Ukrainian forces struck a major industrial site deep inside Russia's Udmurt region, the Ukrainian General Staff said on Saturday. The attack was confirmed by local officials. "One of the republics facilities was attacked by drones" launched by Ukraine, regional head Alexander Brechalov said in a Telegram post. The Ukrainian military said it used domestically produced Flamingo missiles to hit the plant, located about 1,400 kilometers (800 miles) from Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials have left for Geneva, Switzerland, where another round of negotiations aimed at ending the war with Russia is set to take place. On the way to Geneva. The next round of negotiations is ahead. Along the way, we will discuss the lessons of our history with our colleagues, seek the right conclusions, Ukraine's Chief of Staff Kyrylo Budanov posted on his Telegram channel on Monday,
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Ukraine says it struck oil facilities in Russia's north and south 12/31/2025December 31, 2025 Ukraine's domestic security service, the SBU, reported that Ukrainian long-range drones struck the Temp oil depot in the Russian city of Rybinsk, located approximately 270 kilometers north of Moscow. The SBU described the facility as a key logistics hub for fuel and said that the attack sparked a large fire.
President Donald Trump will host his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Sunday to try to close out a peace agreement that would end nearly four years of war sparked by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Russia intensified its attacks on Ukraine's capital and elsewhere in the days before the meeting. The two will meet at Mar-a-Lago, Trump's private club in Palm Beach, Florida, where the U.S. president is spending the holidays.
He had joined the Ukrainian army to fight in the war against Russia, drawn, like so many others, by the lucrative salaries. That day, Ricardo Velasquez told her he was going on a mission to the front lines. Worry immediately set in. I cried all weekend, went to Mass, and felt terrible, she says. Her feeling that something bad had happened was confirmed on Monday: he was dead. A Russian drone attacked him as he tried to escape.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he is ready for wartime elections if allies guarantee security, after Donald Trump accused him of holding on to power Zelenskyy said new components of a peace proposal hashed out with British, French and German leaders are ready for US review Zelenskyy reaffirmed that Ukraine is not willing to concede territory to Russia This is a roundup of the latest developments from Russia's war in Ukraine on Wednesday, December 10, 2025:
The United States is considering Ukraine's request to obtain long-range Tomahawk missiles for its continued defensive efforts to push back against Russia, Vice President JD Vance said. After meeting President Donald Trump durning the United Nations General Assembly, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked the US to sell Tomahawks to European nations that would send them to Ukraine. Vance said on Fox News Sunday that Trump would make the "final determination" on whether to allow the deal.
Donald Trump one day says that Ukraine lacks the means to defeat Russia, but the next claims that Kyiv could regain control of the entire country, which was invaded by Vladimir Putin's troops more than three years ago. I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form, Trump wrote on his social network, Truth Social, on Tuesday.
After getting to know and fully understand the Ukraine/Russia Military and Economic situation and, after seeing the Economic trouble it is causing Russia, I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form,
The trade deal von der Leyen signed with Donald Trump in July was an unequal bargain, decried by right and left as a humiliation for Europe. Russia escalated its attacks on Ukraine, while EU leaders were left wincing at the spectacle of Trump's red carpet welcome for Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Israel's war on Gaza continued relentlessly, killing more than 64,000 people and bringing famine to the strip,
