Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Ukraine overnight on December 4 to 5.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 137 Shahed-type, Gerbera-type, and other strike drones, of which about 90 were Shaheds, from the directions of Kursk and Oryol cities; Millerovo, Rostov Oblast, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai, and occupied Cape Chauda, Crimea.[95] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed 80 Russian drones and that 57 drones struck 13 locations in Ukraine. The Ukrainian State Emergency Service reported that Russian drones struck an unspecified facility in Kharkiv City.[96] Ukrainian state electricity transmission operator Ukrenergo reported that Ukraine is implementing energy restrictions and rolling blackouts on December 5 and 6 due to Russian strikes.[97]
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Overnight, Russia launched 137 attack drones including nearly 90 Shaheds from multiple directions. Ukraine’s air defenses, EW units, and mobile groups downed or jammed 80 of them. Still, 57 drones hit 13 locations across the country.
Ukrainian forces continue to strike Russian oil and defense industrial base (DIB) infrastructure. The Ukrainian General Staff reported on December 5 that Ukrainian forces struck an unspecified facility and caused a fire at the Temyruk seaport in Krasnodar Krai, which houses liquified natural gas (LNG) infrastructure, ships, and other cargo.[13] The Ukrainian General Staff noted that the battle damage assessment (BDA) is ongoing. A Krasnodar Krai government source reported on December 5 that a Ukrainian drone strike damaged port infrastructure in Temyruk and caused a fire covering an area of 1,350 square kilometers.[14] The Ukraine General Staff also reported that Ukrainian strikes damaged an installation and caused a fire at the Syzran Oil Refinery in Samara Oblast, which has an annual processing capacity of seven to 8.9 million tons of oil.[15] Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) Commander Major Robert “Magyar” Brovdi reported that Ukrainian forces also struck the Balashovskaya electrical substation in Volgograd Oblast.[16]
The Ukrainian General Staff confirmed on December 4 that Ukrainian forces struck the Nevinnomyssk Azot Chemical Plant in Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Krai on the night of December 3 to 4.[17] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that the Nevinnomyssk Azot Chemical Plant is a critical part of the Russian DIB with a production capacity of over one million tons of ammonia and up to 1.4 million tons of ammonium nitrate per year — making the plant a key supplier of basic components for explosives and ammunition products for the Russian military. The Ukrainian General Staff reported on December 5 that a recent Ukrainian strike against Saratov Oil Refinery, Saratov Oblast, likely referring to a strike overnight on November 27 to 28, damaged the refinery’s ELOU-AVT-6 primary oil purification unit.[18] The Ukrainian General Staff noted that Ukrainian strikes forced the Saratov Oil Refinery to suspend crude oil processing as of December 2025 and that the refinery is operating at under 50 percent of its capacity.
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Available open-source information indicates that Russian forces have not encircled Ukrainian forces in Myrnohrad as of December 5 as Russian forces continue efforts to complete the encirclement of the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad pocket. Geolocated footage published on December 4 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced north and southeast of Myrnohrad (east of Pokrovsk.[5] Additional geolocated footage published on December 4 indicates that Russian forces also infiltrated into positions in northwestern Pokrovsk.[6] These geolocations are not yet dispositive that Russian forces have achieved a complete land encirclement of Ukrainian forces in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad pocket, however. Commander of the Ukrainian 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Air Assault Forces, Commander Brigadier General Yevhen Lasiychuk, reported on December 5 that Russian forces have not encircled the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad pocket and that Ukrainian forces hold northern Pokrovsk and maintain positions in central Pokrovsk.[7] Lasiychuk noted that Russian forces are avoiding urban warfare and are instead attempting to bypass Pokrovsk from its flanks. ISW continues to assess that Russian forces will very likely complete the seizure of Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad after a 21-month campaign, though the timing and operational implications of these seizures remain unclear at this time.[8] Although ISW has not observed visual evidence or official Ukrainian reports to assess that Russian forces have encircled Ukrainian forces in Myrnohrad, the situation is likely extremely difficult, and Russian forces very likely can disrupt narrow Ukrainian exfiltration routes and ground lines of communication (GLOCs) with artillery and drones.
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- US and Ukrainian officials continued peace talks to end the war in Ukraine in Miami, Florida on December 4 and 5.
- Available open-source information indicates that Russian forces have not encircled Ukrainian forces in Myrnohrad as of December 5 as Russian forces continue efforts to complete the encirclement of the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad pocket.
