SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1410 1. Hemispheric regime change: US bombs Caracas and SOFs seize Nicolas Maduro & wife 2. Foreign intelligence service chief Ivaschchenko replaces Budanov as chief of HUR 3. ~60 Shaheds launched, 15 hits

⚡️Zelensky to appoint Foreign Intelligence Service chief as Budanov's replacement, President's Office says. Oleh Ivashchenko will lead Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR), a source in the President's Office told the Kyiv Independent shortly after Zelensky named Budanov his new chief of staff.

We'll see if the Oslo committee did much better when it gave the Peace prize to Ms Machado?

No Gostomel in Venezuela: US SOFs swoop in and grab Maduro and wife

SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1409 1. ZELENSKY: end of war, not end of 🇺🇦 2. PUTIN: no mention of peace in new year's message 3. 🇺🇦 joins EU's single roaming zone 4. CIA rejects Putin's claim re strike vs dacha 5. ~70 Shaheds launched, 27 hits

⚡️Finland detains Russia-linked ship suspected of sabotage. Early in the morning on Dec. 31, an undersea communications cable linking Finland and Estonia was reported damaged. The cargo ship Fitburg, sailing from Russia, may be responsible, authorities said.

⚡️'We want the end of the war — not the end of Ukraine,' Zelensky says in New Year address. "A Budapest-style piece of paper will not satisfy Ukraine. Ukraine does not need a Minsk-style meticulously drafted trap. My signature will be under a strong agreement," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

⚡️ CIA rejects Putin's claim of Ukrainian attack on his residence, CNN reports. The report confirms Ukraine's original denial and undercuts claims made by the Kremlin.

⚡️ Putin's New Year speech lauds Russia's war, makes no mention of peace in Ukraine. Putin's speech avoided any mention of Ukraine, peace talks, or plans to bring the war to an end in 2026.

⚡️Ukraine enters EU's single mobile roaming zone. Ukraine formally joined the European Union's single roaming zone on Jan. 1, allowing Ukrainian citizens to use their mobile phone service across the European bloc without incurring additional charges.

‼️ How Russia attacked Ukraine on New Year's Eve: a map of the flight of enemy targets. Main directions: Lutsk, Volyn, Odesa, Konotop, Zatoka. The main target is energy infrastructure.

SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1408 Ringing in the New Year 1. Even Trump no longer appears to be buying story of purported drone strike vs Putin dacha 2. Macron announces January 6 meeting in Paris of countries supporting 🇺🇦 3. ~130 Shaheds launched, 24 hits

Guerre d'Ukraine | 31/12/25 Secteurs : 🌐 Kostiantynivka🔹U251231-0924 🌐 Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad-Rodynske🔹U251231-0930 🌐 Novopavlivka🔹U251231-0933 🌐 Orikhiv-Huliaipole🔹U251231-0944 #UkraineRussianWar #GuerreEnUkraine

SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1407 1. US NATO PERMREP Whitaker says attack on Putin dacha may not have happened 2. ~80 Shaheds launched, 20 hits 3. Odesa struck again 4. Rosneft Tuapse oil refinery burns; Ditto Temp TSKV oil depot in Rybinsk (Yaroslavl). 4. 🇺🇦 computes 🇷🇺 casualties at 1.2 million since Feb 2022

"It is unclear whether it actually happened," Whitaker told Fox News on Dec. 30. President Volodymyr Zelensky previously dismissed Putin's claim as "another lie," warning that Moscow could use the allegation to justify potential strikes, most likely targeting Kyiv.

Poutine a souhaité une bonne année à 36 dirigeants — dont Trump, le pape Léon XIV et Orbán legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/12/3...

More footage is surfacing from the burning oil depot in Rybinsk. Another hit deep inside Russia.

Russia’s MoD has released a map allegedly showing the flight path of Ukrainian drones targeting Putin’s residence. Meanwhile, no evidence of the strike has been provided, and even Kremlin narratives contradict each other. 🙃

SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1406 1. Trump as Putin's shill. Lavrov asserts 91 🇺🇦 drones targetted Putin dacha near Novgorod; no evidence offerd. Putin says same to Trump. Trump believes him & expresses anger vs Zelensky. No US intel cited 2. ~40 Shaheds launches; 8 hits

⚡️ 'They are looking for a pretext' — Zelensky denies drone attack on Putin's residence Zelensky dismissed Russia's claims that Ukrainian drones attempted to attack Putin's state residence as "another lie," warning that Moscow is using the allegation to justify potential strikes on Kyiv.

A new poll found 76% of Ukrainians consider it unacceptable to recognize Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories as part of Russia in exchange for ending the war; Zelensky dismissed Russia's claims that Ukrainian drones attempted to attack Putin's state residence as another lie; and more.

