Overview
- More than one million people initially lost heat and water in Dnipropetrovsk after overnight strikes, with nearly 250,000 still without heating and about 20,000 without water by Thursday evening as repairs progressed.
- Zaporizhzhia suffered a rare region-wide blackout but electricity was restored by morning, while critical facilities operated on generators and water service was largely brought back online.
- Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 97 drones overnight, 70 of which were downed, with 27 striking targets as officials cautioned about the risk of further large-scale attacks.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the targeting of energy systems as lacking military purpose and pressed partners not to slow deliveries of air-defense systems and resilience support.
- Fresh attacks late Thursday into Friday hit major cities including Kyiv and Lviv, injuring at least four, and Zaporizhzhia region authorities reported 698 strikes over the previous day that left five people wounded.