Overview
- Kyiv’s mayor said more than 800 residential buildings remain without heating three days after mass strikes, down from roughly 6,000 initially, with round‑the‑clock repairs underway.
- DTEK reported restoring electricity to over two million households in the Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Odesa regions, while Ukrenergo imposed emergency outages due to grid stress.
- The UN Security Council convened at Ukraine’s request over Russia’s Orechnik missile; the US and UK called its use a dangerous escalation as Moscow claimed it targeted an aircraft plant in Lviv.
- Temperatures ranging from about −7 °C to −15 °C are compounding humanitarian risks, with forecasts pointing toward −20 °C and authorities operating warming points for residents.
- Fresh attacks continued overnight, with two people reported killed near Kharkiv and officials warning of ballistic missile activity over Kyiv and explosions reported in the Zaporizhzhia region.