Due to the enemy's massive attack on Odesa, most of the city is without electricity, heat, and water.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces conducted a successful operation in the Yuvileiny residential area in Kupiansk.

Long-range drones from the SSU's "Alpha" Special Operations Centre successfully attacked the Filanovsky oil production platform for the second time this week. As a result of the attack, production processes have been suspended.

On 12 December, the European Union agreed to freeze the assets of the Russian central bank held in Europe indefinitely. This paves the way for a "reparations loan" for Ukraine.

Today, 12 December, Russian troops launched a missile strike on the Odesa region, damaging a civilian vessel in the port of Chornomorsk.

Ukraine may join the EU as early as 1 January 2027, according to an accelerated proposal being discussed as part of US-mediated peace talks to end the war. This will lead to a review of the bloc's accession procedures.

The National Guard Brigade "Khartiia" reported a successful counterattack by the Defence Forces near Kupiansk.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the Kupiansk direction, where he congratulated the soldiers on Land Forces Day.

Detectives from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau have been wiretapping Yurii Kisiel, a member of parliament from the "Servant of the People" party, for a long time.

Defence Forces soldiers blocked Russian occupiers in Kupiansk and cleared the entire north-western outskirts of the city.