Overview
- The Defense Ministry said air defenses intercepted 38 fixed‑wing drones between 14:00 and 20:00 on December 9 across five regions, including seven over the Moscow area with four reportedly headed toward the city.
- Earlier, the ministry reported intercepting a guided air bomb, 13 HIMARS rockets and 280 Ukrainian fixed‑wing drones in recent engagements.
- The ministry released footage it said shows the capture of Ostapovskoye in Dnipropetrovsk region, claiming more than 5 square kilometers taken and two Ukrainian soldiers captured.
- Ukrainian outlets reported explosions in Dnipro and Odesa, while regional officials cited drone attacks that injured one person in Zaporizhzhia and damaged homes in Genichesk with no deaths reported.
- Russian forces said a Su‑34 struck Ukrainian personnel and a UAV control point overnight in the Center sector, and separate reports described two UAV control sites destroyed near Konstantinovka; Ukraine confirmed on December 8 the loss of a Su‑27 and its pilot.