Zaporizhzhia official Volodymyr Andryushchenko reported active movement of Russian equipment towards the Gulyaipol direction in the past 29 minutes ending at 2:45 p.m. UTC on December 28, 2025, including 20 trucks daily with ammunition and manpower, plus 2 self-propelled guns and 3 tanks deployed on Saturday to increase pressure on this front. Andryushchenko stated the daily truck movements transport боекомплект (BC) and manpower, with the Saturday armored vehicles thrown into the same sector, according to a post from Это Запорожье news channel shared during the reporting window from 2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. UTC. In the same period, a Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) report was shared on X by @Maks_NAFO_FELLA stating Russian President Vladimir Putin remains willing to threaten nuclear weapons if cornered to achieve victory over Ukraine, listing Ukraine and NATO territories in Europe as top potential sites.
