Overview
- Ukrainian officials say eight people were killed and about 27–30 wounded in a Russian missile strike on Odesa’s port area, with vehicles burned and port facilities damaged.
- Ukraine reports Russian units crossed near Hrabovske in Sumy region, prompting local withdrawals and the forcible deportation of roughly 50 civilians to Russia now under war‑crimes investigation.
- The military logged 200 combat engagements on Dec. 21, with the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors most active, and reported 46 guided bombs, 1,779 attack drones and 2,500 shelling incidents that day.
- Kyiv says long‑range drones hit the Filanovsky oil platform and the patrol ship Okhotnik in the Caspian Sea, and the SBU reports two Russian Su‑27s struck at Crimea’s Belbek airfield.
- The United States proposed face‑to‑face trilateral talks at national security adviser level, with US‑hosted meetings in Miami continuing and Ukraine indicating support if they deliver concrete outcomes.