Overview
- Ukraine reported a combined drone and missile assault overnight on December 26–27 focused on critical infrastructure, with the Kyiv region identified as the primary target.
- Air surveillance tracked 559 hostile assets in total, including 519 UAVs—about 300 Shahed-type—and 40 missiles launched from Russian regions, occupied Crimea, the Black Sea, and airspace over Vologda.
- Defenders shot down or jammed 503 targets by early afternoon, including 474 drones plus 29 missiles made up of six Iskander‑M or Kh‑47M2 Kinzhal, four Iskander‑K or Kalibr, and 19 Kh‑101.
- Impacts from 10 missiles and 25 drones were recorded at 30 locations, with debris reported at 16 sites, while one missile failed to reach its target and 15 UAVs remained unconfirmed on radar.
- Local officials reported at least two deaths and dozens injured in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast as forces used aircraft, surface‑to‑air systems, electronic warfare, and mobile fire groups to repel the attack.