Overview
- Air defenses shot down 176 of 205 attack drones launched overnight, with strikes targeting energy facilities across seven regions, officials said.
- Ukrenergo reported significant power cuts in Odesa and Volyn and new outages in Chernihiv, with repairs underway and electricity consumption down 16.4% versus the prior day.
- Ukraine’s General Staff said drones hit Russia’s Ilsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai, causing a fire, and struck multiple military targets in occupied Donetsk, including a Shahed storage site and a Tor-M2 air-defense system.
- Front-line combat remained heavy, with 131 engagements recorded on December 31 and 45 clashes by 16:00 on January 1, led by repeated Russian assaults around the Pokrovsk sector.
- Two additional Patriot air-defense systems were added to Ukraine’s network through German support as Kyiv seeks faster deliveries to counter ongoing attacks.