Overview
- Ukraine said the assault involved 52 missiles and 653 drones, with air defenses intercepting 623 targets.
- State grid operator Ukrenergo imposed emergency rolling blackouts across most oblasts as repair crews worked to restore service.
- Energy giant DTEK reported damage to multiple thermal power plants, and officials said two facilities were hit in Lviv region near Poland.
- Authorities reported multiple civilian deaths and dozens of injuries, including a 7-year-old girl, and new strikes in Sumy injured at least 11 people including four children.
- Poland scrambled fighter jets and briefly closed the Radom and Lublin airports, while Russia said it targeted military-industrial sites and claimed to have downed Ukrainian drones.