Overview
- Ukraine’s Air Forces tracked 704 aerial threats and reported downing or suppressing 585 attack drones, 29 cruise missiles and one ballistic missile during the overnight barrage of December 6–7.
- Officials confirmed at least eight civilians injured and extensive damage, including the destruction of the Fastiv railway station and fires at a thermal plant and substation in Lviv region; a temporary mobile station now serves Fastiv passengers.
- Ukrenergo expanded rolling electricity restrictions nationwide following hits to generation and transmission, the IAEA said nuclear plants reduced output and reported a brief external power loss at Zaporizhzhia, and Moldova requested emergency power support from Romania to stabilize its grid.
- Fresh strikes overnight targeted energy facilities in Poltava region, with Kremenchuk and Horishni Plavni facing difficult electricity supplies and knock-on disruptions to heat and water as repairs continue.
- The General Staff logged 161 frontline engagements over the last day, with the fiercest fighting near Pokrovsk and Kostyantynivka, and confirmed Ukrainian strikes on Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery and the Alchevsk metallurgical plant; Russian regions reported drone incidents not confirmed by Kyiv.