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What happened on 5 December 2022 in the war?
Summary
A look back at a day of drone attacks on Russian air bases and fresh missile strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure.
What did the war look like on 5 December 2022? The reports from that day describe attacks in both directions, reaching well beyond the front line.
Russia said a long-range drone attack hit its Dyagilevo Air Base and Engels-2 Air Base. According to Russia, three servicemen were killed, four others were injured and two aircraft were damaged. The reports from that day describe the incident as part of a series of attacks in western Russia.
On the same day, Russian forces launched another wave of cruise missile strikes on Ukraine. Homes were destroyed and two people were killed in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Damage to critical infrastructure caused power outages in many other areas of the country.
Two fronts, one day
The two events were separate, but they appeared together in the day's record. One showed Russian territory being reached by long-range drones, according to Moscow's own account. The other showed the continuing pattern of Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure, with the consequences felt by civilians through lost homes, lost lives and lost power.
