US President Donald Trump believes that it is time to hold elections in Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump believes that Russia currently has a stronger negotiating position.

The Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office plans to apply to the court for a preventive measure in the form of bail for MP Anna Skorokhod. She is suspected of inciting the provision of unlawful benefits for including a competing company in the NSDC sanctions list.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Pope Leo XIV at the pontiff's residence in Castel Gandolfo near Rome.

On the night of 8 December, Special Operations Forces units successfully struck enemy targets in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions with strike UAVs.

As a result of enemy shelling of energy infrastructure, consumers in the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Sumy regions remain without electricity as of this morning. Emergency repair work is ongoing, with energy workers working around the clock to restore power as quickly as possible.

On the morning of 9 December 2025, emergency power cuts began in Ukraine. They are currently in effect in the Poltava and Sumy regions.

Washington is increasing pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, demanding that he agree to territorial and other concessions within the framework of Trump's peace plan. Kyiv considers certain provisions to be beneficial to Moscow.

By decision of the command, Defense Forces units carried out an organised manoeuvre in the area of the villages of Lysivka and Sukhyi Yar near Myrnohrad, in the Pokrovsk direction.

Russian invaders have occupied five settlements in the Pokrovsk direction in the Donetsk region.