Military Situation In Ukraine On December 17, 2025 (Maps Update)

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• Russian strikes destroyed targets in Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Sumy;
• Russian Geran drones hit targets in Vyshgorod district, Kyiv region;
• Russian Geran drones hit targets in Kramatorsk, causing several fires;
• The Russian army struck a supply and redistribution hub for equipment and fuel in Akhtyrka, Sumy region;
• The Russian army struck a substation in Belgorod-Dnestrovsk in the Odessa region;
• Russian Geran drones hit the HQs of the AFU’s UAV battalion in the Chernihiv region;
• Russian Harpy drones hit an assembly workshop in Khotyanovka in the Kyiv region;
• The Russian offensive continues in the Seversk, Pokrovsk, Kupyansk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia directions;
• Russian forces advanced in the Seversk direction;
• Russian forces advanced in the Liman direction;
• Russian forces advanced in the Kupyansk direction;
• Russian forces advanced in the Dnepropetrovsk direction;
• Ukrainian losses amounted to approximately 1,340 troops over the past 24 hours.

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• Russian forces advanced west of Vasyukovka. Fighting is ongoing near Bondarne.

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• Russian forces expanded the zone of their control south of Dronovka.

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• Russian Ministry of Defense showed footage of the control over the central part of Kupyansk;
• Ukrainian forces recaptured Sobolevka and Moskovka;
• Ukrainian forces advanced in the southern part of Kupyansk. Fighting is ongoing.

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• Russian forces took control of Gerasimovka settlement.

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