Overview
- Ukraine’s air force reported at least 375 drones and 21 missiles in the overnight barrage, including ballistic and hypersonic weapons, striking Kyiv and Kharkiv.
- Power and heating were heavily disrupted, with up to 1.2 million properties without electricity nationwide, 800,000 people cut off in Kyiv, and nearly 6,000 buildings there losing heat in subzero temperatures.
- A key energy site in the Chernihiv region was hit, leaving hundreds of thousands without power, while Kyiv and Kharkiv recorded damage to a medical facility, a hospital, a maternity clinic and a dormitory for displaced people.
- Officials reported at least one person killed in Kyiv and more than 20 injured, including 19 in Kharkiv, as fires and infrastructure damage were confirmed across multiple districts.
- Ukrenergo said emergency outages were in effect across most regions and equipment was at its limits, while DTEK’s CEO warned of a looming humanitarian catastrophe and urged an energy ceasefire as trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi continued.