Overview
- Regional authorities said a Ukrainian drone set a fire at the Zhutovskaya oil depot in Russia’s Volgograd region, with no casualties reported and possible evacuations, while Ukraine’s General Staff claimed the strike on a site supplying Russian forces.
- A Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Voronezh killed a young woman and wounded three, damaged homes and a school, and prompted air defenses to down 17 drones, according to the regional governor.
- Russia’s mass drone‑and‑missile barrages late this week killed at least four in Kyiv, damaged 20 residential buildings and a building of Qatar’s embassy, and left thousands without heat, electricity, and water in subzero temperatures.
- Moscow confirmed using the Oreshnik intermediate‑range hypersonic missile for the second time in the war with a strike in western Ukraine, a move European leaders condemned as escalatory.
- Ukraine reported 154 drones launched against it overnight into Sunday with 125 intercepted, and President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia used nearly 1,100 attack drones, over 890 guided bombs, and more than 50 missiles over the past week.