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Russia Launches Massive Barrage on Ukraine Targeting Energy Grid and Fastiv Rail Hub

The barrage coincided with U.S.–Ukraine talks in Florida on a possible peace framework.

Overview

  • Ukraine’s air force reported 653 drones and 51 missiles were launched overnight, with air defenses claiming to have downed or jammed 585 drones and about 30 missiles.
  • Energy sites were struck across at least eight regions, triggering rolling power restrictions as officials reported 9,500 customers without heat and 34,000 without water in Odesa and port facilities running on generators.
  • A drone strike burned down Fastiv’s main railway station and damaged a depot, disrupting suburban rail service around Kyiv and Chernihiv as operators rerouted passengers and deployed reserve trains.
  • The IAEA said the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant briefly lost off‑site power and other nuclear facilities reduced output, while emergency crews worked to stabilize the grid.
  • Officials reported at least eight people injured nationwide and said a 12-year-old boy was killed in the Dnipropetrovsk region, as U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Ukrainian negotiators for a third day in Florida without a breakthrough.