It has been the 1403rd day of the Ukrainian resistance to the russian military aggression.
What happened in Ukraine today:
Here is operational information of the General Staff as of 4 pm:
Invaders continue to assault positions of Ukrainian defenders. On 27 December, there were 62 combat engagements on the frontline.
Border settlements suffer from artillery shelling from territory of the rf, including Rohizne, Ulanove, Hirky in Sumy oblast.
Towards Northern Sloboda and Kursk, there were 62 shelling attacks.
Towards Southern Sloboda, the enemy attacked positions of Ukrainian defenders four times near settlements Starytsia, Vovchansk, Prylipka and towards Hryhorivka. One combat engagement is ongoing.
Towards Kupiansk, Ukrainian defenders repelled two enemy attacks towards Petropavlivka and Pishchane.
Towards Lyman, the invading army attacked six times near settlements Seredne, Novoselivka and towards Druzheliubivka, Stavky and Drobysheve. Defense Forces have already stopped two enemy attempts to advance; battles continue in four locations.
Towards Sloviansk, a battle is currently ongoing near Serebrianka.
Towards Kramatorsk, the enemy attacked positions of Ukrainian defenders twice in the vicinity of Vasiukivka and Predtechyne.
Towards Kostiantynivka, the invader attacked 12 times in the vicinity of Kostiantynivka, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka and towards Sofiivka and Stepanivka. Three combat engagements are still ongoing.
Towards Pokrovsk, the occupiers made 19 attempts to push Ukrainian defenders from the occupied positions in the vicinity of Chervonyi Lyman, Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Filiia and towards Nove Shakhove, Dorozhne, Rodynske, Hryshyne. One battle continues.
Towards Oleksandrivka, the opponent attacked seven times near settlements Yalta, Vyshneve, Pryvilne, Rybne and towards Andriivka-Klevtsove; two engagements are currently ongoing.
Towards Huliaipole, there were three enemy attempts to advance near Huliaipole and Bilohiria; three more engagements continued.
Towards Orikhiv, Defense Forces repelled one enemy attack in the vicinity of Shcherbaky.
Towards Kherson, Defense Forces repelled two enemy attacks in the vicinity of Antonivskyi Bridge.
There were no significant changes in the situation in other directions of the front.
Kyiv police report that a 71-year-old man was killed as a result of the russian attack on Kyiv. Another 32 people were injured, including 2 children.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that on the night of December 27, russia launched almost 500 drones and 40 missiles, including Kinzhals, across the territory of Ukraine.
Recent war events in the east of Ukraine
Kharkiv oblast
Towards Southern Sloboda, russians attacked Ukrainian positions four times near Starytsia, Vovchansk, Prylipka and towards Hryhorivka. One combat engagement is ongoing.
Towards Kupiansk, Ukrainian military repelled two russian attacks towards Petropavlivka and Pishchane.
There were 258 combat engagements in the oblast.
Towards Southern Sloboda, the opponent attacked positions of Ukrainian defenders nine times near Vovchanski Khutory, Prylipka, Starytsia and towards settlements Vilcha and Izbytske.
Towards Kupiansk, there were 12 combat engagements. Ukrainian defenders stopped assault operations near Pishchane, Kruhliakivka and towards Petropavlivske, Novoplatonivka and Kupiansk.
Towards Kupiansk, the russian army increased the number of drones attacking Ukrainian positions. According to Vitalii Milovidov, Head of the communication department of the 15th Operational Assignment Brigade of NSU Kara-Dag, this was due to the counter-offensive of Defense Forces near Kupiansk and changing weather conditions.
Viktor Kovalenko, head of the CMA, reports that a russian FPV drone, preliminary on fiber optics, hit a civilian Skoda Fabia parked near a yard in Petrovka village, Zolochiv community, around 15:00 on December 27. According to him, people were not injured.
Kharkiv and 5 settlements in Kharkiv oblast came under enemy strikes.
As a result of shelling, four people were killed; 7 injured, including a child.
