Overview
- Ukraine reported more than 450 attack drones and 45 missiles were launched overnight, with 26 missiles and 52 drones hitting 25 locations after most were intercepted.
- The air force said defenses downed 406 drones and nine missiles, yet major power assets in the Kyiv, Poltava and Kharkiv regions were damaged, triggering rolling outages.
- A drone struck a nine‑story apartment building in Dnipro, killing three people and injuring 12, as authorities tallied additional deaths and dozens of injuries nationwide.
- Kremenchuk and Horishni Plavni lost most electricity and used generators to provide water while Ukrenergo and energy firms raced to restore electricity, heating and water.
- Zelensky urged tougher sanctions on Russian energy and more air‑defense systems as Moscow framed the strikes as retaliation and claimed gains near Pokrovsk and Kupiansk, with Kyiv also warning that substations serving two nuclear plants were targeted.