The UK Ministry of Defence confirmed on Dec. 10, 2025, between 1:16 p.m. and 1:46 p.m. UTC that Lance Corporal George Hooley of the Parachute Regiment died in Ukraine yesterday, according to an official statement posted on X by @DefenceHQ during the 30-minute reporting window. The statement expressed sadness over the loss of the UK Armed Forces member. No further details on the circumstances or location of the death were provided in the post. In a separate development reported in the same period, an X post by @markito0171 stated that Russian forces destroyed the Dobropillya coal mine in Donetsk Oblast today, linking to images described as showing the site.
