down to €1.5 billion per month ... We aim to bring it down to zero," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters.

British Defence Intelligence Ukraine Update (LINK) 3 December 2025

— "President Putin's 02 December 2025 reported claim that Russian Ground Forces (RGF) have taken complete control of the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk is almost certainly inaccurate."

Kremlin denies Putin rejected all of US peace plan for Ukraine (LINK) 3 December 2025

Russia-US talks on ending war in Ukraine close after almost five hours (LINK) 2 December 2025

Eurasia Review: "Timid Europe sold out Ukraine and forced Trump to clean up the mess" (LINK) 2 December 2025

— "Europe has proven to be not merely a weak ally — it has become a strategic invalid, whose spineless, hypocritical, and self-destructive policy directly led Washington to pull it from the battlefield in order to salvage what remains of Ukrainian sovereignty and prevent total collapse."