— Odesa was attacked by russian drones: seven people injured.
— Russian UAVs attacked the Cherkasy and Sumy oblasts, as well as Kryvyi Rih.
— The mayor of russian Rostov-on-Don said that an oil tanker is burning in the port after it was “hit by a strike from the Armed Forces of Ukraine”. Allegedly, two crew members were killed and three were injured.
— An EU source denied Orban’s statement about refusing a “reparations loan” for Ukraine.
— President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky established five military administrations in the Synelnykove district of the Dnipropetrovsk oblast.
— U.S. President Donald Trump, in an announcement billed as very important, did not mention russia’s war against Ukraine. He praised himself for tariffs, fighting drug trafficking, and criticized Biden.
— The russian Ministry of Defense reported the destruction of 47 Ukrainian UAVs.
— Media reported a meeting scheduled for December 20–21 between russia and the United States on the issue of settling the russian-Ukrainian war. The composition of the negotiators is expected to remain the same: Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, the U.S. president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and the head of the RDIF Kirill Dmitriev.