Overview
- Kyiv reported Russia fired an 'Oreshnik' ballistic missile at Lviv in a large overnight assault, the weapon’s second wartime use, as additional missiles and drones hit energy and civilian sites with fatalities in the capital.
- Ukraine’s commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said drone-driven damage rose 31% in December and drone-caused Russian casualties increased 25%, claiming overall Russian losses reached at least 33,000 that month.
- U.S. Central Command said the U.S. and partners conducted large-scale airstrikes on Islamic State positions across Syria, describing the operation as retaliation for a Dec. 13 attack in Palmyra that killed two U.S. troops and an interpreter.
- U.S. authorities announced the seizure of the tanker Olina in the Caribbean, calling it the fifth vessel taken in operations targeting a shadow fleet moving sanctioned Venezuelan and other oil.
- Human-rights groups reported the death toll in Iran’s anti-government protests has surpassed 500 since late December, alongside thousands of detentions, as authorities warned against foreign interference.