Overview
- Kherson’s central heating plant halted after repeated attacks, leaving about 40,500 households without heat, as Ukrenergo and DTEK reported power cuts across Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Odesa, where 51,800 households lost electricity.
- Ukraine’s Air Force said defenses downed 114 of 138 drones launched since the evening of Dec. 3, yet missiles and 24 drones struck 14 locations, damaging energy sites and homes.
- The General Staff logged 167 combat engagements in the past day, with Ukrainian forces repelling 52 assaults in the Pokrovsk sector and top commander Oleksandr Syrskii saying troops hold the city’s northern part.
- Ukraine reported a deep strike that ignited a fire at the Nevinnomyssk Azot chemical plant in Russia, as military and investigative reports detailed dozens of autumn hits on Russian fuel and industrial targets.
- Vladimir Putin reiterated that Russia seeks full control of Donbas by force unless Ukrainian troops withdraw, a stance conveyed as talks with U.S. envoys continue without a breakthrough.