Ukraine's Air Force of the Armed Forces reported aerial drones over Kyiv on December 26, 2025, between 8:15:38 PM and 8:45:22 PM UTC, instructing residents to stay in shelters, as radar channels tracked a UAV over the city center heading toward CHP-5 and a BpLA along the Dnieper channel toward Rusanivski Sady and Podil. Radar channel ЩО ЛЕТИТЬ? | Радар stated a UAV was over Kyiv's center heading to CHP-5 within the 29-minute reporting window, while єРадар reported a BpLA within the capital on course to Rusanivski Sady and Podil along the Dnieper channel. The Air Force confirmed the drone presence over Kyiv and urged sheltering. In the Shakhove direction, Ukrainian forces reported regaining control after Russian assaults from Novotoretske and Volodymyrivka, repelling an armored attack today with the 1st Azov Corps at geolocation shared by @moklasen, according to Telegram channel @Playfra0. Russian forces captured a small presence in Sofiivka, where a Russian POW was taken today. Russian assaults involved bridge-laying vehicles over the Kazenyi Torets river and infantry in open fields, all repelled, resulting in a 1:15 loss ratio favoring Ukrainians in the 1st Azov Corps zone, as stated in the update.
