Russia launched a New Year's Day drone strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Wednesday, killing two people, wounding at least six others and damaging buildings in two districts, authorities said.

Russia is demanding the United Nations condemn Kyiv following an alleged drone attack that it claims killed a journalist working for a Russian outlet and injured several others.

In the strikes near Cape Tarkhankut on Crimea’s west coast on Tuesday, a Magura V5 maritime drone equipped with missiles hit a Russian Mi-8 helicopter, Ukraine’s GUR spy agency said. The GUR said it was the first time a Ukrainian naval drone had downed an air target. There was no comment from Russia.

A Ukrainian sea drone has destroyed a Russian helicopter off the coast of Crimea for the first time. Footage of the attack shared by HUR, Kyiv’s military intelligence, showed the drone bobbing on the seas as the aircraft manoeuvred in the skies above. Plumes of water splashed up next to the Magura V5 drone as Russian fire hit the sea around it.

Russia launched doxens of drones against cities and towns in southern and eastern Ukraine overnight killing three people and injuring at least 23, Ukrainian authorities said.

Russia uses its "shadow fleet" to evade sanctions on its energy exports. This murky network of vessels uses deceptive tactics to move around.

Russia launched 38 Shahed drones into Ukraine. The air defense shot down 28 Russian drones, according to the Ukrainian Air Force. From 7:30 p.m. on January 6 to 9 a.m. Kyiv time on January 7, Russia attacked with 38 Shahed-type attack drones and various types of imitator drones from the directions of Millerovo,

The Russians attacked Ukraine with 38 Shahed attack UAVs and various types of decoy drones on the night of 6-7 January. Ukraine's air defence systems shot down 28 drones, and another 10 Russian decoy drones disappeared from radar.

In the early hours of January 1, 2025, Russia conducted a drone attack on central Kyiv, leading to the deaths of two individuals and injuries to at least six others. The assault caused significant damage to residential buildings in the Pecherskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts.