Overview
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia used more than 70 missiles and about 450 attack drones in an overnight assault that hit Kyiv and multiple regions a day before U.S.-brokered talks in the UAE.
- In the capital, fires and damage were reported at high-rise buildings and a kindergarten, with emergency services citing at least five people wounded and 1,170 apartment blocks temporarily without heating.
- Kharkiv authorities reported injuries and emergency heating cuts to more than 800 homes during subzero temperatures, while strikes and damage were also recorded in the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, and Odesa regions.
- Officials said the power grid was a primary target, and energy firm DTEK reported fresh hits on thermal power plants in what it called the ninth major attack on its facilities since October.
- Ukraine reported substantial drone interceptions in recent waves and urged partners to expedite deliveries of air-defense missiles as trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi proceed this week.