It took about 5 hours to get to hospital in Kharkiv – which is quick on a battlefield saturated with drones. I met other soldiers who took over a week (that will be another story)
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Drone attack under protective net
She was driving under a drone net—but the Russians had found a way in. She stayed conscious the whole time. “It happened very quickly. Literally in 3 seconds. “I actually saw it flying toward me. “I just managed to cover myself a bit, and it hit me right in the legs.”
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Discrepancy in ‘liberation’ term: how meaning substitution impacts military strategy
16/ …neighbourhoods of the city and adjacent villages. The discrepancy between the term "liberation" and the actual situation reveals how, within hierarchical military information channels, the substitution of meanings influences strategic decisions.
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Events in the Kupyansk region before-goals
15/ "Events in the Kupyansk region clearly demonstrate this mechanism. Previous declarations of the city's liberation, based on reports from above, clashed with the situation on the ground, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces partially regained their positions in several…"
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@chriso_wiki — 2025-12-17
13/ "At the level of troop groups and the General Staff, reports are finally standardised. For reports to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief [i.e. Putin], absolute constructs are used—"complete liberation," "mission accomplished."
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Zelenskyy to Visit Netherlands, Details Announced
Ukraine’s Presidential Office has announced details of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s upcoming visit to the Netherlands.
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Ukrainian troops remotely detonate captured building in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
❗️🇺🇦Ukrainian troops remotely detonate a pre-mined building captured by 🇷🇺Russians in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. pic.twitter.com/0eJ2ly2V13
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) 17 décembre 2025Ukrainian troops remotely detonate a pre-mined building captured by Russians in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
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Ukrainian SOF strike drones hit Russian oil depot and tanker
Overnight on December 17, strike drones of Ukraine's Special Operations Forces targeted a Russian oil depot in the Rostov region, as well as the oil tanker 'Captain Gibert'.
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Zaporizhzhia residential high-rise destroyed by Russian strike
This is what a residential high-rise in Zaporizhzhia looks like after a strike by Putin’s forces. As Ukraine and the world push for peace, Russia continues to target innocent people.https://t.co/TACv8CbJGg pic.twitter.com/IOKImGGTrR
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) 17 décembre 2025This is what a residential high-rise in Zaporizhzhia looks like after a strike by Putin’s forces. As Ukraine and the world push for peace, Russia continues to target innocent people. https://
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Ukrainian fighters attacked oil refinery in Russia
❗️🇺🇦Ukrainian servicemen from the 1st Separate Center for Unmanned Aerial Systems successfully attacked the 🇷🇺Slavyansk oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, at night. pic.twitter.com/73zXX7Ftgz
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) 17 décembre 2025Ukrainian servicemen from the 1st Separate Center for Unmanned Aerial Systems successfully attacked the Slavyansk oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, at night.