Overview
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said more than one million households in Kyiv lost electricity and over 4,000 apartment blocks were without heating after overnight attacks.
- The IAEA reported that several substations important to nuclear safety were affected and confirmed the decommissioned Chernobyl site briefly lost external power before Ukrainian authorities restored supply.
- Ukraine said Russia launched more than 300 drones along with ballistic and cruise missiles, and officials urged partners for additional air-defense missiles and energy assistance.
- Energy firm DTEK reported 335,000 Kyiv households were initially without power, with service partially restored and 173,000 still cut off in later updates.
- Ukrainian officials reported three civilians killed in Zaporizhzhia, Russian regional governors reported fatalities in Belgorod and Bryansk from drone strikes, and a high‑rise fire in Adygea injured at least eight with the claimed drone cause disputed.