Unimpeachable source

Zelenskyy calls Russia’s claim of a strike on one of Putin’s residences a “complete fabrication,” a lie designed to sabotage diplomacy, justify more attacks on Kyiv, and excuse Moscow’s refusal to end the war. He warns the world must not stay silent as Russia tries to derail peace.

It gets even better. Putin’s advisor Ushakov claims Trump was “shocked and outraged” by Ukraine’s alleged drone attack on Putin’s residence. Ukraine has denied the accusation, calling it a Russian fabrication to justify further escalation. No further comment....

"87% of Ukrainians want peace, at the same time, 85% are against withdrawing from Donbass." - Zelensky in an interview with Fox News.

⚡️US security guarantees set for 15 years, with Ukraine pushing for extension, Zelensky says.

EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : les Etats-Unis ont proposé à Kiev des garanties de sécurité « solides » pour quinze ans prolongeables, annonce Volodymyr Zelensky

SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1405 1. No breakthrough at Trump Zelensky meet. Trump says Putin "was very generous in this feeling toward 🇺🇦 succeeding" 2. 🇷🇺 says ballistic missile intercepted near Tula. A new 🇺🇦 capability? 3. Khanskaya air base hit 4. Slow drone nite. ~15 Shaheds, 4 hits

The US president said ‘thorny’ issues remain on ending Europe’s biggest land war in 80 years ‘but we are getting closer’. ft.trib.al/YBKaIRp

Yes, just a little strange...

⚡️Explosions reportedly rock Russia's Khanskaya military airfield. Explosions reportedly rocked the Khanskaya military airfield near the southern Russian city of Maykop as air defenses were engaged early on Dec. 29.

Asie / La Chine engage des exercices militaires d’ampleur autour de Taïwan

Donald Trump is unpopular in Europe, according to the new POLITICO Poll. Even among the supporters of right-wing populist parties he sees as allies.

Russian flagged bulker Irtysh delivered stolen grain from occupied Sevastopol, for the second time, to Houthi controlled Al-Salif. Irtysh returned from Houthi controlled port of Yemen, transited Bosphorus and returned to the Black Sea. #T

SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1404 1. Zelensky holds telcons with Euro NATO leaders. Meeting with Trump at 19h CET 2. 🇷🇺 claims fall of Huliaipole & Myrnohrad. 🇺🇦 denies 3. 🇨🇦 gives CDN $2.5 bn 4. Syzran (Samara obl) oil refinery hit (Yuganskneftegaz) 5. Repairs begin ZNPP (local cease fire) 6. 30 Shaheds; 9 sites hit

⚡️Canada to provide $1.8 billion in economic aid to Ukraine. Canada will provide Ukraine with $2.5 billion Canadian dollars ($1.8 billion) in economic aid to Ukraine, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Dec. 27.

⚡️Ukraine denies Russia's claims of capturing key front-line cities ahead of Zelensky-Trump meeting. Myrnohrad in Donetsk Oblast and Huliaipole in Zaporizhzhia Oblast are not under Russian control, Ukraine's General Staff said, dismissing the Kremlin's claims as "the weapon of disinformation."

⚡️Russia's Syzran Oil Refinery under attack by Ukrainian drones, media reports. The refinery was attacked multiple times in the night, residents claimed. An electrical substation in Syzran was also hit, causing blackouts in the city.

*Iskander-M included in Kinzhal tally

My annotations on last night's big raid: 6 out of 10 Kinzhal down 23 out of 29 cruise missiles down (Kh-101, Iskander-K, Kalibr) Shaheds: ~300 launched, 30 hits

SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1403 1. Massive bombing of Kyiv, including by Kinzhal as Zelensky prepares to meet Trump 2. Orezhnik base spotted at Kirchev in Belarus

May be a good time for 🇵🇱 to become a fully-fledged participant in NATO's nuclear sharing

Footage from Kyiv shows the moment a drone strikes a residential high rise in the Pozniaky district. Another direct and deliberate attack on civilian housing.

Russia is likely deploying nuclear-capable Oreshnik hypersonic missiles at a former airbase near Krichev in eastern Belarus, US researchers found from satellite imagery. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

(To be confirmed)

SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1402 1. Zelensky Xmas telcon with Witkoff & Jared: 'slow but steady progress'; says meeting with Trump soon 2. Orenburg obl. gas processing plant hit 3. Odesa/ Mikolayiv area ports/2 vessels hit 4. 26 leakers out of ~60 Shaheds. 1 Iskander-M strike

⚡️President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine and the U.S. had agreed to meet "in the near future," suggesting there could be progress in peace talks to end Russia's war before the New Year.

Next door to China and N Korea

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a “very good” conversation with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner on Christmas Day as negotiations over the terms of a potential peace deal continued.