Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported a Storm Shadow strike on the Novoshakhtinsk oil products plant in Russia’s Rostov region, with explosions and a fire confirmed by the regional governor as damage is assessed.
- National grid operator Ukrenergo said consumers were without electricity in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk, and that Odesa faced emergency shutoffs following repeated attacks on energy sites.
- The military recorded 151 combat engagements in a day, including 36 assaults repelled near Pokrovsk, while Ukrainian forces reported fierce fighting as Russian units tried to infiltrate the center of Huliaipole.
- Regional officials reported civilian casualties in Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Odesa, and said a Russian drone struck an evacuation mission in Kostiantynivka, killing one person and injuring two.
- Ukrainian commanders said Russian troops are present in Vovchansk but do not control the city, and only small isolated groups remain in Kupiansk; U.S. senators condemned the holiday-period attacks and ISW assessed the Kremlin shows no interest in a negotiated settlement.