Subscribers to the Telegram channel 'Крымский ветер' reported siren sounds, spotlights, and lights tracing lines into the sky at Belbek airfield at 10:48 p.m. local time (7:48 p.m. UTC) on December 22, 2025, describing it as continued 'disco' activity. The channel shared subscriber video and requested additional details anonymously via bot. This report follows earlier eyewitness accounts from the same channel of explosions over Sevastopol center and Belbek airfield, including Pantsir system fire and a drone shot down, between 4:16 p.m. and 7:16 p.m. UTC on December 22. In related developments, the Financial Times reported, as cited by NEXTA on X, that Russian generals have convinced President Vladimir Putin he will soon win the war by inflating Ukrainian losses and exaggerating advantages, leading him to reject peace terms proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. The report noted Putin's false claims of capturing Kupiansk. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated, according to an X post by Maks_NAFO_FELLA, that Ukraine will change holiday dates due to Soviet-era coincidences, following the shift of Christmas to December 25.
