"Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 183 clashes with Russian troops.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, Ukrainian forces repelled four assaults; two clashes are ongoing. The enemy carried out one airstrike using three glide bombs and 150 attacks on Ukrainian positions and settlements, including seven with MLRS.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, eight attacks occurred near Starytsia, Prylipky, Vovchansk, Okhrimivka, and Dovhenke.
In the Kupiansk sector, Russians conducted nine offensive attempts near Kurylivka, Pishchane, Petropavlivka, Hlushkivka, Novoplatonivka, and Kupiansk; one clash continues.
In the Lyman sector, there were nine attacks toward Chervonyi Stav, Stavky, Drobysheve, Novoiehorivka, and Zarichne; two clashes are ongoing.
In the Sloviansk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled three assaults near Serebrianka and Zvanivka.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, Russian forces attacked 24 times in the areas of Kleban-Byk, Pleshchiivka, Shcherbynivka, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Rusyn Yar, and toward Kostiantynivka, Ivanopillia, Stepanivka, and Sofiivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Russian forces attempted 46 attacks near Chervonyi Lyman, Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Filiia, as well as toward Toretske, Nove Shakhove, and Novopavlivka. Two clashes are ongoing. Ukrainian forces eliminated 123 invaders here, including 101 irreversibly, along with seven drones, three vehicles, three motorcycles, and one special vehicle; 11 enemy shelters were destroyed.
In the Oleksandrohrad sector, Russians launched 22 assaults near Tolstoi, Oleksandrohrad, Stepove, Pryvilne, Verbove, Krasnohirsk, Zlahoda, Rybne, and toward Andriivka-Klevtsove, Ivanivka, Lisne, and Nove Zaporizhzhia. Lisne, Oleksandrohrad, and Havrylivka were targeted by glide bomb airstrikes.
In the Huliaipole sector, 17 attacks occurred near Solodke, Zelene, Huliaipole, and toward Varvarivka and Dobropillia. Russian aviation struck Huliaipole and Ternuvate.
In the Orikhiv sector, three Russian advances toward Novoandriivka, Prymorske, and Plavni were repelled. Russian forces dropped bombs on Orikhiv, Balabyne, and Malokaterynivka.
In the Prydniprovske sector, two unsuccessful enemy assaults toward Antonivka were repelled." Ukrin
"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
"The UK is reportedly trying to convince the European Union to take control of frozenRussian assets, aiming to undermine US President Donald Trump’s efforts to advance peace initiatives that could end the Ukraine conflict, according to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).
In a statement released on Tuesday, the SVR claimed that the UK’s leadership was “desperately pushing for Brussels’ decision to seize Russian assets.” Aside from the clear goal of providing financial support to Kiev, London is also seeking to diminish US interest in facilitating any peace mediation between Ukraine and Russia, according to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service." RT
"A strong magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurred in the Coral Sea 134 km (83 mi) from Solomon
Islands in the evening at 8.18 pm local time (GMT +11). The depth of the quake could not be determined, but is assumed to be shallow." VD
"A levee breach along the White River prompted evacuation orders and Flash Flood Warning for the city of Pacific. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a Flash Flood Warning around 01:39 PST, reporting a levee breach on the White River in the city of Pacific in King County." W
"President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that the United States has enacted a full
blockade on sanctioned oil tankers leaving Venezuela, marking a major escalation following months of tensions with Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro’s regime.
“Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America. It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us,” Trump posted on Truth Social." TP
"Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 278 combat clashes with Russian troops on the frontline.
Airstrikes targeted settlements such as Ivanivka in Dnipropetrovsk region, and Vozdvyzhivka, Zaliznychne, Ternuvate, Zorivka, Nove Pole, and Huliaipole in Zaporizhzhia region.In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, Ukrainian defenders repelled 15 Russian attacks. The enemy carried out three airstrikes, dropped eight glide bombs, and conducted 138 shellings, including eight with MLRS.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, nine enemy assaults were stopped near Prylipka, Synelnykove, and toward Izbytske, Obukhivka, and Kolodiazne.
In the Kupiansk sector, 24 attacks were repelled near Kupiansk, Petropavlivka, Kucherivka, Pishchane, Novoplatonivka, Holubivka, and Nova Kruhliakivka.
In the Lyman sector, the Russians carried out 27 assaults near Torske and toward Lyman, Stepove, Korovii Yar, Zarichne, Drobysheve, Novoselivka, Stavky, and Hlushchenkove.
In the Sloviansk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled six attacks near Siversk, Serebrianka, and toward Pazeno.
In the Kramatorsk sector, one attack occurred near Bondarne.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, 24 Russian attacks were repelled near Pleshchiivka, Ivanopillia, Rusyn Yar, Yablunivka, and toward Sofiivka and Kostiantynivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian forces stopped 82 enemy assaults near Kotlyne, Udachne, Pokrovsk, as well as toward Rivne, Myrnohrad, Rodynske, Hryshyne, Zvirove, Serhiivka, Novopavlivka, Filiia, Nove Shakhove, Dorozhne, Sukhetske, Vilne, and Ivanivka.
In the Oleksandrohrad sector, Russian forces carried out 20 attacks near Zelenyi Hai, Sichneve, Krasnohirske, Zlahoda, Rybne, and toward Ivanivka, Iskra, Oleksandrohrad, Verbove, Pryvilne.
In the Huliaipole sector, 28 attacks were repelled near Solodke and toward Varvarivka, Huliaipole.
In the Orikhiv sector, eight enemy attempts to breach Ukrainian defenses near Shcherbaky, Stepove, and toward Mala Tokmachka, Novoandriivka, and Prymorske failed." Ukrin
"Kyiv and Washington made "real progress" toward peace in Ukraine during two-day talks in Berlin, top security official and negotiator Rustem Umerov said on Dec. 15, even as other officials signal that a final agreement on territorial issues remains elusive.
The statement comes after a delegation led by President Volodymyr Zelensky held two rounds of discussions with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on a plan for ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
Zelensky later commented on the talks, providing his assessment of the negotiations and outlining Kyiv’s priorities.
He acknowledged that while the Washington is pushing for a rapid end to the war, Kyiv is more focused on ensuring the quality of any agreement." KI
"China continues to squabble and get in maritime incidents with US allies in regional waters of the Western Pacific. Lately it has been locked in a heightening dispute with Japan over Tokyo's pro-Taiwan stance, but there's been a new recent incident with The Philippines.Beijing on Monday accused Manila of staging a "deliberate" provocation and carrying out hazardous and aggressive actions near a contested reef in the South China Sea following a tense weekend incident. China has further blamed Washington for issuing what it labeled as misleading statements that have set the region on edge.
The Philippines said Chinese coast guard vessels used water cannons against Filipino fishing boats near Sabina Shoal during an incident Friday. This led to a weekend of tit-for-tat accusations and denunciations." ZH
"Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 57 out of the 69 drones launched by Russia against Ukraine starting in the evening....., the invaders launched 69 attack UAVs, including Shahed-type drones, Gerberas, and other types of drones, from the directions of Oryol, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Millerovo (Russia), and Hvardiiske (temporarily occupied Crimea). About 40 of them were Shahed-type drones." Ukrin
