Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that he will meet with US President Donald Trump in Florida over the weekend. Zelenskyy said that Ukraine “would like the Europeans to be involved," but doubted whether it would be possible at short notice. In fact, Moscow has insisted that Ukraine relinquish the remaining territory it still holds in the Donbas, an ultimatum that Ukraine has rejected. Russian drone attacks on the city of Mykolaiv and its suburbs overnight into Friday left part of the city without power. Meanwhile, Ukraine said that it struck a major Russian oil refinery on Thursday using UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles.

Source: The Telegraph December 26, 2025 16:22 UTC