Overview

• Ukrainian officials reported power and water cuts across Kyiv and outages in at least nine regions, with 380,000 customers still disconnected by Friday afternoon and about 28,000 households without power in parts of the Kyiv region.
• Ukraine’s air force said it intercepted or jammed 405 drones and several missiles from a total assault of 497 aerial weapons that included Kinzhal and Iskander variants launched from Russia and occupied areas.
• Authorities confirmed a 7-year-old boy was killed in Zaporizhzhia and at least 20 people were injured nationwide, including multiple injuries in Kyiv where a high‑rise caught fire from falling debris.
• Energy sites were primary targets, with private utility DTEK reporting severe damage at its thermal power plants and one worker injured in the third strike on its facilities this week.
• Kyiv framed the strikes as a campaign to cut electricity, heat and water ahead of winter, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urging faster delivery of air-defense systems and tighter sanctions.