Overview
- Ukraine’s air force reported 145 Shahed-type drones launched overnight with 126 intercepted, yet power was cut in Sumy, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Chernihiv.
- Odesa region officials said residential, energy and gas sites were hit, DTEK reported substantial damage to a facility that left about 30,800 households without electricity, and one person was injured.
- Kharkiv’s mayor said morning missile strikes significantly damaged a critical infrastructure facility, compounding outages during freezing weather.
- Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi estimated Russia currently produces about 404 Shahed-type drones per day and warned Moscow intends to scale output to as many as 1,000 daily.
- Ukrainian leaders highlighted interceptor drones as a cost-effective defense and noted Russia’s broader buildup, including plans to form new divisions and draft hundreds of thousands of troops.