'Happy Ukrainian Armed Forces Day'

Ukrainian hackers launched a massive cyberattack on a Russian company responsible for shipping sanctioned goods and military components, wiping out 165 terabytes of critical data, sources within Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR), told the Kyiv Independent on Dec. 6. The hacker group BO Team, working alongside HUR , targeted the Eltrans+ group of companies, a logistics and transportation firm used by over 5,000 Russian businesses. The cyberattack took down over 700 computers and servers and deleted accounts of more than 1,000 Eltrans+ users," HUR claimed. Following the attack, the company’s website congratulated Russian users on Ukraine’s Armed Forces Day , a celebration of the military on Dec. 6. The hack also reportedly deleted surveillance footage and cargo declarations. "Eltrans+ is engaged in the delivery of sanctioned goods , as well as various electronic components from China, which are used by the Russian military-industrial complex," HUR said. Ukraine and Russia both regularly exchange blows on the cyber battlefield as well as the physical frontline. In October, a cyberattack carried out by HUR caused over 66 million rubles ($800,000) in damages to Orion Telecom, one of the largest internet providers in Siberia. In turn, Moscow has targeted not only Ukraine but also its allies, including the U.S. and the EU. In August, Russia was believed to be behind a breach of the United States federal court filing system, days before U.S. President Donald Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. With the cyberwar showing no signs of slowing down, NATO said recently that it is going to take a more assertive response to Russia’s cyber operations and hybrid warfare. "On cyber, we are kind of reactive. Being more aggressive or being proactive instead of reactive is something that we are thinking ," the alliance’s top military official, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, told the FT .

Russia’s drone strike caused a fire that burned the outer cladding of the shelter.

Russia failed to break Ukraine’s army on the battlefield, and now it’s trying to do it through a peace plan that would cap Ukraine’s forces at 600,000. Some argue that Ukraine would shrink its army — currently estimated at 800,000 — after the war anyway.

Zelensky will also meet with the leaders of France and Germany in the British capital on Monday.

It's the ninth time this year that the facility has been struck.

The cyberattack took down over 700 computers and servers and deleted accounts of more than 1,000 Eltrans+ users, HUR claimed.

Three people have been injured in a Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv Oblast overnight on Dec. 6, local officials reported.

The Kyiv Independent's first live event in New York City will be available to stream live. The Kyiv Independent will also present a curated photo exhibition

If the ban goes through, Russia would likely have to expand its shadow fleet to transport crude oil instead.

Over the course of 2025, Ukraine has repeatedly agreed to ceasefire proposals put forward by the White House. Russia has refused to agree to a single one.

The number includes 1,180 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces said on Dec. 5 that neither Pokrovsk nor its sister city Myrnohrad is encircled, stressing that defense units are expanding logistics routes and maintaining control over key positions in the area.

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Ukraine's military intelligence agency, HUR, said its drones hit a Russian Su-24 tactical bomber as past of a series of eight "accurate strikes" on military targets inside Russian-occupied Crimea on Dec. 5.

The Prosecutor General's Office said that the wounded soldier tried to take cover, but the Russian soldier "finished him off with a shot from an assault rifle."