Overview
- Ukraine reports more than 650 drones and over 50 missiles launched overnight, with air defenses claiming 592 drones and 31 missiles downed.
- Power restrictions were imposed countrywide as damage to generation and grids disrupted electricity, water and heating, and DTEK said multiple thermal plants were hit.
- Officials reported at least three civilians killed, including a 7-year-old girl, and Zelenskyy said a strike on the Sloviansk thermal plant killed two workers.
- Zelenskyy warned that roughly 170,000 Russian troops are pressing an offensive in Donetsk, with units infiltrating Pokrovsk that he said Ukrainian forces are clearing.
- Ukrainian leaders appealed for more air-defense systems and tougher sanctions as the UN cautioned of a looming humanitarian crisis and Canada advanced emergency energy aid.