Overview
- Ukraine reports a coordinated strike using roughly 300 drones, 18 ballistic missiles and seven cruise missiles aimed at energy infrastructure.
- Several hundred thousand households in the Kyiv region lost power, with repair crews working where security allows and heated tents and generators set up for residents.
- Energy company DTEK says a thermal power plant was hit overnight and suffered heavy damage during deep-freeze conditions.
- In Kharkiv, officials report four dead and six injured, and regional prosecutors accuse Russia of a “double strike” that targeted rescuers after the initial blast.
- Russia frames the barrage as a response to Ukrainian attacks, while a U.S. envoy at the UN denounces recent missile use as a dangerous escalation.