Overview
- - Ukraine reported a combined attack overnight using a Zircon anti-ship missile, 18 ballistic and 15 cruise missiles, and roughly 339 strike drones, with Kyiv and several regions suffering power, heat and water cuts.
- - Ukrenergo imposed emergency consumption limits across multiple oblasts and described especially severe conditions in Kyiv, Kyiv region, Kharkiv, Sumy, Donetsk, Odesa and Poltava, while repair crews and dozens of extra teams worked to restore service.
- - The IAEA said the Chernobyl nuclear power plant lost external power after the strikes, and it noted damage to transmission lines serving other Ukrainian nuclear facilities.
- - Ukraine’s Air Force reported 342 interceptions, including 14 ballistic missiles, 13 Kh‑101 cruise missiles and 315 drones; President Zelensky said new interceptor deliveries the day before aided defenses but called performance against Shahed drones unsatisfactory and promised follow-up.
- - Fighting on the ground remained heavy, with 165 engagements recorded the previous day and fresh clashes under way, as Russia pressed assaults around Pokrovsk; international partners condemned the strikes and pledged energy support, including €60 million from Germany and incoming generator and transformer shipments.