Overview
- Ukraine reports Russia launched 97 strike drones overnight, with air defenses downing about 70 and 27 reaching targets across 13 locations.
- In the Dnipropetrovsk region, around 800,000 electricity customers remained without power and more than 1 million lacked heating and water, with eight mines cut off though miners were evacuated.
- Zaporizhzhia experienced a rare regionwide blackout overnight; authorities restored electricity by morning and continued stabilizing water and heat supplies.
- Critical services including hospitals and rail operations relied on generators and diesel as forecasters warned of a deepening cold snap.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky urged partners not to slow air-defense deliveries and warned of a possible new large-scale strike, while the General Staff reported heavy fighting with hundreds of clashes.