US EditionRussian drone attack on Ukraine’s Odesa injures 6, including children
Russian drone strikes damaged residential and energy infrastructure in Odesa, injuring six civilians including three children, amid ongoing winter offensive targeting Ukraine's energy sector.
- Overnight Dec. 31, 2025, Russian-launched drones struck Odesa, injuring six people including three hospitalized children and damaging residential and energy infrastructure, Odesa officials said.
- Russia has stepped up strikes on Ukraine's energy sector amid colder weather, while Moscow claimed a December 29 attack on President Vladimir Putin's residence, which Kyiv denied.
- Ukraine's Air Force said 127 drones were fired and 101 were intercepted, while DTEK reported two energy facilities damaged and Oleksandr Vyazovchenko said over 170,000 lost power.
- Fires triggered evacuations and emergency teams responded to the strikes, with firefighters rescuing eight people including one child and a 42-year-old male civilian in serious condition.
- Diplomats warn that continued strikes are heightening tensions and clouding negotiations as European and Canadian leaders held talks Tuesday on US-led peace efforts.
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Lukashenko describes attack on Putin's residence as terrorism
Lukashenko told reporters about the attack, “It is the most savage terrorism, at the highest state level. If that is how it is being presented. And I ask myself, who needs it?” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused Ukraine of launching an attack on the presidential residence in the Novgorod region with 91 drones. Lavrov said all drones involved in the attack were intercepted by air defenses. The foreign minister stated that Russia does …
Overnight Russian Air Attacks On Odesa Injure Civilians
Firefighters in Odesa rescued residents of apartment blocks hit by Russian drones on December 31, responding to attacks that injured at least six people, including three children. Ukrainian regional authorities called the massive overnight strikes a deliberate attack on civilian infrastructure. Energy provider DTEK said the strikes overnight targeted two of its energy facilities in the Odesa region, causing extensive damage.
On Wednesday, the Ukrainian authorities announced that Russian strikes in the night had caused six injuries, including three children, in Odessa, the southern city of the country.
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