Overview
- A combined drone and missile attack on Kyiv killed two people, set residential buildings ablaze in several districts, and triggered emergency power cuts in the capital and surrounding regions, officials said.
- Ukraine’s energy ministry said repair crews in Chernihiv region cannot begin work because drones continue to circle damaged sites, with additional strikes reported on energy and oil‑gas facilities and new outages in regions including Zaporizhzhia.
- The General Staff reported 167 combat engagements over the past day, with the heaviest pressure on the Pokrovsk axis, and said high‑intensity clashes are continuing across multiple fronts.
- Ukraine’s Air Force said it neutralised 58 of 98 attacking drones during the previous night’s wave, though confirmed strikes hit multiple locations.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders backed starting talks from the current line of contact and advancing plans to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine, with Zelensky stressing that stronger long‑range strike options would bolster leverage in any diplomacy.