US and Ukrainian officials continued peace talks to end the war in Ukraine in Miami, Florida on December 4 and 5.
Available open-source information indicates that Russian forces have not encircled Ukrainian forces in Myrnohrad as of December 5 as Russian forces continue efforts to complete the encirclement of the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad pocket.
Russian forces are attempting to completely deny Ukrainian tactical- and operational-level logistics to the Pokrovsk direction using drones to achieve effects of battlefield air interdiction (BAI).
Ukrainian forces continue to strike Russian oil and defense industrial base (DIB) infrastructure.
Five unidentified drones flew over a major French nuclear submarine base on the evening of December 4 amid increasing reports of drones flying over European military infrastructure.
Russian forces committed a war crime in the Siversk direction.
Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Novopavlivka. Russian forces recently advanced near Borova and Pokrovsk.
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 5, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)
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