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Issued on: 31/12/2025 - 07:28 Modified: 31/12/2025 - 07:29

<img fetchpriority="high" src="https://s.france24.com/media/display/0daf5ff0-e5fc-11f0-9303-005056bf30b7/w:1280/p:16x9/AP25357373740395-1.jpg" srcset="https://s.france24.com/media/display/0daf5ff0-e5fc-11f0-9303-005056bf30b7/w:388/p:16x9/AP25357373740395-1.jpg 388w,https://s.france24.com/media/display/0daf5ff0-e5fc-11f0-9303-005056bf30b7/w:720/p:16x9/AP25357373740395-1.jpg 720w,https://s.france24.com/media/display/0daf5ff0-e5fc-11f0-9303-005056bf30b7/w:1024/p:16x9/AP25357373740395-1.jpg 1024w,https://s.france24.com/media/display/0daf5ff0-e5fc-11f0-9303-005056bf30b7/w:1280/p:16x9/AP25357373740395-1.jpg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1076px) 100vw, 1012px" width="1280" height="720" alt="Rescue workers put out a fire after a Russian strike on a harbour in Odesa region, Ukraine." loading="eager" class="a-img "/> Rescue staff put out a hearth after a Russian strike on a harbour in Odesa area, Ukraine on December 23, 2025. © Ukrainian Emergency Service by way of AP An in a single day Russian drone assault on Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa wounded no less than 4 folks, three of them kids, Ukrainian authorities stated Wednesday. The town's vitality, transport and port infrastructure, in addition to residential buildings, have been frequent targets of Russian strikes because the early days of the battle. Observe our liveblog for all the most recent developments.

31/12/2025 - 07:29 Russia's high common says Putin ordered 'buffer zone' enlargement in northeast Ukraine for 2026 Russia’s high common stated its forces have been urgent ahead in northeastern Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin had ordered enlargement of territory Moscow calls a buffer zone there in 2026, Russian information companies.

Chief of the Common Workers Valery Gerasimov stated Putin ordered enlargement in 2026 of the buffer zone in Ukraine’s areas of Sumy and Kharkiv close to the Russian border, RIA stated, including that he inspected the “North” troop grouping.

The grouping, fashioned in early 2024, has operated in northeastern Ukraine, looking for to create a buffer alongside the border and making an attempt to push again Ukrainian forces there for additional advances.

Putin has repeatedly portrayed the buffer zone as a solution to push Ukrainian forces and weapons farther from Russia’s border, citing cross-border shelling and drone assaults on areas similar to Belgorod and Kursk.

Kyiv has rejected Moscow’s buffer zone calling it an concept Russia is utilizing to justify deeper incursions into Ukrainian territory.

31/12/2025 - 07:17 No less than 4 wounded, together with three kids in Russian assault on Odesa, Ukraine says Russia launched an in a single day drone assault on Ukraine’s Odesa area, damaging residential buildings and infrastructure and wounding 4 folks, together with three kids, regional authorities stated.

Odesa, a significant Black Sea port, has been repeatedly focused by Russian missiles and drones throughout practically 4 years of battle, with strikes incessantly hitting vitality, transport and port infrastructure in addition to residential areas.

"Strike drones attacked residential, logistics and vitality infrastructure in our area," Oleh Kiper, governor of the Odesa area, stated on the Telegram messaging app.

In Odesa metropolis, which is the executive centre of the broader Odesa area, 4 folks have been injured, together with a seven-month-old toddler, two different kids, and a 42-year-old man, Serhiy Lisak, the pinnacle of Odesa's navy administration, stated on Telegram.

He stated that drone particles and direct hits broken facades and home windows of a number of high-rise condominium buildings.

31/12/2025 - 07:12 Ukrainian drone assault sparks fireplace at Tuapse refinery, Russia says A Ukrainian drone assault wounded two folks and sparked a hearth that was shortly extinguished on the Tuapse oil refinery, the operational headquarters of Russia's Krasnodar area stated.

The strike broken refinery gear, one port berth and 5 properties – home windows have been damaged in 4 condominium blocks and a non-public home – the Krasnodar operational headquarters stated on the Telegram messaging app.

Tuapse within the Krasnodar area lies in southwest Russia on the Black Sea and about 350km to the closest elements of Ukraine’s mainland throughout the Sea of Azov.

The refinery blaze was put out after burning about 300 sq. metres, it stated, however the authorities didn't present particulars on the extent of the injury to the oil refinery's gear or whether or not operations have been halted.

Tuapse is certainly one of Russia's key Black Sea retailers for oil merchandise, anchored by Rosneft’s export-oriented Tuapse refinery, which has capability to course of about 240,000 barrels of crude oil per day and provides merchandise similar to naphtha, gasoline oil and diesel.