Overview
- Ukraine’s Air Force said it neutralized 131 of 149 attack drones launched overnight, yet recorded hits at 11 sites targeting energy and infrastructure.
- Sumy lost electricity after more than a dozen drones struck within about 30 minutes, with water supply and hospitals running on backup power.
- Regional authorities reported mounting civilian tolls, including five killed and 11 injured in Kharkiv, injuries in Chernihiv, one dead and five wounded in Dnipropetrovsk, and 15 wounded in Zaporizhzhia and Vilniansk.
- The General Staff logged 164 combat clashes over the past day, with 53 Russian assaults repelled on the Pokrovsk front.
- Kyiv reported strikes on ammunition, fuel and drone depots in occupied territory and said a Dec. 5 attack destroyed 70% of fuel tanks at Russia’s Temryuk port, while Belgorod officials reported more than 70 Ukrainian drones over the region.