Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said it carried out a large retaliatory strike using long‑range precision weapons, including Kinzhal missiles and drones, against energy facilities supporting Ukraine’s military and defense‑industry sites, claiming all assigned targets were hit.
- Kyiv officials reported at least 22 injured, including two children, with 12 hospitalized, after drones and missiles struck residential buildings and other sites, and the city imposed emergency power cuts and lost centralized heat to more than 2,600 residential buildings.
- In Kyiv region, local authorities reported one woman killed and another person wounded, while multiple districts of the capital cited damage to critical infrastructure, enterprises, shops and homes following overnight attacks.
- In Russia’s Belgorod region, the regional operations center reported more than 50 Ukrainian drones used in attacks over the past day, with injuries including a child and damage to vehicles, homes and utilities across several districts.
- Ground fighting remained active as Russia published footage of disrupted Ukrainian resupply near Kupyansk and reported repelling multiple counterattacks there, while the ministry also claimed heavy Ukrainian losses across the Center, West, North, South and Dnepr groupings; regional reports cited a woman injured by a Ukrainian drone in Krasnoarmeysk and power outages after drone strikes on a Zaporizhzhia electricity facility.