Fierce fighting continues near Bakhmut

The city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, remains the hottest spot in Donbass.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that “there are no prerequisites for negotiations on Ukraine.”
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Karim Khan, visited Ukraine to study the circumstances of Russian missile attacks and drone attacks on energy and infrastructure facilities.
Five regions of Russia reported the fall of drones allegedly launched from Ukraine.

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Azerbaijan expressed surprise at Russia's termination of the AZAL plane crash investigation
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Azerbaijan expressed surprise at Russia's termination of the AZAL plane crash investigation
26 December 2025

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov stated that Moscow's letter terminating the criminal investigation into the AZAL plane crash was "gravely surprising." The letter was sent by Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee.
Баку окончательно закрыл деятельность «Русского дома»
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Баку окончательно закрыл деятельность «Русского дома»
26 December 2025

Министр иностранных дел Азербайджана Джейхун Байрамов сообщил, что деятельность организации «Русский дом» в стране была прекращена в связи с нарушением установленных законодательных норм, включая отсутствие необходимой регистрации.
Another serviceman in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic was sentenced to five years
Society
Another serviceman in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic was sentenced to five years
26 December 2025

In Kabardino-Balkaria, a court sentenced Zamir Begiyev to five years in prison. He was found guilty of leaving his military unit without leave during mobilization.
A woman was detained in Stavropol on suspicion of attempting to assassinate a Defense Ministry employee
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A woman was detained in Stavropol on suspicion of attempting to assassinate a Defense Ministry employee
26 December 2025

The Federal Security Service (FSB) detained an 18-year-old woman in Stavropol on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack against a Defense Ministry officer. According to the FSB, the woman, acting on instructions from Ukrainian intelligence agencies, obtained a homemade explosive device equivalent to 400 grams of TNT and planned to plant it on a vehicle near a military base.