LONDON – Russia attacked targets across Ukraine overnight with 241 drones and five missiles, striking energy infrastructure and killing two civilians, according to Ukraine’s air force and government officials.
About 175 drones and four missiles were shot down, jammed or otherwise destroyed, the air force said. Sixty-five drones hit targets at 14 locations, the air force said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the targets were “peaceful Ukrainian cities and communities.” Attacks of this type occur “almost every day and night,” he said.
PHOTO: This photograph taken and released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine on December 7, 2025 shows firefighters working to extinguish a fire following a Russian in the Poltava region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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“The main targets of these attacks are the infrastructures that maintain daily life,” Zelenskyy. saying on social media on Sunday.
At least two civilians, one in Donetsk and another in Novhorod-Siverskyi in the Chernihiv region, were killed in the Russian strikes, Ukrainian officials said. However, the main target of the attacks was the industrial city of Kremenchuk, where some energy infrastructures were attacked.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during joint press statements with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi after their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on December 5, 2025.
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“Repair work began immediately after the attack and continues continuously,” Volodymyr Kohut, acting governor of the Poltava region, said in Ukrainian in a message posted on the Telegram messaging app.
Due to the attacks in the region, the power supply situation remains “complicated” and the stability of heat and water supply is affected, he said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gestures as he speaks while participating in a joint news conference with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin in Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday, December 2, 2025.
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The city of Fastiv in the kyiv region was also attacked by drones for the second time in one day.
Zelenskyy said on social media on Sunday that this week alone, Russia launched more than 1,600 attack drones and around 1,200 guided aerial bombs, its main targets being infrastructure that keeps everyday life alive.
This photo taken and released by Ukraine’s State Emergency Service on December 7, 2025 shows firefighters working to extinguish a fire following Russian drone and missile attacks on industrial and energy infrastructure in the Poltava region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Zelenskyy also attempted to reiterate Ukraine’s need for more air and missile defense systems.
“The priority is clear: more air and missile defense systems, and more support for our defenders,” the president said. “Each agreement must be implemented more quickly. I thank everyone who works to support Ukraine.”
ABC News’ Fidel Pavlenko, Natalia Kushnir and Nataliia Popova contributed to this report.
