Overview
- UN officials described an alarming escalation over the weekend, with authorities reporting more than 100 civilian casualties, including nearly 20 deaths, in strikes hitting Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia.
- Ukraine’s Energy Ministry said critical facilities were struck in at least eight regions, triggering emergency outages and prolonged scheduled power cuts, with additional interruptions to heating and water in Chernihiv, Kremenchuk and parts of Poltava region.
- A World Health Organization team reported that an attack in Kherson City damaged the water and gas supply to a maternity ward, disrupting care.
- An OHCHR report confirmed a significant rise in civilian casualties from June to November 2025, noting July as the deadliest month since April 2022 and citing the November 19 Ternopil strike that killed at least 36 people.
- The report also documented extensive abuse of Ukrainian POWs, with 185 of 187 recently released describing severe ill‑treatment and 141 alleging sexual violence, as the Security Council takes up intensified shelling for discussion.