Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff logged 158 combat engagements on December 14, with 47 assaults repelled on the Pokrovsk axis and heavy pressure also reported near Kostiantynivka.
- Kyiv confirmed hits on Russia’s Afipsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai and the Uryupinsk oil depot in Volgograd region, along with strikes on command, EW and air-defense assets in occupied territories.
- Russian officials reported overnight drone attacks on Moscow and at least eight regions, airport disruptions near the capital, and damage to the Luch thermal power plant in Belgorod.
- Ukrainian commanders said roughly 100–200 Russian servicemen are blocked in Kupyansk as careful urban clearance continues to minimize civilian and military casualties.
- Fresh Russian strikes damaged energy and transport infrastructure in Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk regions, and Ukrzaliznytsia reported significant passenger-train delays after contact lines lost power.