Overview
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia launched 113 attack drones, about 70 of them Shaheds, and three ballistic missiles overnight, focusing on energy and critical infrastructure.
- Ukrenergo reported consumers without electricity in Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, with emergency shutoffs in Kyiv and several other oblasts as the capital counted thousands of buildings without power.
- Zelensky ordered a state of emergency for the energy sector, a round-the-clock coordination hub in Kyiv, expanded electricity imports and streamlined rules to connect backup power, with a review of curfew access to warming points.
- NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged allies to draw on stockpiles to supply urgently needed interceptors for Patriot, NASAMS and SAMP/T systems to help Ukraine counter the barrages.
- Parliament approved Mykhailo Fedorov as defence minister; he pledged rapid reforms and technological upgrades and flagged challenges including large-scale desertions and a major funding gap.