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History: December 2025
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Retrospective · events of 2 December 2025
What did Transnistria's vote on 30 November decide?
Politics
A look back at the parliamentary election held in the unrecognised republic, as covered on 2 December 2025.
Retrospective · events of 2 December 2025
What Russia's Pokrovsk claim meant on 2 December 2025
Security
A look back at the security picture in Ukraine as reports of a Russian capture claim and deadly missile strikes accumulated.
Retrospective · events of 3 December 2025
Kyiv's political shake-up and Transnistria's vote
Politics
A look back at the developments in the days before 3 December 2025, from the resignation of a senior presidential aide to a parliamentary vote in Transnistria.
Retrospective · events of 10 December 2025
Balloons and pipelines: two regional signals
Opinion
A look back at two developments in Ukraine's neighbourhood reported between 8 and 10 December 2025, one over Lithuanian airspace and one over Russian gas transit.
Retrospective · events of 11 December 2025
What did 11 December 2025 show about regional security?
Security
A retrospective on a guided bomb strike in Sumy Oblast and Lithuania's emergency declaration two days earlier.
Retrospective · events of 13 December 2025
What Belarus's prisoner release meant on 13 December 2025
Opinion
A look back at the release of 123 political prisoners in Belarus, and at the war reporting that ran alongside it.
Retrospective · events of 19 December 2025
Why the EU chose a loan over frozen assets
Security
A retrospective on the 19 December 2025 decision to fund Ukraine from the EU's own budget rather than from immobilised Russian central bank money.
Retrospective · events of 20 December 2025
Brussels turns to its own budget for Ukraine's €90bn
Economy
A retrospective on the 19 December 2025 decision to lend Ukraine €90 billion from the EU budget rather than draw on frozen Russian central bank funds.
Retrospective · events of 22 December 2025
What the 22 December 2025 strikes and bombing showed
Opinion
A look back at a day of a car bombing in Moscow and Ukrainian airstrikes on targets across Russia.
Retrospective · events of 25 December 2025
From the Baltic to Crimea: three fronts of one war
Opinion
A look back at a day when the Baltic, Crimea and the Donetsk front each carried a piece of the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Retrospective · events of 26 December 2025
Siversk withdrawal and Moscow car bomb mark a turbulent week
Security
A look back at the reports in the days before 26 December 2025, from a withdrawal in Donetsk Oblast to a car bombing in Moscow.
Retrospective · events of 28 December 2025
What did 27 December 2025 reveal about Kyiv's winter?
Opinion
A look back at a Russian strike on Kyiv's heating and a reported death that was later shown to be staged.
Retrospective · events of 30 December 2025
Kyiv heating cuts and Baltic intercept, late December 2025
Security
A look back at security reports from the final days of December 2025, from strikes on Kyiv to a Polish air force escort over the Baltic.
Retrospective · events of 31 December 2025
US licence lets Serbian refinery run until 23 January
Opinion
A look back at a sanctions licence for a Serbian refinery and a deadly drone strike in occupied Kherson Oblast, both reported on the final day of the year.
Retrospective · events of 31 December 2025
What happened on 31 December 2025 on the war's margins?
Security
A retrospective on a US sanctions licence for a Serbian refinery and a deadly strike reported in occupied Kherson Oblast.
Retrospective · events of 31 December 2025
From Khorly to Serbia: two reports show the war's reach
Opinion
Two reports from 31 December 2025 point to a conflict that extends from occupied Kherson Oblast to a refinery in Serbia.