Despite claims that Pokrovsk has been captured, Russian forces currently control approximately half of the city and cannot move freely there due to the work of Ukrainian drones.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said that during a phone call on December 29, Russian leader Vladimir Putin told him about an alleged "strike" on his residence.
Russian manipulations regarding the alleged “attempted attack on Putin's residence” are fabricated for one reason only: to create a pretext and false justification for further attacks by the Russian Federation on Ukraine, as well as to undermine and obstruct the peace process.
Anton was diagnosed with a fracture of the orbital bone (eye socket), and doctors performed surgery under general anesthesia and removed bone fragments.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have denied claims by Russian invaders that they allegedly control part of the city of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region.
The US president does not believe that Russian strikes on Ukraine indicate Putin's lack of seriousness about peace, emphasizing that Ukraine is also attacking Russia, and he does not view this negatively.
Soldiers of the 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled a Russian assault near Volodymyrivka in the Donetsk region, destroyed two armored personnel carriers, and neutralized seven enemy infantrymen.
Reports by Russian media claiming the alleged capture of Huliaipole and Stepnohirsk in Zaporizhzhia region and Myrnohrad in Donetsk region do not correspond to reality.
On December 27, Russian forces attacked the city of Nikopol and three communities in Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk region using drones, resulting in two people being injured and damage to residential buildings.
In Kyiv, as a result of the Russian attack on December 27, more than 10 multi-story residential buildings were damaged. In particular, high-altitude operations to dismantle hazardous structures are being carried out in the Dniprovskyi district.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained two more Russian propagandists in Mykolaiv and in the Volyn region who justified Russia’s armed aggression and called on Russia to seize Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, noting that even on Christmas Eve and during Christmas night, the Russian army did not stop its brutal strikes against Ukraine.