These are the key developments from day 1,384 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Published On 9 Dec 20259 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareHere’s where things stand on Tuesday, December 9:Fighting
Russian forces killed four people in attacks on Ukraine’s Donetsk, and wounded 12 others in the Sumy region, according to Ukrainian officials. The city of Sumy was without power late on Monday after Russian forces launched more than a dozen drones in the span of half an hour.
Earlier on Monday, Sumy regional authorities said Russia had launched 130 attacks on the region in one day.
The death toll from Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv on Sunday rose to five, officials said, after a second person died in the Staryi Saltiv settlement.
Ukrainian forces launched drone attacks on Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia, knocking out power to nearly 12,000 people, according to Moscow-installed official Yevhen Balitsky. He said late on Monday that some 8,000 people remained without electricity.
Ukrainian monitoring site DeepState reported Russian gains near the embattled town of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, saying Russian troops have seized Lysivka, Sukhyi Yar, Hnativka, Rih and Novopavlivka, and advanced in the towns of Siversk and Myrnohrad.
In Russia, several regions in the southern and western parts of the country issued warnings about possible drone attacks early on Tuesday, while airports in Vladikavkaz, Grozny, Magas and Mozdok suspended operations over safety concerns.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence claimed that Moscow troops had seized the Ukrainian villages of Novodanilovka in the Zaporizhia region and Chervone in the Donetsk region, according to the TASS news agency.
The ministry also said Russian forces shot down 171 Ukrainian drones in a day, TASS reported.
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