Overview
- Ukraine reported roughly 293 drones, 18 ballistic missiles and seven cruise missiles launched across eight regions overnight, striking energy and other targets.
- Local officials said at least four people were killed in the Kharkiv region, with additional injuries reported in Kharkiv and Odesa and damage to a hospital, a kindergarten and residential buildings.
- Several hundred thousand households near Kyiv lost electricity as temperatures hovered near minus 12 Celsius, and energy firm DTEK said one of its power plants was hit.
- At an emergency UN Security Council session, the United States condemned a dangerous escalation and Ukraine pressed allies to accelerate deliveries of air-defense systems.
- The latest barrage followed last week’s use of a hypersonic Oréshnik missile in western Ukraine; Russia claims it disabled a Lviv aircraft-repair plant, while Ukraine says its drones struck a drone factory in Taganrog in Russia, a claim not independently verified.