Overview
- Ukrainian officials report four people killed and at least 27 injured after drones and missiles hit residential areas across nearly all districts of the capital.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia used about 430 drones and 18 missiles targeting Kyiv and other regions, with dozens of apartment blocks, a school and medical facilities damaged and parts of the heating network disrupted.
- Ukraine reports intercepting 405 drones and 14 missiles, including Kinzhal ballistic weapons, while Russia claims its forces downed 216 Ukrainian drones over several regions during the same night.
- Ukrainian drones struck Novorossiysk, igniting a fire at Transneft’s Sheskharis oil terminal, prompting a local state of emergency; debris damaged a civilian vessel and residential buildings, with several injuries reported.
- Officials warn of winter vulnerability for energy and heating infrastructure, and Kyiv renews appeals for additional Western air-defense systems and tougher measures targeting Russian oil revenues.