Overview
- Ukrainian officials said Saturday’s barrage targeted energy and gas facilities with more than 450 drones and 45 missiles, causing extensive damage and at least four deaths.
- State operator Ukrenergo enforced emergency rolling outages to stabilize the system as producer Centerenergo reported its generation capacity reduced to zero.
- The Ukrainian Air Force reported 74 more drones and missiles overnight, including Shahed/Gerbera drones and Kinzhal missiles, as Kyiv’s cross‑border strikes left about 20,000 people in Russia without power.
- Authorities reported at least 100,000 people in the Kharkiv region without electricity, water and heating, with repair crews working nearly around the clock to restore service.
- Moscow said its forces captured Nove and Slodkie in Zaporizhzhia and Gnativka in Donetsk, and Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov called a Ukrainian military victory “illusory.”