Overview
- Ukraine reported 653 drones and 51 missiles launched overnight, with air defenses downing 585 drones and 30 missiles and strikes recorded at 29 locations.
- Authorities said the assault targeted power, heating, water and transport networks, causing infrastructure damage and at least six injuries across multiple regions.
- The campaign coincided with Ukraine’s Armed Forces Day and followed a separate drone strike that killed a 12‑year‑old in Dnipropetrovsk, according to regional officials.
- In Miami, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are meeting Ukraine’s Rustem Umerov and Gen. Andriy Hnatov for a third day to shape security guarantees and reconstruction plans.
- Both delegations stated any agreement requires tangible Russian de‑escalation, as Moscow holds firm on territorial demands following this week’s Kremlin meeting with the U.S. envoys; separate U.S. efforts facilitated the return of seven Ukrainian children from Russia, which Zelensky publicly thanked.