Overview
- Ukraine said Russia launched 131 attack drones overnight, with 106 downed, as strikes killed at least two people and damaged energy and industrial sites across Odesa, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv, prompting power restrictions nationwide.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry reported at least 141 Ukrainian drones shot down across multiple regions, while Krasnodar officials said two fuel tanks burned over roughly 2,000 square meters at Temryuk port and civil aviation imposed temporary flight limits in several cities.
- Local Russian and Ukrainian reports noted additional Ukrainian strikes on targets including the Yefremov synthetic rubber facility in Tula and a marine drone storage site in Russian-occupied Crimea.
- An official from Ukraine’s military intelligence told the Associated Press that a Moscow blast that killed two police officers and a third person was a Ukrainian operation targeting participants in the war.
- Ukraine’s General Staff recorded 151 engagements on Dec. 24 with the fiercest fighting near Pokrovsk, reporting repeated Russian assaults across multiple sectors of the front.