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Russia Unleashes Pre‑Christmas Drone‑Missile Barrage on Ukraine, Killing at Least Three

The barrage coincided with U.S.-led Miami talks, forcing emergency outages after strikes on western energy sites.

Overview

  • Ukraine's air force reported 635 drones and 38 missiles were launched overnight, with 587 drones and 34 missiles intercepted or suppressed.
  • Emergency power cuts were imposed nationwide as energy infrastructure was hit across at least 13 regions, with western facilities hardest damaged, officials said.
  • Deaths were confirmed in the Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi and Zhytomyr regions, where a four-year-old child was killed, while Odesa again suffered strikes on port and power assets.
  • Poland deployed fighter jets to secure its airspace after strikes targeted areas of western Ukraine near the border, the Polish military said.
  • Kyiv condemned the timing as a signal during U.S.-brokered talks, Russia said it hit military‑industrial and energy targets, and Ukraine also touted a partisan operation that set ablaze two Russian fighter jets in Lipetsk Oblast.