Overview
- Ukraine reported one of the heaviest air assaults in months, with about 430 drones and nearly 20 missiles launched, leaving six dead in Kyiv and two in Odesa.
- Kyiv authorities cited widespread damage to residential buildings and heating networks, and debris struck Azerbaijan’s embassy, which Baku protested.
- Ukraine’s energy ministry said strikes on power facilities caused outages in parts of the Kyiv, Odesa and Donetsk regions.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said any withdrawal from embattled Pokrovsk is up to field commanders as analysts report the city is largely encircled and likely slipping from Ukrainian control.
- Ukraine said it hit oil infrastructure in Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, while EU leaders began work on a 20th sanctions package and Germany flagged expanded support.