Overview
- Ukraine’s air force said 71 missiles and 450 drones were launched overnight, with 38 missiles and 412 drones shot down or suppressed as 27 locations were struck.
- Energy facilities were the main targets, leaving 1,170 apartment buildings in Kyiv without heat in subzero temperatures and prompting cuts to heating for about 820 buildings in Kharkiv.
- Officials reported at least nine to ten people injured as fires and blasts damaged apartment blocks, a kindergarten and a gas station, and a World War II museum hall in Kyiv was hit.
- Ukrainian leaders said the assault followed the lapse of a brief, disputed pause requested by President Donald Trump, alleging Moscow stockpiled weapons during the lull.
- Zelenskyy appealed for more interceptors as Ukrainian commanders cited intermittent missile shortages that leave some launchers partly empty, while NATO chief Mark Rutte visited Kyiv.