dailynewsnblog
LONDON — Russia overnight attacked targets across Ukraine with 241 drones and five missiles, striking energy infrastructure and killing two civilians, according to Ukraine’s air force and government officials.
About 175 of the drones and four of the missiles were shot down, jammed or otherwise destroyed, the air force said. Sixty-five drones hit targets in 14 locations, the air force said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the targets were “peaceful Ukrainian cities and communities.” Such attacks are happening “almost every day and every night,” he said.
PHOTO: This handout picture taken and released by Ukrainian State Emergency Service on Dec. 7, 2025 shows firefighters working to extinguish a fire following a Russian in the Poltava region, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
Ukrainian State Emergency Service via AFP via Getty Images
“The primary targets of these strikes are infrastructure that keeps everyday life going,” Zelenskyy said on social media on Sunday.
At least two civilians — one in Donetsk and one in Novhorod-Siverskyi in the Chernihiv region — were killed in the Russian attacks, Ukrainian officials said. The major target of the attacks, however, was the industrial city of Kremenchuk, where some energy infrastructure was targeted.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin speaks during joint press statements with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi after their meeting at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Dec. 5, 2025.
Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images
“Repair work began immediately after the attack and continue continuously,” Volodymyr Kohut, the acting governor of the Poltava region, said in Ukrainian in a message posted to the Telegram messaging app.
Due to the attacks on the region, the situation with electricity supply remains “complicated,” and the stability of heat and water supply is affected, he said.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, gestures while speaking as he takes part in a joint press conference with the Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin in Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025.
Peter Morrison/AP
The city of Fastiv in the Kyiv region also came under drone attack for the second time in a day.
Zelenskyy said on social media on Sunday that, this week alone, Russia launched over 1,600 attack drones and around 1,200 guided aerial bombs, with the primary targets of them being infrastructure that keeps everyday life going.
This handout picture taken and released by Ukrainian State Emergency Service on Dec. 7, 2025 shows firefighters working to extinguish a fire following a Russian drone and missile attacks to industrial and energy infrastructures in the Poltava region, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
Ukrainian State Emergency Service via AFP via Getty Images
Zelenskyy also sought to reiterate Ukraine’s need for more air defence system and missiles.
“The priority is clear: more air defense systems and missiles, and more support for our defenders,” the president said. “Every agreement must be implemented faster. I thank everyone who is working to support Ukraine.”
ABC News’ Fidel Pavlenko, Natalya Kushnir and Nataliia Popova contributed to this report.
