Russian drone and missile strikes kill at least five across Ukraine

At least five people died as Russian drones hit homes in Kharkiv, Odesa and the Donetsk region, with more casualties and damage reported across Ukraine overnight. The mother and child died when a drone struck a residential area in Bohodukhiv, about 60 kilometres northwest of Kharkiv city. A separate drone strike on the southern port city of Odesa killed a 35-year-old man. In the eastern Donetsk region, Russian strikes killed one in Kramatorsk and another in Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka. Further attacks in the central Dnipropetrovsk region injured nine people. Russia launched 11 Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 149 drones at Ukraine overnight. Ukrainian air defences intercepted 116 drones, while at least 23 drones and several missiles struck 15 locations across the country. The attacks come as Russia continues its winter campaign targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure and residential areas, despite ongoing US-brokered peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow.