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Mass Russian Strikes Trigger Emergency Outages in Ukraine as Drones Batter Kharkiv

Fresh Western support alongside renewed long‑range strikes reflects Kyiv’s push to blunt winter assaults on the power grid.

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.