Overview
- Overnight attacks used airstrikes, guided bombs and 112 Shahed drones, with 22 reaching targets across 12 locations, leaving five dead and 19 wounded, authorities said.
- Odesa region reported a major port blaze, power loss to 30,000 homes and a blackout in Chornomorsk before engineers began restoration work.
- Ukrenergo said Chernihiv is on three simultaneous queues of rolling blackouts after repeated strikes, with additional damage in Odesa and repairs underway.
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported strikes on Lukoil’s Korobkovsky gas‑processing plant in Kotovo and the Yefimovka dispatch station in Russia’s Volgograd region, citing explosions and fires as damage is assessed.
- Frontline clashes remained heavy, with 217 engagements recorded Wednesday and 132 by Thursday afternoon, concentrated on the Pokrovsk sector as Kyiv warns Moscow is pressing to seize the city.