In Sumy, a Russian drone struck a multi-story residential building on Saturday evening, Dec. 13, according to acting Mayor Artem Kobzar.
In a Telegram post, Kobzar said the drone hit an apartment block in the Zarichny district at around 9.30 p.m. Preliminary reports indicate there were no casualties.
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“More than 100 windows were damaged, about 40 of them in private apartments. All relevant services are working at the scene,” he wrote, publishing photos of the damaged building.
Later, at around 12.30 a.m., eyewitnesses in Sumy reported another explosion.
On Saturday evening, Russian forces also attacked civilian infrastructure in the Dnipropetrovsk region, acting regional military administration head Vladyslav Haivanenko reported.
A missile strike damaged a restaurant in the Mezhyritsky community of the Pavlohrad district, causing significant destruction to the premises.
Russian troops also targeted the Nikopol district with FPV drones and artillery fire. The district center, as well as the Marhanetska and Pokrovska communities, were affected.
As a result of the attacks in the Nikopol district, a fire broke out, completely destroying a private house. Two more houses, an outbuilding, several cars, and a power line were damaged. Updated information later confirmed additional damage to two houses and an outbuilding.
Russia also struck the Chernihiv region on Saturday, according to the State Emergency Service (DSNS).
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In the city of Semenivka, a drone strike caused a fire at a gas station, which rescuers quickly extinguished. Later, another strike hit a residential house. The homeowner suffered burns, while her 14-year-old son experienced an acute stress reaction. The fire was extinguished.
In the Koryukivka district, Russian forces attacked the district administration building with four strike drones. No casualties were reported.
According to the Air Force of Ukraine, between 7 p.m. on Dec. 13 and the morning of Dec. 14, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with one Iskander-M ballistic missile and 138 Shahed, Gerbera, and other types of drones, about 85 of them Shahed.
The air attack was repelled by aviation units, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, as well as mobile fire groups of Ukraine’s Defense Forces.
According to preliminary data, as of 8.30 a.m., air defenses shot down or suppressed 110 Russian Shahed, Gerbera, and other drones over northern, southern, and eastern regions of the country.
The missile and 10 strike drones were recorded hitting six locations.
Russian forces carried out one of their largest attacks in recent months early in the morning on Dec. 13, launching more than 450 attack drones and around 30 missiles at Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
The strikes primarily targeted energy and industrial infrastructure, especially in southern regions and Odesa. Two people were wounded in Odesa, while more than a dozen civilian sites were damaged nationwide.
The attacks left thousands of families without electricity in Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Chernihiv regions, with additional strikes reported in Dnipropetrovsk and Cherkasy.
In Odesa, all traction substations were knocked out, halting tram and trolleybus services, while large parts of the city were left without heating and water. Neighboring Mykolaiv also suffered widespread power outages and damage to critical infrastructure.
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