Overview
- Authorities reported the overnight-to-morning assault hit 13 regions, with Ukraine’s Air Force tracking 673 aerial threats and warning of continued activity during the day.
- Air defenses said they neutralized 587 drones and 34 cruise missiles, yet missiles and 39 drones struck 21 locations, with debris also causing damage in multiple areas.
- Officials confirmed at least three civilian deaths, including a four-year-old, and reported in Odesa a damaged merchant ship and more than 120 homes hit alongside port and energy sites.
- The acting energy minister called it the ninth large attack on the power system this year, citing emergency outages nationwide, damage to thermal plants, and temporary reductions at nuclear facilities.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cast the strike as pressure during U.S.-led peace talks, while Ukraine continued long-range operations that targeted a Russian oil terminal, an ammunition depot, aircraft, and ships; Poland deployed jets to secure its airspace.