Overview
- Kyiv reports Russia launched more than 200 drones on New Year’s Eve, with energy infrastructure among the targets.
- Local officials say Zaporizhzhia faced fresh overnight drone attacks, with explosions and fires reported in the regional center.
- Pro-Russian authorities in occupied Kherson claim three Ukrainian drones hit a bar and hotel in Khorly, killing at least 24, a charge Ukraine rejects as it insists it strikes only military targets.
- Moscow says it gave the United States drone flight data to support its allegation that Kyiv aimed for Putin’s Valdai residence, while U.S. intelligence assessments reported by major outlets dispute that claim.
- Western and Ukrainian officials held a “fruitful” coordination call, with a security-advisers meeting set in Ukraine on Jan. 3 and a leaders’ gathering planned in France on Jan. 6.