A top Ukrainian sea-drone commander says more complex attacks on Russian forces are expected next year as Kyiv’s uncrewed fleet continues to restrict the once-dominant Black Sea navy.

Ukrainian drone attack in southwestern Russia killed two people as parts of Ukraine went without power after Russian assaults on energy sites hours before peace talks were to restart in Germany.

Ukraine’s cheap, effective drones boost defense and exports, but extensive politicization and complex bureaucracy risk slowing production at a critical moment.

Several regions of Ukraine have endured a night of Russian drone and missile attacks targeting energy infrastructure, with the interior ministry reporting more than a million households without power.

During the night of December 14, Russia attacked Ukraine using an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 138 drones. Air defense forces managed to shoot down 110 enemy UAVs, according to the Telegram channel of the Ukrainian Air Force.

Dec 8 (Reuters) - At least seven people were injured when Russian drones struck an apartment block in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Okhtyrka in the Sumy region, Governor Oleh Hryhorov said on Monday.

Ukrainian special operators described to Business Insider how they came under Russian fire driving buggies near the front lines.

Russia is pushing to take over all of eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, where one resident tells NPR that she feels her "life depends on how our guys at the front hold on."

KYIV, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Ukraine's southern port city of Odesa and the surrounding region suffered major blackouts on Saturday after a large overnight Russian attack on the power grid that left more than a million households without power.