Has there ever been a war where this did not happen?

Ukraine arrested a military commander and his subordinate for stealing 17 tons of fuel from their frontline unit Kyiv is making efforts to hold even high-ranking military personnel accountable for wartime corruption euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/30/1...

24. The Race on Broken Legs: A Cunning Plan to Bankrupt the Empire theeasternborder.lv/podcast/24-t... While the Kremlin announces glorious victories, the true believers are writing the Empire’s obituary. Igor Girkin from prison to exposes the truth about Gerasimov & the “liberation” of Kupyansk.

From Riga in Latvia… theeasternborder.lv/podcast/24-t...

Similar to the Crimean radar station, pictured here, no doubt - Ukraine bombed a radar complex in Valdai. Putin seems to have borrowed it for a nice little bit of fabrication to fool Trump and gullible media types.

🦅🇺🇦 Zelensky: What we have now is hundreds of companies. The United States is now interested in drone industry, and of course we want to share knowledge with our strategic partners and have cooperation with the American military.

The fact that Putin did this is proof positive I’ve just how cornered Putin really is as the peace talks (so-called) wind on. It’s a desperate call on his part. Prison is clearly rattled! . nv.ua/en/50572027....

Russia's own economic data has been released by Rosstat and it shows double digit falls in production across all of Russia's civilian economy. Russia's civilian economy is collapsing. Ukraine successfully struck the Syzran oil refinery. Zelensky has flown to Florida to meet with Trump today.

This BBC RADIO Program on now is well worth a listen.

We have the 2026 update on this meme for the degradation of the Russian military in Ukraine.

“We are all Zelensky. But no one on earth has his self control.”. - says Garry. Kasparov on Substack This is a quietly profound truth . I fear for his longevity though, because that’s the price he may pay for what he’s achieving with that self control. I do not see him escaping burnout..

I agree 😠😡!

One week in Ukraine…..😢

It’s a pitiful sight. And I wonder if they were coerced with handcuffs into uniform and on to Ukraine as I have seen in at least one video, only to be on the terrible receiving end of death by flying drone.

Zelensky‘s face betrays the terrible physical price he is paying as Putin‘s illegal war winds on. I wish he never had to meet Trump or anyone else in that evil MAGA/tech bosses so-called US Govt. it is nothing more than his some day death by 1000 cuts. There is no peace plan. Ukraine must win.

I draw breath at just how bomb proof Zelensky‘s steady pursuit of an end to the war is. The world owes Ukraine for the R&D work it is doing which is changing forever how wars will be fought in future. His willingness to continue to engage with Russia’s Washington poodles must be so draining.

Drones kill ‘progress’ so game-changingly over and over again

Compare your Christmas to the one being endured in Ukraine after nightly Russian drone and missile bombings of residential buildings has deprived people of their homes Ukraine fights on, abandoned and alone, protecting the cowardly West from Putin www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/92ff390...

And Russia could not care less.

Every day of Russia’s obscene war is game changing historic because of the unique Ukrainian ability to adapt and innovate on the hoof over and over again. They are an R&D miracle making every country’s military inventory near as damn it obsolete. Russia has learned from it. So must everyone else!!!

Ukraine's SBU released footage of the strike that disabled Russia's only regional submarine-hunting aircraft - a key preparatory step that enabled the historic destruction of a Kilo-class submarine at Novorossiysk. 📹SBU

/1. Security Service of Ukraine hit Russian Il-38N before targeting submarine in Novorossiysk Before striking the submarine, SBU operatives disabled Russia’s only operational Black Sea–based anti-submarine patrol aircraft — the Ilyushin Il‑38N (“Sea Dragon”) — at Yeysk airbase.

🇺🇦🇩🇪 Germany has made the largest tranche to support Ukraine, transferring more than €160 million to Energy Support Fund.

Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating 🎄 Wishing you peaceful days ahead, more kindness, more calm, and more hope. And an extra thought for Ukraine.

Christmas poetry thread 🎄⛪️🧵🧵🧵🌲 🥳

Merry Kidsmas: a Christmas fundraiser towards kindergarten shelters🎅 We’re raising $500,000 to equip 61 shelters in preschools near Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia with modern furniture and equipment. Let’s make kids feel comfortable this holiday season: u24.gov.ua/merry-kidsma...

Ukrainian Su-27 pilot sends Christmas greetings from the cockpit.

In Kharkiv region, drone operators from PNK_GROUP of Ukraine’s 3rd Separate Assault Brigade continue targeting Russian forces. They successfully hit 4 troops, 7 antennas, an artillery piece, a motorcycle, an ATV, and 2 dugouts.

Chernihiv: a Russian drone struck a multi-storey residential building; the building is on fire, and cars nearby are burning.

Zelenskyy stated that Chinese satellites had been conducting imaging of Ukrainian territory, after which Russia attacked Ukrainian energy facilities.

@realjakebroe.bsky.social This is American individual self empowerment that can go a long way to stopping Trump and his cronies and backers if enough people do it and do it as well as she does

🇺🇦🙏 Today, we all have one dream. And we make one wish for everyone: “that he die,” – Zelensky. “But when we turn to God, of course we ask for something broader, for peace for Ukraine.”

Russian losses per 24/12/25 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff +1090 men +3 tanks +4 ACVs +45 artillery +3 MLRS (!) +1031 UAVs (!) +34 cruise missiles

My guess is this reflects realisation that their government is prepared to completely bankrupt them as well as kill them on the fields of Ukraine just to keep the war going. Putin has just sold 1.9 $billion worth of rouble supporting Russian gold to China. nv.ua/en/50570926....

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🧐😵‍💫😂

⚡️Russian rubber plant catches fire after reported attack in Tula oblast, locals say. A synthetic rubber factory in Russia's Tula region was attacked and caught fire overnight on Dec. 24, according to local residents and regional officials.

Does Russia hate its own people? Why the incredibly stupid sacrifice of so many lives every single day, for what? It has one purpose only: the ego of Mr Putin,who is prepared to bankrupt Russia to try to resurrect his Soviet Union. It’s pitiful egotism by Putin, an old man who should be retired.

While Russia bombs the civilians of Ukraine out of their Christmas, this is how Russia parties oblivious to what their government is doing to the December Christmas lives of Ukrainians. It is just obscene.

The BBC reports this morning that a would-be bomber and two police officers who tried to arrest him have been blown up in #Moscow near where a Russian Lieutenant General was blown up in a car this week.

Has Zelensky ‘had enough’? He looks like he needs a break. What work is Putin doing? He always looks like he’s on holiday.

Manoeuvres, manoeuvers. #Siversk

Mega ! They should be teaching hospitals as so many lessons are being learned by surgeons in Russia’s demonic attempt at destruction of Ukraine.

Crack shot 🫡👏👏👏👏👏

What a bloody waste.

💪😎 Destruction of Russian artillery and infantry in the Kostiantynivka direction by soldiers of 8th Separate Mechanized Brigade.

Probably a deadly trueism.

Chilling foolishness from nutjob Trump

Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi has been awarded the Legion of Honour, France’s highest national distinction. The medal was presented on behalf of President Emmanuel Macron by French Chief of the Defence Staff General Fabien Mandon.