Russia launched a major drone attack on Kyiv overnight on December 22, injuring two civilians in its sixth such drone attack on Kyiv in December. Ukrainian air defences shot down 24 of the 28 drones launched over the centre, south and west of the country, its air force said. A German opposition leader said military-age Ukrainian men who do not return to fight against Russia should be stripped of their benefits as refugees. The Wall Street Journal reported that the Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev ordered Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s assassination. The US is making efforts to confiscate around $300 billion worth of Russian assets frozen in the West to fund Ukraine, as per the New York Times.