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Russia Hammers Ukraine With One of the War’s Largest Air Attacks, Triggering Nationwide Blackouts

Kyiv seeks additional air defenses after strikes on energy sites and homes.

Overview

  • Ukraine reported a complex overnight assault of 653 drones and 52 missiles, described by officials as the second-largest barrage of the war.
  • Air defenses destroyed or suppressed 623 aerial targets, yet impacts were recorded at 20 locations with debris falling in 19 others.
  • Emergency power outages and consumption limits were imposed across most regions, with DTEK reporting damaged thermal plants and two energy facilities hit in Lviv.
  • At least three people were killed, including a seven-year-old girl in Vinnytsia, while Zaporizhzhia saw a destroyed dormitory, two deaths, and 15–17 injured including six children.
  • Authorities documented additional civilian strikes, including four injured at a Sumy gas station and nine wounded at a Kherson children’s hospital, as Kyiv pressed for tougher sanctions.