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Russia Launches Massive Drone and Missile Barrage on Ukraine, Forcing Emergency Blackouts

Kyiv says the pre-Christmas strikes were timed to pressure U.S.-led peace talks.

Overview

  • Ukraine’s air force reported 635 drones and 38 missiles fired at 13 regions, largely targeting the power grid.
  • Air defenses intercepted 587 drones and 34 missiles, yet multiple hits prompted nationwide emergency outages in freezing weather.
  • Officials confirmed at least three deaths, including a four-year-old in Zhytomyr, with additional injuries reported near Kyiv and in Khmelnytskyi.
  • Poland deployed fighter jets to safeguard its airspace after blasts near Ukraine’s western border raised cross-border risk.
  • The strikes coincided with U.S.-facilitated talks in Miami that showed limited progress, and HUR said partisans burned two Russian fighter jets in Russia’s Lipetsk region.