Russia conducted a new wave of missile and drone attacks on Ukraine on Saturday morning, triggering power outages in multiple regions and disrupting railway traffic, local media and officials report. The Russian Defense Ministry has yet to comment.
Nikolay Kalashnik, the head of the Kiev regional administration, said three people were injured across several settlements in what he described as a “massive” strike. Ukraine’s state railway operator, Ukrzaliznytsya, said it rerouted trains following an attack on rail infrastructure in Fastov, around 70km southwest of the Ukrainian capital.
In Novye Petrovtsi, a village north of Kiev, a 5,500-square-meter warehouse building caught fire after debris from a downed drone fell onto the facility, officials said.
In Chernigov, a city near the Russian border, officials said a strike hit critical infrastructure, without providing further details.
Ukrainian outlet Strana.ua reported that parts of Dnepr in central Ukraine lost electricity, adding that blackouts also affected Kiev Region. Other media reports said Lviv also experienced power outages, with images circulating on social media showing black smoke rising over Lutsk, an industrial center near the Polish border. In Lutsk, the mayor reported a fire at a food supply depot.
The mayor of Zelenodolsk – a city near Krivoy Rog that hosts the Krivorozhskaya Thermal Power Plant – also reported ballistic missile strikes, without elaborating on the extent of the damage.
Later, Ukraine’s Energy Ministry confirmed that the strikes targeted energy infrastructure, reporting blackouts in Odessa, Chernigov, Kiev, Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, and Nikolaev Regions, adding that “hourly outage schedules are currently in effect in all regions of Ukraine.”
The overnight barrage followed a Ukrainian drone strike on a high-rise business center in Grozny. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov condemned the attack, vowing that “the Ukrainian fascists will feel our tough response.”
“But we, unlike them, will not carry out cowardly strikes on civilian sites. Our attacks will be directed at the military terrorist facilities of the Ukrainian Nazis,” he stressed.
Russia has conducted strikes on military-related Ukrainian infrastructure for months, saying the attacks are retaliation for Kiev’s “terrorist” raids into Russia which often target critical infrastructure and residential areas. Moscow maintains that it never targets civilians.
Ukrainians mob vehicle to free draft squad victims - Video
Ukrainian citizens rallied to rescue people from a conscription squad that was trying to force young males into a minibus, a video circulating on social media over the weekend on Saturday shows.
Reportedly filmed in the city of Odessa, the footage depicts a crowd throwing tires at and smashing the windows of a vehicle ostensibly belonging to the mobile conscription unit. In the clip, passersby can be heard saying, “The people have had enough!” and appears to show young men being pulled out through the shattered windows.
In response to a conscription officer’s objections, people shouted back that he should go to the front himself.
The video is the latest in a series of clips that have emerged online showing Ukrainian males being violently snatched from the streets by draft officers as Kiev experiences military setbacks and manpower shortages at the front. The term ‘busification’ has become widespread in the country, in reference to the minibuses used to transport involuntary recruits.
Жители Одессы пришли спасать тех, кого пытались мобилизовать Люди толпой накинулись на машину военкомов, ломом били окна и вытаскивали людей. В ответ на возмущение сотрудника ТЦК стали говорить, чтобы он сам шёл на фронт. pic.twitter.com/LPKissP3eU
— Советский, злой, твой (@ussrlife) December 6, 2025
There have also been reports of injuries, torture, and deaths among those subject to forced mobilization, fueling public outrage and sparking protests. In October, the Ukrainian authorities urged people not to film or share videos of press gangs forcibly detaining men.
The exodus from Kiev’s armed forces is mounting. More than 21,000 soldiers deserted without leave in September alone – the highest monthly total since the start of the Ukraine conflict. According to a report by BBC Ukraine in October, this marked the largest single-month spike, based on the most recent data from the Prosecutor General’s Office.
In July, the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights, Michael O’Flaherty, sounded the alarm over “systematic and widespread” abuse by Ukrainian draft enforcers, urging the authorities in Kiev to properly investigate the incidents and prevent further human rights violations.
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