Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported 167 combat engagements on Dec. 4, with 52 assaults repelled across 16 settlements in the Pokrovsk sector.
- Commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said forces hold the northern part of Pokrovsk, prioritizing additional supply routes, timely medical evacuation, and countering drones and artillery.
- Russia launched two ballistic missiles and 138 strike drones overnight; Ukrainian air defenses intercepted or suppressed 114, while 24 drones hit 14 locations.
- Naftogaz said Kherson’s heat-and-power plant was almost completely destroyed in strikes, leaving about 40,500 customers without heat and injuring several employees.
- Ukraine said its forces struck the Nevinnomyssk Azot chemical plant in Russia’s Stavropol region, as the Unmanned Systems Forces reported 23,441 unique targets hit in November across occupied areas and Russia’s rear.