Overview
- Ukraine’s air force reported 458 drones and 45 missiles launched overnight, claiming most were intercepted.
- A drone ripped through a nine‑storey residential building in Dnipro, causing fatalities and injuries, with additional deaths reported in Kharkiv.
- Authorities imposed emergency power cuts across multiple regions, with electricity, water and heating outages and rail delays affecting cities including Kharkiv, Kremenchuk and Odessa.
- Intense battles centered on Pokrovsk continued, with Russia asserting house‑to‑house advances and Ukraine describing a very difficult situation in the key logistics hub.
- After a meeting with Viktor Orbán, President Trump granted Hungary an exemption from U.S. sanctions on Russian oil and gas, signaling a break in coordinated pressure on Moscow.