At least one person was killed and 17 injured in Russian bombardment of Ukrainian provinces countrywide overnight from Sumy in the northeast to Khmelnytskyi in the southwest.

The number of kamikaze drones Russia can use to attack Ukraine may vary from month to month but will exceed 1,500, according to the UK Ministry of Defence. As noted in the briefing, in December 2024,

Fiber-optic drones popped up on the battlefields of Ukraine last year, and are set to become more popular on both sides in 2025.

Ukraine claimed Saturday to have struck one of Russia’s largest oil refineries in a drone attack, starting a fire at the facility more than 700 miles into Russian territory.

Ukrainian drones reportedly hit an oil depot on January 8 at the industrial plant in the city of Engels which ignited a huge blaze in which two firefighters died, and prompted Mr Busargin to declare a state of emergency.

Authorities in Russia's Saratov Oblast have claimed that a fuel fire at the Engels oil depot has been brought under control on the fifth day following a drone attack. Source: Current Time TV, a Russian-language Radio Liberty project Details: The fire at the oil depot,

The oil depot in Engels, Saratov region, Russia, attacked by Ukrainian forces, continues to burn. The fire has been ongoing for the fifth day, according to the governor of the Saratov region, Roman Busargin.