Overview

• Ukrainian officials said Russia launched more than 450 strike drones and around 30 missiles overnight, concentrating on energy and municipal systems across Kyiv and at least 11 regions.
• The Air Force reported about 420 aerial assets were shot down or suppressed, including roughly 405 drones plus Kinzhal, Iskander, and Kh-series missiles.
• Despite extensive interceptions, 13 missiles and 60 drones caused direct hits in 19 locations, triggering power and water outages in parts of Kyiv and cutting electricity to about 28,000 households in Kyiv region.
• Authorities reported civilian casualties, including a 7-year-old boy who died in Zaporizhzhia, injuries in Kyiv after a high-rise fire, and a utility worker killed in Kherson in a drone strike that also seriously wounded three colleagues.
• Ukraine’s government said emergency outage schedules and repair crews are stabilizing services, while reports described Ukrainian strikes causing fires and damage at energy sites in Russia’s Rostov and Volgograd regions.