In Kharkiv, men aged 40 and 55 were killed; women aged 20, 55, 57, 63, 65, 73, a 46-year-old man, and a 9-month-old girl were injured. In Podoly village, Kurylivka community, men aged 47 and 49 were killed.
The enemy attacked Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv with a GAB.
Enemy actively deployed various types of weaponry across Kharkiv oblast:
▪️ 4 GABs
▪️ 2 Geran-2 type UAVs
▪️ 1 FPV drone
▪️ 13 UAVs (type being established)
In Kharkiv, cars, window glazing in about 10 apartment buildings, and city lighting were damaged.
The transit evacuation point in Lozova received 76 people. 50 people remained.
Since opening, a total of 15,814 people have been registered at this point.
Donetsk oblast
The General Staff reports that russian troops increased the number of attacks in all directions in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts over the past 24 hours.
Towards Pokrovsk, Ukrainian defenders stopped 63 assaults in the areas of Shakhove, Pankivka, Nykanorivka, Myrnohrad, Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novoserhiivka, and Dachne.
Towards Lyman, the russian army attacked 33 times, and towards Kostiantynivka, there were 25 attacks.
The 81st OAeMBr reports that towards Sloviansk, the situation in Serebrianka has become critical; the settlement is under strikes by drones and assault groups. In Dronivka, battles continue, and the village remains under the control of the 81st Brigade. In Platonivka and Zakitne, the situation is also complicated due to intense shelling from the direction of occupied Siversk. There is also a constant threat of the enemy ferrying infantry across the Siverskyi Donets River. The opponent’s goal is to reach the rear of the 81st Brigade units and achieve an operational encirclement of the main forces and assets.
The NSU Rubizh reports that towards Pokrovsk, russian troops have returned to the tactic of large mechanized assaults.
Military expert Serhii Bratchuk and the Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Andrii Kovalenko report that russia does not control Myrnohrad in Donetsk oblast — battles are ongoing. There is no encirclement of the city.
Military expert Serhii Bratchuk says that the “grey” zone in Myrnohrad, which can be seen on the DeepState map, speaks to the dynamic nature of the current situation. “Logistics are extremely difficult for our forces located in Myrnohrad. Certain tasks are being managed. russian troops still cannot advance as they would like or fully control Myrnohrad. Therefore, the ‘grey’ zone is precisely about the fact that battles are occurring, including small arms engagements. This means there is constant contact between our units and the russian ones.”
There were 1,266 enemy strikes along the front line and the residential sector. 5 settlements were under fire: the cities of Druzhkivka and Sloviansk, and the villages of Donetske, Zavydo-Kudashevo, and Shchurove. 38 civilian objects sustained destruction, including 35 residential buildings.
The police report that russians dropped three GAB-250 bombs on Sloviansk — they wounded a civilian and damaged 35 private houses. In Shchurove, an FPV drone hit resulted in a person being injured and a civilian car being damaged.
The SES of Donetsk oblast reports that on December 26, rescuers evacuated one woman from frontline Druzhkivka.
Yurii Tretiak, Head of Myrnohrad community, reports that the intensity of russian GAB usage, including 3000 kg caliber bombs on Myrnohrad, has significantly increased over the last month. Just under a thousand civilians remain in the city. Over the last six months alone, the military helped evacuate approximately the same number of people.
The cardiovascular center in Kramatorsk, located less than 20 kilometers from the front line, accepts people with heart and vascular diseases from across the entire oblast 24/7. Urgent and planned surgeries are performed here, sometimes under shelling. Currently, there are no plans to stop work or evacuate.
Luhansk oblast
Towards Lyman, the russians launched more than 30 assault attempts. In Luhansk oblast, they tried to advance from Novovodiane. Battles also took place in the vicinity of Hrekivka and Novoiehorivka, where Ukrainian Defenders are holding the line. The occupiers carried out eight mortar shelling and directed 20 drones at the fortifications of the Defense Forces.
