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Russia unleashed a large rocket and drone barrage connected Ukraine overnight into Saturday, aft US and Ukrainian officials said they'll conscionable connected Saturday (December 6, 2025) for a 3rd time of talks aimed astatine ending the astir 4-year-old war.
Russia utilized 653 drones and 51 missiles successful the wide-reaching attack, which triggered aerial raid alerts crossed the state and came arsenic Ukraine marked Armed Forces Day, the country's aerial unit said Saturday morning.
Ukrainian forces changeable down and neutralised 585 drones and 30 missiles, the aerial unit said, adding that 29 locations were struck.
At slightest 8 radical were wounded successful the attacks, Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko said.
Among these, astatine slightest 3 radical were wounded successful the Kyiv region, according to section officials. Drone sightings were reported arsenic acold westbound arsenic Ukraine's Lviv region.
Russia carried retired a “massive missile-drone attack” connected powerfulness stations and different vigor infrastructure successful respective Ukrainian regions, Ukraine's nationalist vigor operator, Ukrenergo, wrote connected Telegram.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that energy facilities were the main targets of the attacks, besides noting that a drone onslaught had “burned down” the bid presumption successful the metropolis of Fastiv, located successful the Kyiv region.
Russia's Ministry of Defence said its aerial defences had changeable down 116 Ukrainian drones implicit Russian territory overnight into Saturday.
Russian Telegram quality transmission Astra said Ukraine struck Russia's Ryazan Oil Refinery, sharing footage appearing to amusement a occurrence breaking retired and plumes of fume rising supra the refinery. The Associated Press could not independently verify the video.
Ukraine did not instantly remark connected the alleged attack. Ryazan determination Gov. Pavel Malkov said a residential gathering had been damaged successful a drone onslaught and that drone debris had fallen connected the grounds of an “industrial facility,” but did not notation the refinery.
Months of Ukrainian long-range drone strikes connected Russian refineries person aimed to deprive Moscow of the lipid export gross it needs to prosecute the war. Meanwhile, Kyiv and its occidental allies accidental Russia is trying to cripple the Ukrainian powerfulness grid and contradict civilians entree to heat, airy and moving h2o for a 4th consecutive winter, successful what Ukrainian officials telephone “weaponising” the cold.
The latest circular of attacks came arsenic U.S. President Donald Trump's advisers and Ukrainian officials said they'll conscionable for a 3rd time of talks connected Saturday, aft making advancement connected uncovering statement connected a information model for postwar Ukraine.
Following Friday's talks, the 2 sides besides offered the sober appraisal that immoderate “real advancement toward immoderate agreement” yet volition beryllium “on Russia's readiness to amusement superior committedness to semipermanent peace.” The connection from U.S. peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff, Mr. Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner arsenic good arsenic Ukrainian negotiators Rustem Umerov and Andriy Hnatov came aft they met for a 2nd time successful Florida connected Friday. They offered lone wide brushstrokes astir the advancement they accidental has been made arsenic Trump pushes Kyiv and Moscow to hold to a US-mediated connection to extremity astir 4 years of war.
