Ukrainian forces engaged in 237 clashes across various sectors, with intense fighting in Pokrovsk and Lyman, where they inflicted heavy losses on Russian troops, repelled multiple assaults, and destroyed enemy equipment, as of December 26, 2025.
The death toll from Russian shelling of the city of Lyman in the Donetsk region has risen to eight, with five others injured. The attack targeted private houses and resulted in fires in residential and commercial buildings, as well as vehicles. The Ukrainian Interior Ministry reported the updated casualty figures and stated that a total of 13 people were injured in the incident.
At least eight people have been killed and 13 others wounded in a Russian shelling attack on the town of Lyman in eastern Ukraine. The strike caused fires in a house, a printing shop, and three cars. This comes as Ukraine marks the 500th day of the invasion, with its counter-offensive continuing in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions. Russia has been carrying out deadly missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities, often hitting civilian targets. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Snake Island to mark the occasion and thanked the US for providing aid, including controversial cluster bombs.