On December 25, the Air Force intercepted 113 out of 184 missiles and drones launched by Russia.

On the night of December 25, 2024, Russian occupation forces launched a large-scale combined strike on Ukraine's fuel and energy sector facilities. For the attack, the enemy utilized various types of missiles - air-launched, ground-launched, and sea-launched, as well as strike drones of the "Shahed" type and decoy drones of other types. This was reported by the Ukrainian Air Force.

The radio-technical troops of the Ukrainian Air Forces detected and tracked 184 enemy aerial targets. Among them:

• 2 ballistic missiles KN-23 (launched from the Voronezh region of the Russian Federation);
• 10 surface-to-air guided missiles S-300/S-400 (launched from the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation);
• 12 cruise missiles "Kalibr" (from the Black Sea area);
• 50 cruise missiles X-101/X-55SM (launched from the Volgograd region and the Caspian Sea);
• 4 guided air-to-surface missiles X-59/X-69 (launched from the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation);
• 106 strike UAVs "Shahed" and decoy drones (launched from areas around Bryansk, Millerovo, Orel, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk).

Anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare assets, and mobile fire groups of the Air Forces and Defense Forces of Ukraine were engaged to repel the aerial assault.

According to preliminary data, as of 12:00, 113 aerial targets have been shot down:

• 55 cruise missiles X-101, X-55SM, "Kalibr";
• 4 guided air-to-surface missiles X-59/X-69;
• 54 strike UAVs "Shahed" and various types of decoy drones.

Another 52 UAVs did not reach their targets as they were lost locally.

The enemy attacked energy infrastructure facilities in several regions of Ukraine, particularly in:

• Kharkiv region;
• Kyiv region;
• Dnipropetrovsk region;
• Poltava region;
• Zhytomyr region;
• Ivano-Frankivsk region;
• Zaporizhzhia.

Unfortunately, damage to energy facilities has been recorded. Information regarding the extent of the destruction and possible casualties is being clarified.

It is worth noting that Moldova confirmed the violation of its airspace by a Russian missile, while Romania denies it. Moldovan President Maia Sandu confirmed that during the attack on Ukraine on December 25, a Russian missile breached her country's airspace, whereas Romania rejects the claim that its territory was crossed by the missile.