Overview
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces launched about 450 drones and 45 rockets overnight, targeting energy facilities and other infrastructure across the country.
- Ukrainian officials reported major damage to power assets in Kyiv, Poltava and Kharkiv, triggering widespread rolling blackouts and rail delays after electrical systems and catenary lines were hit.
- Ukrainian authorities said Russia used Kinzhal hypersonic weapons along with cruise and ballistic missiles in the latest wave of attacks.
- The Institute for the Study of War reported Russian advances toward the northeastern and eastern outskirts of Pokrovsk and around Myrnohrad, while Zelenskyy described the situation there as difficult.
- A drone struck a residential building in Dnipro, killing a woman and injuring others, and Austria’s ORF reported its correspondent’s car was hit by a drone near the Donetsk front without serious injuries.