Overview
- Russia launched 113 attack drones, including about 70 Shaheds, and three ballistic missiles overnight, striking energy facilities across several regions, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
- Emergency outages persist in Kyiv and other regions, and after the third major raid in five days roughly 6,000 buildings in the capital lost power as temperatures plunged to as low as minus 19 Celsius.
- Zelensky ordered a state of emergency for the energy sector that creates a permanent coordination headquarters in Kyiv, streamlines backup-grid connections, expands warming centers and boosts electricity imports.
- Ukraine’s Security Service said it has documented 256 attacks on energy and heat infrastructure since October and classified the systematic campaign as crimes against humanity.
- NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged governments to provide Patriot, NASAMS and SAMP/T interceptors, as Ukrainian officials briefed the NATO–Ukraine Council on Russia’s use of the Oreshnik missile and requested funding for the PURL program.