Overview
- Ukraine says the rare 'Oreshnik' ballistic missile was used against Lviv as a large overnight assault killed four and injured 25 in Kyiv, with officials reporting widespread heating outages across the capital.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia also launched 13 other ballistic missiles, 22 cruise missiles and 242 drones against energy and civilian sites, and Ukraine reported damage to Lviv’s infrastructure near the Polish border.
- Kyiv authorities noted damage that included the Qatari embassy building, while Ukraine’s counterstrikes on Russian energy facilities led to power losses in Belgorod and Orel, according to local officials.
- Ukraine’s commander Oleksandr Syrskyi reported that December drone-inflicted losses for Russia surpassed the number of newly arriving Russian troops at the front, with overall damage up 31% and fatalities up 25% month over month.
- In Iran, nationwide protests reached a 13th day as human-rights groups reported dozens killed, more than two thousand arrests and widespread internet shutdowns, and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced demonstrators after President Donald Trump voiced support.