Overview
- Ukraine’s Energy Ministry ordered emergency power cuts after a mass overnight missile and drone attack, with officials reporting a major fire in Lviv and residential damage in Ternopil.
- Kharkiv officials said Russian drones hit multiple districts, injuring 32 people, sparking fires and prompting evacuations from damaged apartment blocks.
- Ukraine said its forces struck the Starobeshivska and Zuivska thermal plants in Russian‑occupied Donetsk and confirmed the use of ATACMS, while occupation authorities reported widespread power outages.
- The United States approved a $105 million sale to upgrade Patriot launchers and Spain announced €615 million in new military aid, as Poland scrambled fighter jets in response to the overnight barrage.
- Regional authorities reported additional casualties and damage, including two civilians killed and three injured in Kherson and multiple injuries and infrastructure hits across Dnipropetrovsk region.