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Russia Launches One of the War’s Largest Overnight Barrages on Ukraine’s Energy Grid

Power curbs follow nationwide strikes targeting energy sites.

Overview

  • Ukraine reports more than 650 drones and over 50 missiles were launched, with air defenses destroying or jamming 623 aerial targets and recorded impacts at 20 locations.
  • At least three civilians were killed, including a seven-year-old girl in Vinnytsia, and 17 were injured in Zaporizhzhia where a dormitory and residential buildings were heavily damaged.
  • Ukrenergo imposed emergency electricity outages and consumption limits across most regions, while DTEK said thermal power plants were damaged and Lviv region confirmed hits on two energy facilities.
  • President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko urged partners to provide more air-defense systems and tighten sanctions targeting Russia’s energy and financial sectors.
  • Regional prosecutors opened pre-trial war-crime investigations, Russia claimed shooting down 170 Ukrainian drones over its territory, and Ukraine reinforced defenses around the threatened hub of Pokrovsk.