Overview
- Ukraine reported a fresh overnight barrage of 113 attack drones and three ballistic missiles targeting energy sites, with air defenses active over the capital.
- Mayor Vitali Klitschko said roughly 6,000 buildings lost power in Kyiv during the latest raid, while hundreds of apartment blocks remained without heat as temperatures fell to near −19 C.
- Ukrenergo confirmed damage to facilities and outages in Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Kharkiv and Donetsk, with emergency cuts extended to Kyiv and several other regions.
- The government moved to add about 1 GW to the grid, deploy high‑power generators, expand warming and charging points, increase electricity imports, and simplify hookups for backup equipment under the emergency regime.
- Zelensky pressed partners to refill interceptor stocks via the PURL program as NATO’s Mark Rutte urged allies to draw from Patriot, NASAMS and SAMP/T inventories; officials also reported civilian casualties, including four killed at a Kharkiv‑area logistics terminal.