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Russia Hammers Ukraine With 470 Drones and 48 Missiles in Overnight Barrage

Regional air forces scrambled as drones neared allied airspace.

Overview

  • President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia launched more than 470 attack drones and 48 missiles overnight, with strikes reported across multiple regions.
  • Emergency power outages were imposed as energy facilities were hit, with large fires and infrastructure damage reported in Lviv, Ternopil and other areas.
  • Kharkiv officials reported Russian drones struck apartment blocks in several districts, injuring 32 people, sparking fires and prompting evacuations.
  • Poland raised air-defense alerts and Romania scrambled F-16s after a drone incursion was detected near the NATO border, while an alliance AWACS patrolled over Poland.
  • Ukraine said it used long‑range systems including ATACMS and reported strikes on the Starobeshivska and Zuivska thermal power plants in Russian‑occupied Donetsk.