Overview
- Overnight Russian attacks on the Kyiv region killed two people, including one in the capital where a private clinic caught fire, and another in Fastiv, according to local authorities.
- Ukrainian security chief Rustem Umerov said delegations have agreed about 90% of a U.S.-backed plan, with a leaders meeting scheduled in Paris on January 6 and European chiefs of staff meeting on January 5.
- Talks in Kyiv involved European partners, EU and NATO representatives, and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, covering security guarantees, economic recovery, and political-military issues.
- Russia reported shooting down 66 Ukrainian drones overnight and said a Ukrainian drone strike killed one person in Belgorod, while Kyiv reported additional injuries from drone attacks in Kharkiv.
- Moscow’s claims of 27 deaths in occupied Kherson and of a large drone attack on a Putin residence are denied by Kyiv, and President Trump said he does not believe the residence attack occurred.