Overview

• Russia’s Defense Ministry said all assigned targets were hit in a night‑time barrage that used hypersonic Kinzhal missiles against power facilities tied to Ukraine’s military‑industrial base, adding it has conducted one mass and six grouped strikes over the past week.
• Kyiv officials reported sections of the capital without electricity and water, building damage across several districts, and at least 12 injured, while Zaporizhzhia authorities said a drone strike killed a seven‑year‑old and damaged residential buildings and gas infrastructure.
• Ukrainian outlets reported new explosions in Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia and Kremenchuk as nationwide air‑raid alerts sounded, with local authorities restricting movement at the DniproHES dam as a precaution.
• Russia published footage it says shows Geran‑2 UAVs striking a temporary Ukrainian position near Lozove in the Kupyansk sector, while pro‑Russian sources claimed an encirclement of up to 100 Ukrainian troops near Kupyansk‑Yuzhny and mounting pressure near Seversk, claims not verified independently in these reports.
• Pro‑Russian channels reported strikes on equipment repair and drone facilities in Chernihiv and Poltava regions and Russia said a Ukrainian UAV team targeting Belgorod was destroyed near Vovchansk, as U.S. media highlighted growing military concern over the scale and impact of drone warfare.