Overview
- Ukraine said two Iskander-M missiles and 128 drones were launched overnight, with air defenses downing or suppressing 91 UAVs as strikes killed three in Balakliya and damaged energy sites in Odesa and Chernihiv.
- Zelenskyy reported roughly 1,000 attack drones, about 980 guided aerial bombs, and 36 missiles used against Ukraine over the past week, urging partners to reinforce layered air defense.
- Kyiv’s military said drones struck Russia’s Ryazan and Novokuybyshevsk refineries, reporting explosions and fires while assessing damage; Russian officials claimed air defenses intercepted multiple drones.
- Fighting stayed intense on the eastern front, with 216 combat clashes recorded and 75 Russian assaults repelled in the Pokrovsk sector, as Russia asserted gains in Zaporizhia that Kyiv has not confirmed.
- Ukraine secured winter LNG imports via Greece starting in December and said financing is in place to cover nearly €2 billion in gas purchases, while oil loadings resumed at Russia’s Novorossiysk port after a two-day halt.