From January 1, the so-called “lpr” has once again promised to organize regular garbage collection from residential quarters. Throughout the years of occupation, the population has constantly complained about the accumulation of household waste near houses, which communal workers do not remove for weeks, and sometimes months. Starting from the new year, a “unified regional operator for solid municipal waste management” will take over the coordination of this work. Its main task, according to the invaders, is to establish regular and uninterrupted garbage collection. At the same time, no additional specialized equipment is planned for the cities and regions of occupied Luhansk oblast. The amount of garbage removed will increase exclusively “on paper.”
In Starobilsk, another list of addresses has been announced for the so-called “nationalization” of housing. These are six houses located on one street. According to the local occupiers, the real estate has signs of being ownerless. The owners of the housing were given 30 days to cancel the “seizure” process.
What is happening now in the north of Ukraine
Kyiv oblast
During the night and throughout the morning and daytime, Russia carried out a combined missile and drone attack on Kyiv and the Kyiv region. In Kyiv, damage was recorded in six districts; one person was killed and 32 were injured, 13 of whom were taken to hospitals. More than 4,000 residential buildings in the capital are without centralized heating, as well as 187 kindergartens, 138 schools, and 22 social facilities. In the Kyiv region, shelling caused damage in four districts.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported on the morning of December 27 that the military of the rf directed almost 500 drones, a significant number of Shaheds, and 40 missiles, including Kinzhals, at the energy and infrastructure of the capital. In some districts of the capital and the oblast, electricity and heating are absent. The elimination of fires continues. Repair teams have begun working at some energy facilities, while at others, work will commence immediately after air raid alerts are lifted.
Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko reports that 600,000 consumers are without electricity in Kyiv and Kyiv oblast, and there are interruptions in water and heat supply in the capital. Communal services are working to eliminate the consequences of the nighttime shelling. According to her, the air raid alert in Kyiv lasted ten hours. As a result of the shelling, residential buildings, energy facilities, and a building of one of the ministries were damaged. Life support facilities of the city have been switched to backup power.
Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klychko reports that as of 10:00 am on December 27, the consequences of the massive attack of the rf on Kyiv were recorded in seven districts.
In Holosiivskyi district, cars were on fire near a service station as a result of falling debris.
In Darnytskyi district, a fire broke out on the territory of private houses, creating a threat of fire spreading to a nearby nursing home. People were evacuated from there. Also, a drone hit a 24-story building. A fire broke out on the top floor. The 24th and technical floors were partially destroyed. There is also a UAV hit on another apartment building at the level of the 7th floor. Furthermore, as a result of falling debris in Darnytskyi district, a tram depot was damaged, and private cars were on fire.
In Desnianskyi district, debris hit a 9-story building at the level of the first floor. Debris also fell on the territory of a garage cooperative and in an open area.
In Dniprovskyi district, debris damaged three apartment buildings. In one of these buildings (an 18-story one), a fire broke out at the level of the third and fourth floors; a person may be under the rubble on the fifth floor. Also, debris hit a 25-story building, where a fire broke out on the first and second floors. The roof of a 19-story building was damaged.
In Obolonskyi district, debris fell on the territory of a dacha cooperative and an open area, and cars were on fire.
In Shevchenkivskyi district, debris hit the upper floor of a 10-story building. There is a preliminary report of a fire.
In Solomianskyi district, as a result of a UAV falling in an open area in a ravine, apartment windows of an apartment building were damaged by a blast wave. The dormitory of Kyiv Aviation Institute also sustained damage. Windows and an elevator were blown out in the building.
DTEK reports that due to the russian attack on critical infrastructure objects, emergency power outages have been introduced on the left bank of Kyiv. Hourly shutdown schedules are not in effect.
Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klychko reports that as of 11:30, 4,000 residential buildings in Kyiv are without heat due to damage to the energy supply system. There is reduced water pressure on both the right and left banks of the city.
Kyiv Metro reports that after the massive russian attack and due to the complex energy situation, subway trains on the red line are running only between Akademmistechko and Arsenalna stations.
Mykola Kalashnyk, Head of Kyiv Regional Military Administration, reports that during the russian attack on December 27, one person was killed and 14 others injured in Kyiv oblast, with 8 of the wounded hospitalized. As of the morning, the consequences of the shelling in the region were recorded in six districts. Critical infrastructure objects, enterprises, shops, and homes of peaceful people were under enemy strikes.
