Overview
- Kyiv authorities reported at least four people killed and more than 20 injured, including a medic hit in a repeat strike, with power and water outages in several districts.
- A ballistic missile hit infrastructure in Lviv, with Ukraine’s Air Force recording a speed near 13,000 km/h as investigators work to confirm whether it was an Oreshnik.
- Large blackouts hit the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, with power restored in Zaporizhzhia and hundreds of thousands in Dnipropetrovsk still without electricity, heat, or water as repairs continue.
- Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 242 drones and 36 missiles overnight, and reported intercepting 226 drones and 18 missiles during the attack.
- Russia framed the strikes as retaliation for a December drone incident near Vladimir Putin’s residence, as it warned foreign troops in Ukraine would be targets and Western talks on security guarantees continued.