Russia significantly increased the number of attacks on Ukraine's critical infrastructure. The air defense forces managed to destroy over 1,300 missiles of various types, 11,200 strike drones, and 3,200 reconnaissance drones,

Ukraine shot down 21 Russian attack drones overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Dec. 30. According to the report, Russia launched a total of 43 drones from its Krasnodar Krai region. The Air Force said it also lost track of the 22 decoy drones that Russia launched alongside the attack ones.

Ukraine’s air force reported a ballistic missile threat at 3am local time, with at least two explosions heard in Kyiv minutes later

Kyiv faces relentless missile and drone strikes amid widespread infrastructure damage, while Ukraine claims a historic strike on a Russian helicopter with a naval drone.