A building set ablaze by Russian strikes on the Odesa region in southern Ukraine, December 20, 2025

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UPDATE 0644 GMT:

President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced initiatives for export of Ukrainian weapons.

Zelensky said Kyiv will open 10 export centers in Europe, including in Baltic and Northern European countries, in 2026. He added:

In mid-February, we will see the production of our drones in Germany. I will receive the first drone. This is a fully operational production line. In the UK, similar production lines are already running. These are all Ukrainian technologies.

ORIGINAL ENTRY: At least three civilians have been murdered, including a woman and a boy, and two injured in Russia’s latest drone attacks on Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv and on the port city of Odesa.

In Kharkiv in the northeast of the country, emergency services recovered the bodies of a woman and a 10-year-old boy. Three other people were injured.

In Odesa, a 35-year-old man was killed. The wounded included a 19-year-old woman.

Local officials in the port city reported strikes on residential infrastructure in the assault, which began just after 12:30 a.m. At least 21 apartments and a gas pipeline were damaged. A fire broke out in a multi-story residential building, and cars were set ablaze.

Russian forces also targeted Kyiv in an apparent ballistic missile attack which began around 5:30 pm. Warnings were lifted four hours later.

At least one district lost power, but no information was given about targets that were struck.

In his nightly address to the nation, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated his calls for missiles for air defense, citing the strikes on Kyiv.

“No country in the world should be left alone and without assistance under such strikes,” he explained.