Overview
- Ukraine’s deputy energy minister said drones struck the gas transport system in Odesa region, though declared flows on the Transbalkan route stayed largely unchanged as rolling blackouts forced new power curbs and imports.
- Naftogaz’s chief described outages of up to 10 hours a day and estimated more than $3 billion for gas shortfalls and repairs, with 4.4 billion cubic meters of gas needed this heating season and a major equipment gap to fill.
- An SBU security source said sea drones critically damaged the Dashan tanker in the Black Sea, the third reported hit on Russia’s so‑called shadow fleet in two weeks, a claim not independently verified.
- A new UN human rights report found civilian casualties rose sharply from June to November and documented widespread torture and sexual violence against recently released Ukrainian POWs, with July the deadliest month since April 2022.
- Heavy fighting continued around Donetsk, as both sides reported large-scale drone and missile activity; Russia’s defense ministry claimed strikes on energy and industrial sites in 146 locations, figures that could not be independently confirmed.