Russian troops have captured the village of Novomykolaivka in the Sumy region. The enemy has also gained ground near three settlements in the Sumy and Donetsk regions.

The next month will be extremely difficult, as Russian occupiers are seeking to occupy Myrnohrad and Pokrovsk, sending additional resources there.

The ‘I Want to Live’ project has published comprehensive statistics for the first time on more than 10,000 Russian servicemen who were captured during the full-scale war against Ukraine. The data shows a sharp increase in the number of prisoners, an increase in the proportion of foreign mercenaries, and russia's refusal to engage in a large-scale exchange on the principle of "all for all."

European countries that are ready to join the military component of the so-called "Coalition of the Willing" may deploy up to 15,000 of their troops to Ukraine within the first six months after the end of the war.

In the morning, residents of Rybinsk, Russia (Yaroslavl Region) reported explosions. A fire broke out at one of the enterprises.

Units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of responsibility of the "East" Group of Forces are holding back the enemy's advance and have repelled 57 Russian assaults over the past day.

On the night of Wednesday, 31 December, drones attacked Tuapse in the Krasnodar Krai region of the Russian Federation.

As a result of a night-time drone attack by the Russian Federation, infrastructure and residential buildings in Odesa have been damaged.

A measure of restraint has been selected for Yurii Kisiel from Servant of the People, who is suspected of taking bribes for votes.

Reports of strikes on dictator Putin’s Valdai residence are a fake invented by the Russians themselves to derail peace talks.