Overview
- Ukraine’s energy minister reported a large combined missile‑and‑drone assault on the grid that triggered emergency power cuts across several regions, with an energy facility in Odesa damaged.
- A Russian drone struck a residential building in Dnipro, injuring at least seven people including two children, while debris from intercepted drones caused fires in Kyiv as air defences engaged.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Yuri Cherevashenko to lead Ukraine’s drone air defences, highlighting interceptor‑drone development for a more layered protection system.
- State energy firm Naftogaz said it will import at least 300 million cubic metres of US LNG via Poland’s Orlen to bolster winter supplies during continued attacks on energy infrastructure.
- On the battlefield, Gen. Oleksandr Syrskii said Ukrainian forces are increasing assaults near Dobropillia to ease pressure on Pokrovsk, as Russia’s defence ministry claimed control of Uspenivka in Zaporizhia.