Overview
- Ukrainian officials said the large strike wave hit Lviv’s infrastructure with an 'Oreshnik' missile and left at least four dead and 25 wounded in Kyiv, alongside additional ballistic and cruise missiles and 242 drones.
- Ukraine’s commander Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi reported December losses inflicted by Ukrainian drones surpassed newly arriving Russian troops, citing at least 33,000 Russian personnel lost and a 31% month-on-month rise in drone-caused damage.
- Russia described the barrage as a response to a purported drone attack on the presidential residence, a claim the EU and the U.S. have rejected.
- U.S. Southern Command said forces seized the tanker Olina in the Caribbean as part of operations against vessels moving sanctioned Venezuelan oil, noting a broader crackdown on a global “shadow fleet.”
- Istanbul Ulaanbaatar will expand its School Milk program in 2026 to provide milk three times weekly to 189,600 students in grades 1–5, with 8.9 billion MNT budgeted and a city launch planned for January 26.