Overview
- Air defenses downed 135 of 165 attack drones nationwide, but Odesa suffered direct hits after more than 50 drones targeted the city, leaving three dead and about three dozen injured and damaging schools and housing.
- Grid operator Ukrenergo reported new outages in Kharkiv, Odesa, Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions, with emergency shutoffs and over 500 localities elsewhere dark due to icing on power lines.
- Russian drones struck a passenger train in Kharkiv region, with prosecutors reporting five killed; Ukrainian Railways said the service resumed after roughly a five‑hour delay with 147 passengers continuing their journey and two injured in stable condition.
- By late evening the General Staff logged 93 combat engagements, including 27 Russian assaults on the Pokrovsk axis and intense clashes around nearby Myrnohrad, as Ukrainian units reported repelling multiple attacks.
- Moscow’s claims of capturing 17 settlements drew pushback, with Ukrainian forces and analysts denying a Russian seizure of Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi and describing the assertions as inaccurate.