The Regional Military Administration reports that as of 10:00 AM on December 27, part of the left bank of Kyiv oblast remains without electricity. Currently, over 320,000 people are de-energized. Settlements in Boryspil, Brovary, and Vyshhorod districts remain without light.
The Regional Military Administration reports that a resident of Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, while driving a truck, received shrapnel wounds to the back. He was taken to a local hospital and provided with the necessary assistance.
The Regional Military Administration reports that in Vyshhorod, windows in an apartment building were damaged.
The Regional Military Administration reports that in Boryspil region, production premises and two cars were damaged.
The Regional Military Administration reports that in Bucha region, a fire broke out on a construction site.
The Regional Military Administration reports that in Obukhiv region, the premises of a communal enterprise of one of the communities were damaged.
Zhytomyr oblast
The Department of Regional Development of Zhytomyr Regional Military Administration reports that a veteran space is being built in the city to provide a wide range of services – from psychological and information-consultancy assistance to physical and sports rehabilitation, support for veteran entrepreneurship, self-development, and retraining.
The Regional Military Administration reports that another 97 families from Zhytomyr oblast received monetary compensation for housing purchase. This amounts to 223 million UAH allocated by state for this purpose. These funds allowed housing for 253 families.
Sumy oblast
From the morning of 26 December to the morning of 27 December, russian forces carried out up to 10 shelling attacks on seven settlements in seven territorial communities of the oblast. The highest number of attacks was recorded in Sumy and Shostka regions. The enemy used mortars and FPV drones. Over the past 24 hours, the air raid alert in the oblast lasted 11 hours and 40 minutes.
Civilian infrastructure was damaged or destroyed:
- in Znob-Novhorodske community, a civilian infrastructure facility was damaged;
- in Seredyna-Buda community, a private residential house was destroyed;
- in te Esman community, a private residential house was destroyed.
Over the past day, local authorities, together with units of the State Emergency Service, the National Police, and public organizations, evacuated 47 people from border communities.
Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine’s Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights, reported that in December, russian soldiers took 52 civilians from Hrabovske in Sumy oblast. They are currently being held on the territory of the russian federation in “one of the frontline regions”. He appealed to the russian side to secure their return. According to him, he has received a list of Ukrainian citizens who are in russia, as well as information about the conditions in which they are being held.
Andrii Vshtestenko, a police captain and fighter of a special-purpose battalion, was killed on 18 December in Donetsk oblast while carrying out a combat mission. On 26 December, farewell ceremonies were held in Hlukhiv and in Oblozhky village of Berezivka community, where his family lived. By education, he was a physical education teacher, for which his comrades later gave him the call sign “Pedagogue.”
Sumy oblast police informed that police officers from Krasnopillia evacuated five children and one woman from the border-area Krasnopillia community. Those evacuated included a one-year-old child, a 14-year-old girl, a 16-year-old boy, and a mother with two sons aged 14 and 12.
After a russian drone attack, a four-year-old girl from Sumy oblast was treated for one and a half months at Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital. Following the explosion, the child was pulled from under the rubble and taken to Sumy Regional Hospital. She sustained numerous deep burns as a result of the drone attack on a private house and spent nearly a week in intensive care. After her condition stabilized, Oleksandra was transferred to Okhmatdyt.
Chernihiv oblast
Chernihiv Border Guard Detachment reported that during the past day, 26 December, russian forces attacked four border communities in Chernihiv oblast: Novhorod-Siverskyi, Semenivka, Horodnia, and Snovsk. The enemy carried out mortar shelling (3 explosions), struck by a “Molniia” UAV (1 explosion), FPV drones (9 explosions), and dropped an explosive device from a UAV (1 explosion). Semenivka town and six villages came under enemy fire.
Oleksii Haidei, Director of Chernihiv Professional College of Engineering and Design of KNUTD, said that at college debris removal was completed following the russian attack on 24 December, when a drone struck a nearby apartment building. According to him, the attack damaged the building’s roof, doors, furniture structures, and shattered 132 windows. The educational process is planned to resume after the winter holidays in a blended (mixed) format.
The State Environmental Inspectorate in Chernihiv region informed that in Nizhyn city, after russian drones struck fertilizer storage tanks, environmental inspectors recorded soil contamination and assessed environmental damage at more than UAH 13m.. The tanks targeted were used to store urea–ammonium nitrate solution: eight above-ground metal tanks with a total capacity of 11,000 cubic meters were damaged. Chemical substances leaked from the ruptured tanks onto an area exceeding 13,000 square meters.
Recent events in the central regions of Ukraine
Dnipropetrovsk oblast
Mykola Lukashuk, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, reported that in the evening, the enemy attacked Nikopol by a drone. An administrative building was damaged. The occupiers struck Pokrovske community by a guided aerial bomb (GAB), causing a fire. Six private houses and a gas pipeline were damaged.
The enemy also attacked the regional center as well as Myrove, Pokrovske, and Chervonohryhorivka communities by drones and artillery. In Nikopol, two men aged 64 and 66 were injured. Four five-story apartment buildings and two private houses, two outbuildings and two unused buildings, three vehicles, a transport enterprise, solar panels, and a power line were damaged.
Vinnytsia oblast
An action titled “United by Silence, Louder Than Words” took place in Vinnytsia. During the event, participants unfolded the largest flag in Ukraine featuring nearly six thousand photographs of Ukrainian servicemen who are in captivity or considered missing in action.
Kirovohrad oblast
In Novomyrhorod town, Kirovohrad oblast, a rally “Fight for Them as They Fought for Us” was held in support of soldiers who are currently in captivity or missing. Relatives of the fighters, local residents, and representatives of local authorities took part.
Cherkasy oblast
Ihor Taburets, Head of Cherkasy Regional Military Administration, reported that air defense forces neutralized six russian missiles and 21 UAVs. Meanwhile, emergency services in Uman continue to deal with the aftermath of a missile strike the previous day. According to reports, at least 123 buildings were damaged, nine of them completely destroyed.
Latest news from the front of the southern regions of Ukraine
Zaporizhzhia oblast
Vladyslav Voloshyn, Spokesperson for the Southern Defence Forces, informed that the russian military continues attempts to push Ukrainian Defence Forces out of Huliaipole. He stated that the situation in Huliaipole is extremely difficult, as the enemy continues assault and infiltration operations, trying to force Ukrainian troops out of the city and its residential areas. The occupiers are planning to carry out remote mining of logistical routes leading to Huliaipole in order to cut off the units defending the city.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Defence Forces on Huliaipole axis repelled 31 russian attacks near Varvarivka, Solodke and Huliaipole. On Orikhiv axis, russian troops launched 9 attacks near Mali Shcherbaky, Stepnohirsk, Stepove and Mala Tokmachka.
The regional police department reported that 5 people, 3 women aged 50, 54 and 56, a 16-year-old girl and a 65-year-old man, were evacuated from 3 frontline regions of Zaporizhzhia oblast.
Ivan Fedorov, Head of Zaporizhzhia RMA, stated that on 26 December, russian forces carried out 485 strikes on 22 cities and villages in Zaporizhzhia oblast. In particular, 242 drones attacked Chervonodniprovka, Stepnohirsk, Prymorske, Plavni, Stepove, Mali Shcherbaky, Huliaipole, Novoandriivka, Novodanylivka, Shcherbaky, Mala Tokmachka, Charivne, Bilohiria, Zelene, Solodke and Varvarivka.
Mykolaiv oblast
Based on the information provided by Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, on 26 December, no shelling was recorded in Mykolaiv oblast.
Odesa oblast
Oleh Kiper, Head of Odesa RMA, informed that on 26 December, the russian military carried out drone and aerial bomb strikes on industrial and port infrastructure in Odesa oblast. As a result of the shelling, equipment used for grain transportation at an elevator facility was damaged. There were no fatalities or injuries reported. Also, a drone crashed on the territory of one of the enterprises producing vegetable oil.
Kherson oblast
Referring to Kherson RMA, last night, enemy artillery shelled Dniprovskyi district of Kherson. Strikes were recorded in residential neighborhoods.
Latest news for today in the western regions of Ukraine
Volyn oblast
The 204th Sevastopol Tactical Aviation Brigade received unmanned aerial systems with interceptor drones for shooting down enemy air targets and thermal imaging devices worth UAH 7m thanks to Lutsk community budget. The community sent 6 more Bandera Flashlight searchlights.
Zakarpattia oblast
A large family (a mother and 7 children, as well as an elderly woman) arrived in the oblast on an evacuation train from Dnipropetrovsk oblast. They were met at the railway station in Mukachevo. A team of specialists provided all the necessary support and took care of the comfort of the children and adults. In the future, they will live in a prepared shelter in Khust.
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast
Ivano-Frankivsk City Council reported that the community has also pledged funds to continue the construction of a rehabilitation center in Sofiivka.
Lviv oblast
At the Krakow School, students of grades 11-A and 10-B organized a bright event for younger schoolchildren on Volunteer Day. Senior students became animators for one day: they held incendiary bans, outdoor games, created face art and eco-tattoos. During the event, they raised UAH 9,000 in support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
A traditional holiday Farewell to Nicholas and Greetings to Koliada was held in Starychy, which brought together about 300 participants. UAH 110,370 and €50 were raised. Of this amount, UAH 90,000 has already been allocated to the needs of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade. The event was organized by local volunteers with the support of community entrepreneurs.
Rivne oblast
Children from Luhansk oblast, who currently live in Rivne oblast, visited the Rivne RMA. Students of Bilovodsk Center for Children and Youth Creativity not only celebrated Christmas, but also collected funds for a drone for the military during carol singing. The wards of the Ostroh Psychoneurological Boarding School also performed with authentic solemn songs
Ternopil oblast
Report on financial assistance provided to residents of houses damaged by the rocket attack on 19 November in Ternopil. In addition to state compensation under the “eRecovery” program, the following was paid thanks to the city council:
- For the 2nd month in a row, 112 apartment owners (whose apartments are recognized as uninhabitable) are receiving UAH 15,000 per month for housing rent.
- 329 owners of partially damaged apartments received UAH 10,000 each.
- 12 apartment owners in a building on 15 Krivtnia Street, whose homes burned down, received UAH 50,000 each,
- UAH 100,000 each – provided for 38 deceased (22 families have already received it).
- UAH 10,800 each – to all residents of the affected houses (almost 1,000 residents) from UNHCR and the Right to Protection Foundation.
- $400 to each child under the age of 18 from among the victims from NEEKA and UNICEF.
- UAH 11,000 – to each family with injured children under 18 from UNICEF and the SOS Children’s Village NGO .
The commission inspected 597 apartments for state compensation through the “eRecovery” program.
Khmelnytskyi oblast
In Khmelnytskyi community, one-time material assistance was provided to families of prisoners of war and missing persons. 79 families received assistance worth almost UAH 4.2m and 1 household suffered from the russian attack.
Chernivtsi oblast
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, awarded soldiers who were killed in battles for Ukraine. The III degree For Courage Order (posthumously) was awarded to Private Vasyl Verkholiak, serviceman of the National Guard of Ukraine.
International support of Ukraine in the russian-Ukrainian war (russia’s invasion of Ukraine)
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, had a phone conversation with Mark Carney, Canadian Prime Minister. They discussed the results of diplomatic work with the US to ensure security and real recovery.
Materials compiled by Tetyana Pidgorna, Olena Reka, Yana Hushchyna, Tamara Moshkovska, Sofia Ratynska, Ioanna Kryvenko, Helena Albahachiieva, Kristina Maknynia
Translated by Tetyana Pidgorna, Yana Hushchyna, Alla Litrovnyk, Liudmyla Stadnykova, Ilona Korolevska, Tetiana Moiseienko, Marharyta Koval, Tetiana Kurbatova
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