"Ukrainian drones reportedly struck an oil tanker in the Port of Rostov overnight local officials
in Russia's Rostov Oblast reported.
Photos and videos posted to social media and filmed by local residents appear to show large flames emanating from the direction of the port.
Rostov-on-Don Mayor Alexander Skryabin reported on Telegram that emergency crews are extinguishing a fire on tanker that had been struck by Ukrainian drones overnight. Skryabin further claimed that three people were killed an more injured a result of the strike." KI
"A powerful windstorm left over 120 000 customers, an estimated 300 000 people, without power after winds of up to 90 km/h (56 mph) hit parts of the Lower Mainland." W
"A strong magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurred in the South China Sea near Calayan Island island, Philippines, in the early afternoon at 3.27 pm local time (GMT +8). The quake had a shallow depth of 40 km (25 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so)." VD
"A strong magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred in the North Pacific Ocean 101 km (63 mi) from
Panama in the late afternoon at 6.07 pm local time (GMT -5). The quake had a very shallow depth of 10.3 km (6 mi) and was felt by many near the epicenter. The shallow depth of the quake caused it to be felt more strongly near the epicenter than a deeper quake of similar magnitude would." VD
"A strong magnitude 5.7 earthquake occurred in the South Atlantic Ocean near Montagu
Island island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, in the early afternoon of Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025 at 3.05 pm local time (GMT -2)." VD
"Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 134 combat clashes with Russian invaders.
The enemy carried out 42 airstrikes, dropping 136 guided aerial bombs. In addition, Russian forces deployed 4,855 kamikaze drones and carried out 3,869 artillery strikes, including 118 from multiple launch rocket systems.
Guided bomb strikes targeted Pokrovske, Pidhavrylivka, Bratske in Dnipropetrovsk region, as well as Sviatopetrivka, Kushuhum, and Zaporizhzhia in Zaporizhzhia region.
Ukrainian missile and artillery units successfully struck a cluster of Russian personnel, command posts, and two other critical enemy targets.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, three clashes occurred; the enemy carried out 139 shelling attacks, including nine from MLRS.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, there were six Russian assaults near Lyman, Odradne, Dovhenke, and toward Izbytske.
In the Kupiansk sector, Ukrainian forces repelled three Russian attacks near Zahryzove, Pishchane, and Hlushkivka.
In the Lyman sector, Russian forces carried out15 attacks near Novovodiane, Kolodiazi, Drobysheve, Novoselivka, and toward Cherneshchyna.
In the Sloviansk sector, five attacks occurred near Serebrianka, Siversk, Zvanivka, and Pereizne.In the Kramatorsk sector, no clashes were reported.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, the Russians conducted 17 attacks near Oleksandro-Shultyne, Kleban-Byk, Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar, and toward Kostiantynivka and Sofiivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, 38 enemy assaults were repelled near Shakhove, Rodynske, Chervonyi Lyman, Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Dachne, and toward Novopavlivka.
In the Oleksandrohrad sector, the enemy attacked nine times near Oleksandrohrad, Sosnivka, Solodke, Pryvilne, Krasnohirsk, and toward Dobropillia.
In the Huliaipole sector, Russian forces carried out ten attacks near Huliaipole and toward Varvarivka.
In the Orikhiv sector, there were three enemy assaults near Plavni." Ukrin
