Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry confirmed employing the new Oreshnik missile in a nationwide assault that Ukrainian officials said involved about 242 drones and 36 missiles, with a launch detected from Kapustin Yar.
- Kyiv authorities reported at least four people killed and dozens wounded, extensive damage across multiple districts, and a heating collapse that led the mayor to urge those able to leave the city temporarily.
- Ukraine’s air force and local officials reported a hypersonic or ballistic impact on critical infrastructure in the Lviv region near the Polish border, with the specific missile type still under examination.
- Energy operator DTEK said 417,000 Kyiv households lost electricity and roughly half the city’s residences lost heating, while Russia’s Belgorod governor reported large outages there after Ukrainian strikes.
- Ukraine requested urgent meetings of the UN Security Council and the Ukraine–NATO Council, as leaders of the United Kingdom, Germany and France condemned the strike as an unacceptable escalation.