Overview
- Ukrenergo said scheduled electricity restrictions will continue across most regions due to damage from missile and drone strikes, with utilities warning the attacks coincide with freezing weather to stress the grid.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky reported that Russia used 94 missiles, more than 2,100 strike drones and about 800 guided bombs over the past week targeting Ukraine’s energy system.
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported a drone strike that ignited a fire at Russia’s Syzran oil refinery and additional hits on military and logistics sites in Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk, while Russian authorities did not confirm refinery damage and claimed drones were intercepted.
- The General Staff recorded 186 combat engagements today, including 45 assaults on the Pokrovsk axis and sustained attacks near Kostiantynivka, Oleksandrivka and other sectors.
- Southern Defense forces said a significant part of Huliaipole remains under Ukrainian control despite street fighting and repeated assaults, countering Russian claims of full control.