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Russia Launches Overnight Barrage on Ukraine, Knocking Out Power and Hitting Dnipro Apartment Block

Ukraine shifts to bolster drone defences after fresh strikes test its energy grid.

Overview

  • Ukraine’s energy minister said a massive drone-and-missile assault targeted power infrastructure, forcing emergency outages across multiple regions.
  • Rescuers reported one person killed and at least 11 injured after a strike tore through a nine‑storey residential building in Dnipro, destroying several apartments and igniting a fire.
  • Kyiv officials reported fires from falling drone debris in the Pecherskyi district during the night attack, with air‑raid alerts activated across central and eastern regions.
  • The General Staff recorded 181 combat engagements in 24 hours as Russian forces pressed assaults near Pokrovsk, while Moscow claimed control of Uspenivka in Zaporizhia.
  • President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Yuri Cherevashenko to lead drone air defences, and Ukrainian intelligence said a long‑range drone hit Russia’s Sterlitamak petrochemical plant.