Drone operators with the 17th Special Purpose Center have released footage showing strikes on Russian occupiers in the village of Dronivka in the Donetsk region, near Siversk, Serebrianka and the Siverskyi Donets River.

The Russian military announced the capture of the headquarters of one of the territorial defence battalions in Huliaipole, Zaporizhzhia region. The Southern Defence Forces will investigate this incident.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said that Russia is discussing with the United States the issue of joint management of the occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP without Ukraine's participation.

Over the past day, 121 combat clashes were recorded on the front line, where the Defence Forces are defending Ukraine from Russian occupiers.

On the night of 26 December, Russian drones attacked the Odesa region once again. Damage to infrastructure in Odesa has been reported.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that he will meet with US President Donald Trump in the near future.

Satellites have captured the aftermath of a drone attack on the port of Temryuk in the Krasnodar Krai of Russia. A large-scale fire can be seen on the oil tanks.

The Southern Defence Forces have begun verifying information about the possible capture by Russians of the command and observation post of a Ukrainian unit in Huliaipole.

The first meeting of the working group preparing draft laws on holding elections during wartime will take place on 26 December.

On 25 December, the Ukrainian Defence Forces successfully attacked the Novoshakhtinsk oil products plant in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation.