Russia-Ukraine War: List of Key Events, Day 1,399

These are the key developments of the 1,399th day of the Russian war against Ukraine.

Published on December 24, 2025

Here’s where things stand on Wednesday, December 24:

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Russian forces began a “massive attack” against Ukraine Monday evening, killing three people and targeting 13 regions with 650 drones and 30 missiles, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a message on X.
Those killed in the night attack Among them was a four-year-old girl in the central Zhytomyr region, Governor Vitalii Bunechko said on Telegram. “The doctors fought to save the child’s life, but in the end they could not save her,” Bunechko said, adding that five people were also injured in the attack.
Russian forces also launched drones and missiles into the Vyshhorod district of Ukraine’s kyiv region, killing one woman and injuring three people, Governor Mykola Kalashnyk said.
In western Ukraine’s Khmelnytskyi region, one person was killed by Russian shelling, Governor Serhii Tiurin said.
Russian drone attacks In kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district, five people were injured, said Tymur Tkachenko, head of the kyiv city military administration.

Ukraine’s Energy Ministry said “emergency power outages” had occurred in several regions of the country due to Russian forces targeting energy infrastructure. The ministry said it was working to restore electricity to the towns of Rivne, Ternopil and Odessa regions. The ministry said the situation was “more difficult” in border regions, “as the restoration of electricity is complicated by continued fighting.”
Ukraine’s General Staff said Ukrainian troops withdrew from the Siversk region of the Donetsk region after heavy fighting, noting that Moscow’s forces had a “significant advantage” there.
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said Ukrainian F-16 fighter pilots shot down 621 of 673 Russian “air targets” on Tuesday evening, including 34 of 35 cruise missiles.
In Russia, a Ukrainian drone strike on a car killed three men in the Belgorod region on Monday, the region’s emergency response team reported.
Another Ukrainian drone attack in Belgorod on Tuesday killed one person and injured three, the region’s operational headquarters said on Telegram.
Russian forces shot down 56 Ukrainian drones in one day, as well as a guided bomb, the Russian Defense Ministry said, according to the official TASS news agency.

Zelensky said in his nightly speech: “We feel that America wants to reach a final agreement” to end the war in Ukraine, and that “there is full cooperation” from Ukraine.
In a previous article on X, Zelenskyy said that “several draft documents have now been prepared”, following discussions in Miami. “These include documents on security guarantees for Ukraine, on recovery and on a basic framework for ending this war,” he said.
Pope Leo said Russia’s apparent refusal to agree to a ceasefire on Dec. 25 was “among the things that cause me a lot of sadness.”
“I will appeal once again to people of good will to at least respect Christmas Day as a day of ‌peace,” Leo told reporters outside his residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.