- Russian forces are attempting to completely deny Ukrainian tactical- and operational-level logistics to the Pokrovsk direction using drones to achieve effects of battlefield air interdiction (BAI).
- Ukrainian forces continue to strike Russian oil and defense industrial base (DIB) infrastructure.
- Five unidentified drones flew over a major French nuclear submarine base on the evening of December 4 amid increasing reports of drones flying over European military infrastructure.
- Russian forces committed a war crime in the Siversk direction.
- Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Novopavlivka. Russian forces recently advanced near Borova and Pokrovsk.
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**General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine**
*Operational information as of 22:00 on November 5, 2025, regarding the Russian invasion*
In total, there have been 180 combat engagements since the beginning of this day. Ukrainian defenders are resolutely repelling the enemy's attempts to advance deeper into our territory, inflicting fire damage on them.
Today, Russian troops carried out 48 air strikes, dropping 123 guided bombs. In addition, they deployed 4,808 kamikaze drones and carried out 4,114 shelling attacks on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
- - In the North-Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, Ukrainian soldiers repelled the occupiers' assault. In addition, the enemy carried out two air strikes, dropping five guided bombs, and carried out 154 shelling attacks on the positions of our troops and populated areas, including two from multiple launch rocket systems.
- - In the South Slobozhanskyi direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our units five times in the areas of Vovchansk, Prylipka, Odradne, and in the direction of Izbytske and Lyman. One combat engagement is still ongoing.
- - In the Kupiansk direction, the aggressor carried out offensive actions in the areas of the settlements of Stepova Novoselivka, Pishchane, and towards Hlushevka. Ukrainian defenders stopped five enemy attacks.
- - In the Lyman direction, Russian invaders attacked the positions of the Defense Forces 19 times near the settlements of Novovodyane, Novoyegorivka, Zarichne, Derylove, and Kolodyazi. Fighting continues in three locations.
- - Ukrainian defenders repelled eight enemy assaults in the Sloviansk direction – the occupiers attempted to advance near Dronivka, Serebryanka, and towards Siversk.
- - Our defenders repelled two enemy attacks near the settlements of Novomarkove and Vasyukivka, in the Kramatorsk direction.
- - In the Kostyantynivka direction, the Russians launched 25 attacks on the positions of Ukrainian units in the areas of the settlements of Oleksandro-Shultyne, Shcherbinivka, Kleban-Byk, Pleshchiivka, Yablunivka, and Rusyn Yar.
- - In the Pokrovsk direction, since the beginning of the day, the occupiers have attempted to advance on the positions of Ukrainian units 48 times. The enemy attacked in the areas of the settlements of Mayak, Volodymyrivka, Rodynske, Chervonyi Lyman, Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novoserhiivka, Molodetske, Kotlyarivka, Yalta, and Dachne. In some locations, fighting continues to this day.
According to preliminary data, a total of 106 occupiers were neutralized in this direction today, 58 of them irrevocably. Ukrainian soldiers also destroyed a vehicle, 31 UAVs, a UAV control point, six relay antennas, and damaged three vehicles, an artillery system, and 21 shelters for enemy personnel.
- - In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy made 14 attempts to break through the defenses of our defenders in the areas of the settlements of Oleksandrivka, Sosnivka, Yegorivka, Pryvilne, Rybne, and Krasnohirsk. Fighting continues in seven locations.
- - Seven combat clashes were recorded in the Huliaipole direction in the areas of the settlements of Solodke, Dobropillia, and Huliaipole.
- - Four combat clashes took place in the Orikhiv direction—the enemy attempted to advance near the settlement of Stepnogorsk and towards Primorske.
- - In the Prydniprovsk direction, Ukrainian units stopped six enemy attacks.
- - In the rest of the directions, there were no significant changes.
Glory to the Ukrainian defenders!
Glory to Ukraine!
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The December 4 drone sightings are part of a newly observed pattern of aerial incursions into NATO airspace, possibly with the purpose of reconnoitering known European military bases and defense infrastructure.[22] ISW continues to assess that Russia is increasingly engaging in covert and overt attacks against Europe and that ongoing Russian and suspected Russian airspace violations are likely part of Russia’s “Phase Zero” effort — Russia’s broader informational and psychological condition-setting effort that aims to prepare for a possible NATO-Russia war in the future.[23]
