Overview
- Ukrainian officials report at least four deaths, multiple injuries including children, and widespread power outages after strikes on energy facilities across ten regions, including the capital.
- The Ukrainian Air Force says it downed 623 of 653 drones and 52 missiles during the overnight assault.
- Ukrenergo and private utility DTEK confirm power plant damage and warn of rolling or even continuous cuts nationwide as the grid remains strained.
- Regional authorities cite two dead and 23 wounded in Zaporizhzhia, while a seven-year-old injured in Vinnytsia later died at the hospital.
- Russia says it targeted military‑industrial sites, energy infrastructure and air bases, claims two village captures and the downing of 170 Ukrainian drones, as Ukraine’s SBU tallies nearly 160 successful strikes on Russian oil sites in 2025.