Energy outages and 12 civilian deaths reported across Ukraine amid Russia’s strikes (MAP)
Last night, Russian long-range drones again struck Ukraine’s power grid and residential areas. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russian forces launched 149 drones, of which 131 were intercepted. In addition to these attacks, Russian short-range drones, artillery, and other strikes killed at least 12 civilians and injured dozens more across multiple oblasts, local authorities reported.
Sumy Oblast
Russian drones hit a nine-story apartment building in Okhtyrka around 11:30 p.m. on 7 December, causing a fire and injuring seven people. Two were hospitalized and five received outpatient care. Firefighters extinguished the blaze, and emergency crews continued demolition of damaged structures the next day.
The oblast authorities reported five more civilians injured in shelling across other communities, including a 12-year-old child.
Chernihiv
Around 2:40 a.m., a Russian drone exploded near an apartment building in central Chernihiv, injuring three civilians and damaging nearby structures. A gas pipeline caught fire at the site, which was extinguished by morning. The blast also damaged a kindergarten, stores, public buildings, and vehicles. Authorities classified the attack under war crimes investigations.
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Local authorities reported that the Russian forces struck Dnipro city and surrounding districts with drones. One person was killed and five injured, including teenagers aged 13 and 14. Residential buildings, one-family homes, an art school, and a farming enterprise were damaged.
In the Hrusivska community, an FPV drone fatally wounded a 51-year-old man. Four people, including a 14-year-old, were injured in Mezhyrichka. Artillery and drones also struck Nikopol, injuring a 13-year-old girl and damaging apartment buildings and other civilian structures, according to the regional administration.
Kherson Oblast
This morning, Russian shelling killed an 87-year-old woman and injured a 78-year-old man and a 45-year-old man in Kherson city. The attacks damaged several multi-story buildings.
Elsewhere in the oblast, two more people were injured, and damage was reported to a post office, gas station, and eleven homes.
Air defenses intercepted seven Shahed drones over the oblast overnight, according to the regional authorities.
Donetsk Oblast
The Russian attacks killed four civilians and injured three on 7 December in Druzhkivka, Kostiantynivka, and Lyman, the regional administration reported. The attacks also damaged power infrastructure, leaving large parts of the oblast without electricity, according to the power grid operator Ukrenergo.
Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Russian strikes hit 20 settlements in the oblast over the past day, with officials reporting six people injured.
About 13:00 today, the authorities reported a Russian attack on the "industrial infrastructure" in the regional capital and on "one of the oblast's settlements." A later update stated that this attack injured at least six people.
Kharkiv Oblast
The regional administration said Kharkiv Oblast suffered five civilian deaths and eleven injuries across ten settlements. Victims included elderly civilians and working-age men and women. One of the injured was a 27-year-old who was hurt by an explosion of an unknown device in a forested area.
Energy situation
Ukrenergo reported that Chernihiv and Donetsk oblasts faced the most difficult situation in the power grid following the Russian attacks. According to Ukrenergo CEO Vitalii Zaichenko, Russian forces targeted energy facilities in Poltava, Chernihiv, and Donetsk oblasts last night.
The Energy Ministry confirmed that Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, and Chernihiv oblasts experienced outages, and that scheduled power cuts remain in effect nationwide. Businesses and industrial consumers are also under consumption limits.
Ukrainian Air Force report
The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia launched 149 long-range drones, including the Shahed kamikaze drones and Gerbera decoy UAVs, from three directions. About 90 were Shahed-type drones. Ukrainian air defense forces, including aviation and mobile fire groups, downed or suppressed 131 drones.
16 drones struck targets in 11 locations, with drone debris falling in four others. The attack was ongoing as of 9:00 a.m. with more drones detected in Ukrainian airspace.
