Ukraine and Russia Intensify Drone Attacks Amid Ongoing Conflict
As winter deepens, Ukraine considers recalibrating its military strategy while continuing diplomatic efforts for international aid.
- Ukraine launched dozens of drones at targets in southern and western Russia, while Moscow targeted sites inside Ukraine with at least one ballistic and one cruise missile, along with its own drones.
- At least one person was killed in Ukraine’s coastal Odesa region overnight on December 17, when debris from a downed Russian drone struck a residential building.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed to strengthen the country’s air defenses and promised to continue his international diplomatic offensive to keep the flow of aid coming.
- EU leaders have said they could turn to an alternative plan in late January or early February, reportedly consisting of loans to Kyiv as opposed to outright grants.
- Ukrainian troops may recalibrate their strategy, digging in with new defenses along the front line as winter deepens.
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