Overview
- Ukrenergo said a large share of customers in Chernihiv is without electricity, with full or partial outages also reported in Kharkiv and Sumy after fresh attacks on energy sites.
- DTEK’s Odesa grid chief reported about 48,000 customers still offline and warned full substation restoration could take one to two years due to long equipment lead times.
- Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said Russia is flying strike drones at very low altitudes, prompting a push to field more interceptor UAVs, ground stations and radars and to form dedicated air-defense drone units.
- The Defence Ministry’s pilot initiative has enabled initial energy and defense-industry operators to install electronic-warfare systems that are run by military units, and the SBU detained a Kyiv resident for posting videos of air-defense activity.
- ISW said it has not observed local reports or geolocated evidence to corroborate Sergey Lavrov’s allegation about Valdai and noted contradictions between his account and Russia’s Defense Ministry figures.