{"id":651424,"date":"2025-12-24T00:27:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T00:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/651424\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T00:27:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T00:27:16","slug":"russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-1399-russia-ukraine-war-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/651424\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,399 | Russia-Ukraine war News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__subhead\">These are the key developments from day 1,399 of Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Published On 24 Dec 202524 Dec 2025<\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p>share2<\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<p>Here is where things stand on Wednesday, December 24:<\/p>\n<p>Fighting<\/p>\n<ul class=\"spaced-bullet-spacing\">\n<li>Russian forces began a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2025\/12\/23\/russia-strikes-ukrainian-homes-and-energy-in-deadly-missile-attack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cmassive attack\u201d on Ukraine<\/a> on Monday night, killing three people and targeting 13 regions with 650 drones and 30 missiles, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on X.<\/li>\n<li>Those killed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/23\/russian-strikes-trigger-ukraine-power-cuts-prompt-poland-to-scramble-jets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overnight attack<\/a> included a four-year-old girl in the central Zhytomyr region, Governor Vitalii Bunechko said on Telegram. \u201cDoctors struggled to save the child\u2019s life, but in the end, they were unable to save her,\u201d Bunechko said, adding that five people were also injured in the attack.<\/li>\n<li>Russian forces also launched drones and missiles at the Vyshhorod district of Ukraine\u2019s Kyiv region, killing a woman and injuring three people, Governor Mykola Kalashnyk said.<\/li>\n<li>In Ukraine\u2019s western Khmelnytskyi region, one person was killed by Russian shelling, Governor Serhii Tiurin said.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/gallery\/2025\/12\/23\/ukraine-deploys-low-cost-drones-to-counter-russias-aerial-attacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian drone attacks<\/a> on Kyiv\u2019s Sviatoshynskyi district left five people injured, said Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4192999\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ap_694b252552596-1766532389.jpg\" alt=\"An injured elderly woman looks out of her broken window as an apartment building was hit by a Russian drone during an aerial attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo\/Efrem Lukatsky)\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/>An injured elderly woman looks out of her broken window after an apartment building was hit by a Russian drone during an aerial attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday [Efrem Lukatsky\/AP Photo]<\/p>\n<ul class=\"spaced-bullet-spacing\">\n<li>Ukraine\u2019s Ministry of Energy said that \u201cemergency power outages\u201d were introduced in several regions across the country due to Russian forces targeting energy infrastructure. The ministry said that it was working to restore electricity to the Rivne, Ternopil and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/23\/why-is-russia-escalating-attacks-on-ukraines-odesa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Odesa regions<\/a>. The ministry said that the situation was \u201cmost difficult\u201d in the border regions, \u201cas restoring electricity is complicated by continuous fighting\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Ukraine\u2019s General Staff said Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from the Donetsk region\u2019s \u200b\u200bSiversk area after heavy fighting, noting that Moscow\u2019s forces had a \u201csignificant advantage\u201d there.<\/li>\n<li>Ukraine\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Ukrainian F-16 fighter pilots shot down 621 of 673 Russian \u201caerial targets\u201d on Tuesday night, including 34 of 35 cruise missiles.<\/li>\n<li>In Russia, a Ukrainian drone strike on a car killed three men in the Belgorod region on Monday, the region\u2019s emergency response team reported.<\/li>\n<li>Another Ukrainian drone attack in Belgorod on Tuesday killed one person and injured three, the region\u2019s operational headquarters said on Telegram.<\/li>\n<li>Russian forces shot down 56 Ukrainian drones in a day, as well as a guided bomb, Russia\u2019s Ministry of Defence said, according to the state news agency TASS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ceasefire<\/p>\n<ul class=\"spaced-bullet-spacing\">\n<li>Zelenskyy said in his nightly address, \u201cWe sense that America wants to reach a final agreement\u201d to end the war in Ukraine, and that \u201cthere is full cooperation\u201d from the Ukrainian side.<\/li>\n<li>In an earlier post on X, Zelenskyy said that \u201cseveral draft documents have now been prepared\u201d, following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/22\/us-talks-with-russia-ukraine-in-miami-constructive-productive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">talks in Miami<\/a>. \u201cIn particular, these include documents on security guarantees for Ukraine, on recovery, and on a basic framework for ending this war,\u201d he said.<\/li>\n<li>Pope \u200dLeo said that Russia\u2019s apparent refusal to agree to a ceasefire on December 25 is \u201camong the things that cause me much sadness\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI will make \u200ban appeal one \u200cmore time to people of goodwill to respect at least Christmas \u200cDay as a day of \u200cpeace,\u201d Leo told reporters outside his residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"These are the key developments from day 1,399 of Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine. 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