Overview
- Ukraine’s air force said Russia sent 131 attack drones overnight and that 106 were shot down or suppressed, with strikes causing deaths, injuries and power outages in regions including Odesa, Kharkiv and Chernihiv.
- Kyiv’s General Staff confirmed hits on Russia’s Temryuk seaport in Krasnodar Krai, where two oil tanks burned over about 2,000 square meters, and reported strikes on the Maikop airfield and damage to radar and communications at Belbek in occupied Crimea.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry reported shooting down 141–172 Ukrainian drones across multiple regions as Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 25 were intercepted near the capital, and flight operations were briefly restricted at several airports.
- Ukrainian officials said long-range assets struck additional energy targets, including the Orenburg gas processing plant and the Novoshakhtinsk refinery in the Rostov region, though these claims were not independently verified by reporters.
- Ground combat remained intense with 151 engagements reported, and local authorities said a market in Kherson and a residential building in Chernihiv were hit on Christmas Day, leaving multiple civilian casualties.